Singapore Writers Festival 2023, the 26th edition of the annual literary festival in Singapore, will be held from 17 - 26 November 2023. An eclectic lineup of over 200 programmes featuring more than 250 local and international presenters in a series of events from meet-the-authors sessions, talks, panel discussions, workshops, performances to exhibitions have been scheduled throughout the 10-day festival.
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.
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.