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Asian Festival of Children’s Content Play!

The Writers and Illustrators Track brings writers, illustrators and thought leaders in the publishing industry together to network and celebrate children and young adults’ literature from Asia and around the world.

The exciting sessions under this programme track discuss the development and creation of quality literary content for children and youths and provide plenty of opportunities for literary professionals to exchange ideas.

An AFCC Festival Pass gives you full access to these sessions and more!

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25 May (Thursday)

AFCC 2023 Keynote: Play!
25 May | 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Panel | L16, The Pod
Daniel Miyares Fei Victor Lim Marie Aude-Murail
Discovering Singapore through Young People’s Eyes
25 May | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Presentation | L5, Imagination Room
David Liew Melanie Lee Pippa Chorley William Sim
Author Visits 101: Using Humour to Engage and Inspire
25 May | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Presentation | L5, Possibility Room
Oliver Phommavanh
Smurfs: The Challenge of Translating Image and Text into Chinese
25 May | 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Presentation | L5, Imagination Room
Emilie Bettega
Talking Images: The Universal Language of Wordless Picture Books
25 May | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Presentation | L5, Imagination Room
Canato Jimo Smit Zaveri
An Exploration of Children’s Tamil Literature
25 May | 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Panel | L5, Imagination Room
Vizhiyan

26 May (Friday)

工作坊:用插画赋予意义
Creating Meaning with Illustration
Workshop | Chinese | L3, Drama Centre Function Room 2
林柏廷 (Lin Bo Ting)
Nomik: Apabila Dunia Perkataan dan Visual Bertembung!
Nomik: When the World of Words and Visual Collide!
Panel | Malay | L5, Imagination Room
Afiq Salam Nazry Salam Nur Khairiah
Writing with Purpose: Our Stories to Tell
26 May | 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Panel | L16, The Pod
Hanna Alkaf Lee Uk-bae Xiran Jay Zhao
The Secret Lives of Book Reviewers
26 May | 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Presentation | L16, The Pod
Hwee Goh Low Ying Ping
Wow Play and The Power of Poetry
26 May | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Workshop | L3, Drama Centre Function Room 2
Nikki Grimes
Documenting Picture Books: From Tokenism to Inclusivity
26 May | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Presentation | L5, Imagination Room
Canato Jimo Smit Zaveri
The Language of Images: Deciphering Meaning and Intent
26 May | 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Panel | L5, Possibility Room
Daniel Miyares Jiwone Lee
Bringing the Gothic into Southeast Asian Stories
26 May | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Presentation | L5, Possibility Room
Tutu Dutta
In Search of Metaphor: Finding Words That Sing
26 May | 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel | L16, The Pod
Nikki Grimes
Marie-Aude Murail: Lessons in Rewriting
26 May | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Lecture | L16, The Pod
Marie Aude-Murail

27 May (Saturday)

排版、写作与插画风格新尝试
Experimenting with Form and Style
Panel | Chinese | L5, Possibility Room
戴芸 (Dai Yun) 林柏廷 (Lin Bo Ting)
Helping Kids Deal with Anxiety After the Pandemic
27 May | 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Panel | L5, Possibility Room
Ashley Chew Jane De Suza Oliver Phommavanh
Across SEAs: Working With Collaborators in The Region
27 May | 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Panel | L5, Possibility Room
Gina Chew Kifurai Nadhir Nor
Ordinary Hazards: My Journey With Words
27 May | 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Lecture | L16, The Pod
Nikki Grimes
What’s New in Middle Grade?
27 May | 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Panel | L5, Possibility Room
Erika Turner
Writing with Fire
27 May | 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Panel | L16, The Pod
Josephine Chia Xiran Jay Zhao
I am an Author: Author Marketing 101
27 May | 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Workshop | L5, Imagination Room
Matt Cosgrove
Shedding the Light on Dark Topics
27 May | 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Panel | L16, The Pod
Hanna Alkaf Marie Aude-Murail

28 May (Sunday)

What You Eat is What You Write
Panel | L5, Possibility Room
Joyce Chng Namita Moolani Mehra
Geek is Chic: Geeky Protagonists and the Importance of Relatability in YA
Presentation | Online on AFCC Website
Catherine Dellosa
Telling Local Stories for a Global Audience: The Highs, Lows and Alamak Nos
28 May | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Lecture | L16, The Pod
Hanna Alkaf
Mastering Middle Grade: An Editing Masterclass
28 May | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Masterclass | L3, Drama Centre Function Room 2
Erika Turner
Illustrators Portfolio Review
28 May | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Pitch | L5, Imagination Room
Daniel Miyares 林柏廷 (Lin Bo Ting)
Writer’s Pitch
28 May | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pitch | L5, Imagination Room
10 Years of Sherlock Sam: Journeying Through Singapore and Around the World
28 May | 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel | L16, The Pod
A.J. Low

 

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