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[23 May] Please note that all programmes taking place at L16, The Pod have been relocated to B1, CTPL Programme Room 1.
All programmes taking place at B1, CTPL Programme Room 1 have been relocated to B1, Immersive Room.

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Asian Festival of Children’s Content
22—25 May 2025

23 May 2025 (Friday)

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[Updated venue!] Whose Stories Can We Tell? Presentation {category_name} {/categories} B1, Immersive Room Varsha Varghese Francesca Wah writing diversity-representation
[Updated venue!] Whose Stories Can We Tell?
23 May | 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Presentation | English | B1, Immersive Room
Varsha Varghese Francesca Wah
Transforming Education with MirrorAI: Empowering Learners and Educators Through AI-Driven Insights Presentation {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 2 Justin Chen a.i. early-childhood-education
Transforming Education with MirrorAI: Empowering Learners and Educators Through AI-Driven Insights
23 May | 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Presentation | English | B1, CTPL Programme Room 2
Justin Chen
These Books Are Made by Humans: Celebrating Human Creativity in an AI Age Panel {category_name} {/categories} L5, Possibility Room Ng Kah Gay Kau Yi Ming Quek Hong Shin publishing a.i. creativity
These Books Are Made by Humans: Celebrating Human Creativity in an AI Age
23 May | 10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Panel | English | L5, Possibility Room
Kau Yi MingNg Kah GayQuek Hong Shin
[Updated venue!] Is There Such a Thing as a Bad Translation? Panel {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 1 Amanda Ruiqing Flynn Holly Thompson Ngo Ha Thu Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar translation
[Updated venue!] Is There Such a Thing as a Bad Translation?
23 May | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Panel | English | B1, CTPL Programme Room 1
Amanda Ruiqing FlynnHolly ThompsonNgo Ha Thu Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar
Discovering the Magic of Storytelling Through Role Playing Games: A D&D Journey for Children Workshop {category_name} {/categories} L5, Imagination Room TableMinis play-learning
Discovering the Magic of Storytelling Through Role Playing Games: A D&D Journey for Children
23 May | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Workshop | English | L5, Imagination Room
TableMinis
隐形的人：建筑工叔叔 / 值夜班 Invisible People series: Uncles at Work & The Night Shift Book Launch {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Submarine Room
隐形的人：建筑工叔叔 / 值夜班
Invisible People series: Uncles at Work & The Night Shift
23 May | 11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Book Launch | Chinese | English | B1, CTPL Submarine Room
 [Updated venue!] Comics as a Powerful Tool to Develop Curiosity in Kids for Science Presentation {category_name} {/categories} B1, Immersive Room Sharon Ngoi Ruth Wan comics stem writing
[Updated venue!] Comics as a Powerful Tool to Develop Curiosity in Kids for Science
23 May | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Presentation | English | B1, Immersive Room
Sharon Ngoi Ruth Wan
The Re-Telling of 3 Whimsical Korean Folktales Performance {category_name} {/categories} L1, Plaza
The Re-Telling of 3 Whimsical Korean Folktales
23 May | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Performance | English | L1, Plaza
 Creators’ Pitch Pitch {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 2 pitch
Creators’ Pitch
23 May | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Pitch | English | B1, CTPL Programme Room 2
 Geo’s Journey to Self-Love Book Launch {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Submarine Room
Geo’s Journey to Self-Love
23 May | 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Book Launch | English | B1, CTPL Submarine Room
 Putting the Pieces Together Panel {category_name} {/categories} L5, Possibility Room 吴睿哲 Jui-Che Wu Clémence Pollet Deanna Belluti Darel Seow illustration
Putting the Pieces Together
23 May | 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Panel | English | L5, Possibility Room
Clémence PolletDeanna Belluti吴睿哲 (Jui-Che Wu) Darel Seow
[Updated venue!] Bringing Our Books to Our Children Panel {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 1 허정윤 Huh Jungyoon한라경 Han Rakyoung 오미경 Oh Mikyeong Ames Chen writing verse-novels poetry creativity language storytelling picture-book
[Updated venue!] Bringing Our Books to Our Children
23 May | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Panel | English | Korean | B1, CTPL Programme Room 1
한라경 (Han Rakyoung)허정윤 (Huh Jungyoon) 오미경 (Oh Mikyeong) Ames Chen
New Titles from Armour Publishing Book Launch {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Submarine Room
New Titles from Armour Publishing
23 May | 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Book Launch | English | B1, CTPL Submarine Room
 [Updated timing & venue] From Marginal to Universal: Authentically Portraying and Projecting Voices from the Margin Panel {category_name} {/categories} B1, Immersive Room Namita Moolani Mehra Moniza Hossain Sabrina Shah Dimity Powell diversity cultural-representation writing diversity-representation
[Updated timing & venue] From Marginal to Universal: Authentically Portraying and Projecting Voices from the Margin
23 May | 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Panel | English | B1, Immersive Room
Moniza HossainNamita Moolani MehraSabrina Shah Dimity Powell
[CANCELLED] Co-authoring Interesting Stories with AI Workshop {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 1 Sonia Wadhwa a.i. writing
[CANCELLED] Co-authoring Interesting Stories with AI
23 May | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Workshop | English | B1, CTPL Programme Room 1
Sonia Wadhwa
Korean Mask Play Workshop {category_name} {/categories} COF Korea Country Booth 소윤경 So Yunkyoung
Korean Mask Play
23 May | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Workshop | Korean | COF Korea Country Booth
소윤경 (So Yunkyoung)
[CANCELLED] The Journey of Cultural Discovery Through the Spice Route Workshop {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 2 Debby Lukito Goeyardi cultural-representation storytelling
[CANCELLED] The Journey of Cultural Discovery Through the Spice Route
23 May | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Workshop | English | B1, CTPL Programme Room 2
Debby Lukito Goeyardi
Unlocking Languages: Translators as Guides in Rediscovering the Mother Tongue Presentation {category_name} {/categories} L5, Imagination Room Ngo Ha Thu translation writing reading
Unlocking Languages: Translators as Guides in Rediscovering the Mother Tongue
23 May | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Presentation | English | L5, Imagination Room
Ngo Ha Thu
Ye Ye and the National Anthem Book Launch {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Submarine Room
Ye Ye and the National Anthem
23 May | 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Book Launch | English | B1, CTPL Submarine Room
 What is Happening? Workshop {category_name} {/categories} COF Korea Country Booth 차은실 Cha Eunsil
What is Happening?
23 May | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Workshop | Korean | COF Korea Country Booth
차은실 (Cha Eunsil)
How to Develop Ideas into Books While Folding an Accordion Book Workshop {category_name} {/categories} L5, Possibility Room Kazumi Wilds picture-book illustration book-design
How to Develop Ideas into Books While Folding an Accordion Book
23 May | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Workshop | English | L5, Possibility Room
Kazumi Wilds
My First Toolbox! Series Book Launch {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Submarine Room
My First Toolbox! Series
23 May | 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Book Launch | English | B1, CTPL Submarine Room
 [Updated venue!] AFCC Industry Sharing and Networking Special Event {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 1 Adan Jimenez book-fairs book-festivals
[Updated venue!] AFCC Industry Sharing and Networking
23 May | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Special Event | English | B1, CTPL Programme Room 1
Adan Jimenez
Exploring Self-Worth and Identity in Children’s Picture Books Panel {category_name} {/categories} L5, Imagination Room Rachelyn Gordon Sophia Huang Evelyn Ghozalli Ames Chen writing picture-books creativity readers storytelling
Exploring Self-Worth and Identity in Children’s Picture Books
23 May | 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Panel | English | L5, Imagination Room
Evelyn Ghozalli Rachelyn Gordon Sophia Huang Ames Chen
A Gambit of Stories: A Showcase of Children’s & YA Books by Epigram Books Book Launch {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Submarine Room
A Gambit of Stories: A Showcase of Children’s & YA Books by Epigram Books
23 May | 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Book Launch | English | B1, CTPL Submarine Room
 COF Korea Night Special Event {category_name} {/categories} L1, Plaza country-of-focus narratives partnerships literary-landscape book-development cultural-representation
COF Korea Night
23 May | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Special Event | English | Korean | L1, Plaza

Past Sessions

Paving the Way Forward: Responsibility in Children’s Book Publishing Panel {category_name} {/categories} L5, Possibility Room Priti Sharma Kristine Mandigma Anna Fleming Felicia Low-Jimenez publishing
Paving the Way Forward: Responsibility in Children’s Book Publishing
23 May | 9:00 am – 10:15 am
Panel | English | L5, Possibility Room
Anna FlemingKristine MandigmaPriti Sharma Felicia Low-Jimenez
[Updated venue!] Building a Multicultural World for Our Children Panel {category_name} {/categories} B1, CTPL Programme Room 1 叶俊良 Chun-Liang Yeh Norlin Samat Eugene Evasco Michelle Chan translation
[Updated venue!] Building a Multicultural World for Our Children
23 May | 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Panel | English | B1, CTPL Programme Room 1
叶俊良 (Chun-Liang Yeh)Eugene EvascoNorlin Samat Michelle Chan
From Page to Stage: A Storytelling Workshop for Grandparents Workshop {category_name} {/categories} L5, Imagination Room Yazid Jalil storytelling reading
From Page to Stage: A Storytelling Workshop for Grandparents
23 May | 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Workshop | English | L5, Imagination Room
Yazid Jalil
Dokkaebi’s Magic Club Performance {category_name} {/categories} L1, Plaza korean-stories storytelling
Dokkaebi’s Magic Club
23 May | 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Performance | English | L1, Plaza
 A Night with Dad Workshop {category_name} {/categories} COF Korea Country Booth 이금이 Lee Geum-yi
A Night with Dad
23 May | 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Workshop | Korean | COF Korea Country Booth
이금이 (Lee Geum-yi)
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