4 Oct 2020 (Sun) 4:00pm – 5:00pm SGT

Digital Festivals and Book Fairs: The New Normal?

Alicia Chew, Carolina Ballester, Cristina Fuentes La Roche, Kamolpaj Tosinthiti // Moderator: Julia Wheeler

This year’s major book fairs and literary festivals have all had a common theme – the conversion of their event from physical to digital. Do organisers consider this as a silver lining or has it affected engagement with audiences? How has the literary industry, whose modus operandi is usually physical in nature, adapted to the unusual situation with the use of digital technology, and do they see this as the prime solution moving forward?

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