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Celebrating Our Stars

Celebrating Our Stars

26 May (Sat)/ 7.00pm – 9.00pm / Gallery

Celebrating Our Stars is a special evening dedicated to authors, illustrators, publishers, distributors and publishing professionals. The publishing industry in Asia is growing vibrantly and Celebrating Our Stars is the place for all in the industry to gather, network, and develop opportunities to work together for mutual benefit.

The event is open to AFCC speakers and other members of the creative community. Prior registration is required for this event. Please kindly click here to register.

Pitching sessions will be conducted to create opportunities for authors and publishers to pitch their books and/or manuscripts to MediaCorp, which launched a new e-commerce initiative. For more information on the pitching sessions, please email [email protected].

This event is jointly organized by National Book Development Council of Singapore and MediaCorp.

All are welcome to join in this special night of celebration!

Programme:

7.00pm – 7.20pm	Presentation: Fits & Starts, Leaps & Bounds – The Singapore Journey of Writing for Children	By Adeline Foo, Rosemarie Somaiah and Er Lai Kuan
7.20pm – 7.30pm	Presentation: Rediscovery of Singapore’s Illustrator, Errol Le Cain	By Denyse Tessensohn
7.30pm – 7.40pm	Presentation: MediaCorp’s e-commerce initative	By MediaCorp
7.40pm – 9.00pm	Buffet Dinner
7.45pm onwards	Pitching Sessions	By Participating Authors and/or Publishers