Two literary events ahead!

First of all, there's the upcoming SPORE Art Salon:


The featured artists that I rustled up include singer/songwriter Bani Haykal, poet Yong Shu Hoong and visual artist Lip.

DATE: Monday 26 September 2011
TIME: 7PM - 11PM
LOCATION: The Loft @ 268A South Bridge Road #02-01 (Corner of Smith Street & South Bridge Road)
There is a ticket donation of $15/person to cover event costs, and proceeds go to efforts of featured artists.

Webpage: http://www.sporeartsalon.blogspot.com/
FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=231373196910164&ref=ts

Second, there's the next Word Forward slam at Blu Jaz! I'm hosting!

DATE: Thursday 29 September 2011
TIME: 8PM - 10+PM
LOCATION: Blu Jaz Cafe, 12 Bali Lane, Singapore 189848

Still waiting for the event page to go up online...

Texts July 2011

Sorry this is late!

*FICTION*
=Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “Paradise”
+Shamini Flint’s “Inspector Singh Investigates: A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree”

*DRAMA*
Zakaria Ariffin’s “Opera Stage”

*NON-FICTION*
+Tracy Kidder’s “Strength in What Remains”

FOLKLORE
+Rosemarie and Ranjan Somaiah’s “Indian Children’s Favorite Stories”
+Kim So-Un and Jeong Kyoung-Sim’s “Korean Children’s Favorite Stories”
+Pugalenthi’s “Myths and Legends: Philippines”

*GRAPHIC TEXTS*
Frank Weyers’ “Salvador Dali: Life and Work”

*FILMS*
+Sidney Drew’s “A Florida Enchantment”
=Magnus Hirscheld’s “Laws of Love”
+Joe Johnston’s “Captain America: The First Avenger”

*PERFORMANCES*
+W!ld Rice’s “The Weight of Silk on Skin”, “Cooling Off Day” and “Family Outing”
+Teater Ekamatra’s “Charged” and “Nadirah”
DramaBox's "Is This Home?"
Theatrestrays’ “Paper Boat”
+Good Red Road Productions’ “Improvanopolis”

*EXHIBITIONS*
+stuff at Sarawak Art Museum and Sarawak Museum
=IndigNation’s “Pride and Prejudice”
+Asian Civilisations Museum’s “Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy”
+ArtScience Museum’s “Dalí: Mind of a Genius” and “Van Gogh Alive”