【Taiwan Literature Base】WiR Regular Activity | The Light and Air Between Us
2024.12.17O Thiam Chin
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WiR Regular Activity
The Light and Air Between Us
Writer-in-Residence
O Thiam Chin
- O Thiam Chin is a short story writer and novelist from Singapore. His work has been published in Granta, The Cincinnati Review, Washington Square Review, Mānoa, The Brooklyn Rail, World Literature Today, The International Literary Quarterly, Asia Literary Review, Kyoto Journal, The Jakarta Post and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. Thrice longlisted for the Frank O' Connor International Short Story Award, he is the author of six story collections, including Love, Or Something Like Love, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize. His debut novel, Now That It's Over, won the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize in 2015 and the Best Fiction title at the 2017 Singapore Book Awards. He was an honorary fellow of the Iowa International Writing Program in 2010, and a recipient of the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award in 2012.
Session 1
Stranger in a Strange Land: Stories of Dislocation and Estrangement
Date January 4th (Sat.) 15:00 - 17:00
Location Muse Garden
- Highlight key points of writing about fiction of people who seek travel and exploration as ways of getting in touch with themselves amidst their busy fraught lives at home.
- Bring up the draws and drawbacks of finding oneself lost in strange, foreign environments, and how these can help to reorient and reestablish one's bearing and direction in life.
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Session 2
A Traveler's Tale: Ideas and Inspiration During Sojourns in Taiwan
Date January 5th (Sun.) 15:00 - 17:00
Location Muse Garden
- Showcase the unique sights and locales in Taiwan that have inspired my writing over the years.
- Share my own experiences as a Singaporean Chinese navigating the particular Taiwanese culture and traditions as well as its social mores and ways of expression
Notice English will be main language in this activity.