Oh, the Choices!—Publishing Paths for Authors
PanelAlyssa Christudason, Amber Chen, Vivian Teo | Moderator: Lauren Ho
Aspiring authors and all those who are curious, this is the session for you! Have a great idea, written a great manuscript, and now wondering what's next? Come listen to three writers share their distinct paths--through self-publishing, working with a local publisher, and signing with an international publishing house. They’ll discuss the choices they made, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned along the way. Whether you're an aspiring author or simply curious about how books make their way into the world, this conversation offers honest insights into the realities of the publishing landscape and the many routes available to getting your story out there.
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Alyssa Christudason (Singapore)
Alyssa Christudason is a Singaporean Educator and Reading Specialist, with more than 20 years of experience in teaching children of various age groups. Alyssa is the founder of @pixiephonics, where she teaches children how to read using phonics. She is also the author of Under A Crescent Moon And Five Stars and Fold Me To The Moon. Alyssa combines her knowledge, experience, and love for art to curate and narrate meaningful stories for children. She is also currently teaching at Holland International School.
Amber Chen (Singapore)
Amber Chen is the UK #1 bestselling author of the YA silkpunk fantasy novel, Of Jade and Dragons. She is currently based in sweltering Singapore and spends much of her free time living within Chinese fantasy novels and dramas. She also drinks one too many cups of bubble tea. One of her webnovels, The Cutting Edge, has been adapted for television.
Vivian Teo (Singapore)
Vivian Teo is the author of middle-grade book series, My BFF Is an Alien, published by Epigram Books. Books in her series have been shortlisted in the Hedwig Anuar Children's Book Award, Singapore Book Awards and POPULAR Readers’ Choice Awards. The series’ first book won third place in the latter’s English (Children) category in 2020.
Vivian is also a freelance writer whose work has been featured in CNA. She enjoys writing about parenting, education, social and financial issues and blogging on her parenting/lifestyle website, The Stuff Childhoods Are Made Of, at vivianteo.com.
Moderator Lauren Ho (Malaysia/Singapore)
Lauren Ho is a critically acclaimed multi-genre fiction novelist of adult and children's fiction. Her debut novel, Last Tang Standing, was an international and local bestseller, and her Disney YA novel Bite Me, Royce Taslim was the first Disney young adult novel set in Southeast Asia. She is currently based in Singapore.
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