Open a Book with Sound and Touch
WorkshopLee Seow Ser, Roger Jenkins
Public Prog Ticket
Recommended for children ages 5 and up. This programme is Culture Pass Eligible.
In this workshop based broadly on a local children’s picture book inspired by a true story written by Lee Seow Ser entitled "My Name is Ling. I am Blind.", the audience, both young and young-at-heart, will be guided and invited to experience sensorial and human-centric story elements to deepen their understanding of another’s world－where Ling grows up without sight yet lives a life full of resilience and purpose, and with needs and dreams not so different from those of others.
Lee Seow Ser (Singapore)
Lee Seow Ser is a former legal advocate turned community advocate, author and mother of two. She co-founded and leads “To SIR (Socially Inclusive Reads) With Love”－a Finalist (Communities of Good, Groundup) in Singapore’s President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards 2025－using creative arts resources, experiential programmes and human-centric interactions to promote empathy. Her first book Si Ma Guang and the Giant Jar with braille, tactile pictures and dyslexia-friendly font was a 2017 IBBY Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities. She also supports deafblind persons with tactile communication using the UK Deafblind Manual Alphabet.
Roger Jenkins (Singapore)
Roger Jenkins is a Singaporean who has been a professional storyteller since 1998. He is a popular performer/trainer in schools, libraries and at community events with his spontaneous, comedic and interactive style of telling.He has been associated with access and working with people with disability since founding Hi Theatre in 1984. He regularly audio-describes Wild Rice productions making theatre accessible to the vision-impaired, and has performed at the Enabling Village with PWDs on several occasions. He won the 1995 Singapore Literature Prize with From the Belly of the Carp and has self-published two collections of traditional stories with teachers/parents.
Programme dates and times are subject to change.