Press Release:
One of the objectives of the AFCC (The Asian Festival of Children’s Content) is to bring children’s writers in Africa and Asia together.
A delegation of artists (including children’s book writers from the Asian Storytelling Network), students and business people will be in Cape Town, South Africa from 16th-20th Mar 2011 for a festival called Spotlight Singapore organized by The Arts House in Singapore together with support from organizations in Cape Town.
The Program for Children’s Writers includes:
The Journey of the Reader: Using Children’s Books to Understand Cultural Diversity in Singapore & South Africa. Rosemarie Somaiah and Marjorie Van Heerden
Sayang Singapore: Building Bridges in and for Singapore – a look at how individuals and organizations have used children’s books to build bridges in a multi-racial, multi-cultural society. Rosemarie Somaiah
My Journey with Children’s Books: Some Personal Reminiscences – a look at how the style and content of children’s books have changed over the past 50 years and how that influenced my own work. Marjorie Van Heerden
Sharing Stories with Children. Rosemarie Somaiah
The Book and the Buzz: An Open Sharing of How Life Experience Can be Turned into Fiction. Rosemarie Somaiah and Helen Brain
Launch of a poetry anthology, Man/Born/Free: Writings on the Human Spirit from Singapore - featuring contemporary Singaporean writers. Luminary Singaporean poet, Edwin Thumboo, will be in attendance.
Any inquiries please contact rama(at)bookcouncil(dot)sg or Re Storm (South African coordinator)at re(at)raintree(dot)co(dot)za