Workshop Series: Fiction 101: Back to the Basics of Story, Plot and Narrative
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
Series 1: 25 Oct-2 Nov 2025; Series 2: 13-20 Dec 2025.
Launch: When They Burned the Butterfly
Featuring: Wen-yi Lee and Daryl Qilin Yam (host)
Panel: Reframing Intimacy on Page and Screen for a Post-MeToo World
Featuring: Rayann Condy, K Rajagopal, Daryl Qilin Yam and Tan Kheng Hua (moderator)
9 Nov 2025, 3.30pm–4.40pm.
Meet-The-Author: The Salon with Balli Kaur Jaswal
Featuring: Balli Kaur Jaswal and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
13 Nov 2025, 5pm–6.30pm.
Panel: Try Not To Cringe Challenge: First Drafts
Featuring: Nurjannah Suhaimi, Weish, Daryl Qilin Yam and Ler Ka Leng (moderator)
16 Nov 2025, 4pm–5pm.
Powerpoint Party
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam & others
Post-Screening Q&A: Becoming Human
Featuring: Polen Ly and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Award Ceremony: Singapore Book Awards 2025
Featuring: Chim Sher Ting, Fairoz Ahmad, Joshua Ip, Daryl Qilin Yam, Yeoh Jo-Ann and others
Conversation (5 Jul): Ways Around Writing and Other Assorted Images
Featuring: Heman Chong and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Installation: Worlds Within
Featuring: Samantha Harvey, Orhan Pamuk, Richard Powers, Durian Sukegawa, Daryl Qilin Yam and others
Conversation: The Plot Thickens (May 2025)
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam and Edmund Wee (host)
Panel / Reading: JIAK KAN TANG
Featuring: Cheng Him and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Panel: Edit and Send
Featuring: Jason Erik Lundberg, Mok Zining, Aditi Shivaramakrishnan and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Panel: On Queer Poetry & Anthologies: The Importance of Queer Poetry in Singapore
Featuring: ArunDitha, Zeha and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Workshop Series: Exploring Love and Pain: Ideation, Character Design & Narrative Techniques
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
Powerpoint Party
Featuring: Stephanie Dogfoot, Max Pasakorn, Daryl Qilin Yam & others
Exhibition / Installation: The Line of Best Fit
Featuring: Erni Salleh, B. Ganga, Rachel Heng, Saeda Buang, Sofia Nin, Wong Phui Nam, Daryl Qilin Yam & Yeng Pway Ngon
Meet-The-Author: A Chat with Daryl Qilin Yam and The Other Book Club
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam & Ron Tan (moderator)
Book Club: Be Your Own Bae, Daryl Qilin Yam
Featuring: Be Your Own Bae
Workshop: Fiction 101: Understanding Story and Plot
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
Workshop: Embracing Possibility: A workshop on magical thinking and magical realism
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
Reading: HOT DABO! A SingLit Reading
Featuring: Ameera Aslam, Claire Chee, Max Pasakorn, Shze-Hui Tjoa, Jemimah Wei, Daryl Qilin Yam and Nur Hadziqah (MC)
Panel: To Belong and Be Seen
Featuring: Wani Ardy, Jenelyn Leyble, Daryl Qilin Yam and Jerrold Yam (moderator)
Meet-the-Author: “Interrogating the Culture” with Frédéric Martel
Featuring: Frédéric Martel and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Reading / Open Mic: Spoke & Bird (Oct ‘24)
Featuring: Judith Huang, Jemimah Wei and Daryl Qilin Yam
Launch / Panel: Our Short Stories
Featuring: Vinita Ramani, Choo Yi Feng and Daryl Qilin Yam (host)
Pop-up / Meet-The-Author: Be Your Own Bae, Daryl Qilin Yam
+ Conversation: Daryl Qilin Yam and Amanda Chong
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam and Amanda Chong (moderator)
Poetry Competition: Colours in the Park 2024 by Sengkang Constituency Committee
Featuring: Louis Chua, He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim and Daryl Qilin Yam
Panel: From Selection to Celebration: The Impact of Literary Awards
Featuring: Hsu-Ming Teo, Cyril Wong and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
WORKSHOP: Fiction 101: Assembling a Narrative
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
15 Jun 2024, 2pm–4pm, Sing Lit Station. $25.
Exhibition: ChildISH: Inspired by the Learning Gallery at Singapore Art Museum
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Hamid Roslan, Pooja Nansi, Charlene Shepherdson and Daryl Qilin Yam
PANEL / MEET-THE-AUTHORS: Where Worlds Collide: Navigating Literature in the New Digital Age
Featuring: Crispin Rodrigues and Daryl Qilin Yam
3 Jun 2024, 3pm–4pm, The Red Box.
PANEL: Awful People
Featuring: David Cohen, Jennifer Croft, Lexi Freiman, Daryl Qilin Yam and Carody Culver (chair)
1 Jun 2024, 1pm–2pm, State Library of Queensland (Queensland Terrace). Festival pass required.
PANEL: Inverted Perspectives
Featuring: Catherine Chidgey, Ceridwen Dovey, Laura Jean Mckay, Daryl Qilin Yam and Ella Jeffrey (chair)
2 Jun 2024, 2.30pm–3.30pm, State Library of Queensland (Queensland Terrace). Festival pass required.
OPEN MIC / MEET-THE-AUTHORS: Sing Lit Salon @ Smallroom
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Balli Kaur Jaswal and Daryl Qilin Yam
29 May 2024, 7pm–8pm, Griffith University Gold Coast (G07 Drama Theatre, Theatres Lane). $5.
READING: a panic room / a piercing: an evening with Singaporean authors
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Daryl Qilin Yam and Rae White (host / organiser)
27 May 2024, 5pm–6pm, Brisbane Square Library (Community Meeting Room).
READING: Singapore Storytellers
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Daryl Lim Wei Jie and Daryl Qilin Yam
23 May 2024, 4.30pm–5.30pm, Carriageworks (Bay 24).
MEET-THE-AUTHORS: Rising Stars: An evening with Singaporean writers
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Daryl Qilin Yam and Sreedhevi Iyer (moderator)
22 May 2024, 6.30pm–7.45pm, The Wheeler Centre. $19 / $15 / pay what you wish.
MEET-THE-AUTHORS: The Singapore Lit Salon
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Tse Hao Guang, Daryl Qilin Yam and Chris Tse (moderator)
18 May 2024, 8.30pm–9.30pm, Aotea Centre (Herald Theatre). $23 / $28.50 / $18.50 / $13.
