SWF

SWF is a much anticipated event on the cultural calendar, presenting the world’s major literary talents to Singaporeans while shining a spotlight on home grown and Southeast Asian creative talents. Over the years, the Festival has become an exciting meeting point of writers, academics and thinkers in a choice spread of panel discussions, workshops, lectures and performances over 10 days. It has hosted literati the likes of two-time Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood, Whitbread First Novel Award winner Zadie Smith, British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Nebula winner Neil Gaiman and Lambda Literary Award winner Roxane Gay.

Singapore Writers Festival 2022 (SWF 2022), Singapore's premier literary festival, is back from 4 - 20 November 2022! More than 200 programmes have been scheduled over the 17-day event, spanning from immersive experiences, exhibitions, performances, film screenings, meet-the-author sessions to conversations.