It finally happened! After being a part of the Singapore Writers Festival since 2012, I have successfully made it to the opening ceremony. This time there were no overseas work trips, family emergencies, pandemics, or major health issues.

With author Claire Betita de Guzman and calligrapher Malik Mazlan.

Tech Talks: Exploring AI’s Impact on Literary Arts

Thank you to #SingaporeWritersFestival for organising and hosting a panel on the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and the literary arts last Saturday, with Arianne Saga, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, and Simon Chesterman. We talked about how AI affected the writing profession, copyrights and copyright law, as well as its impact on education. Notably, we also discussed whether the fair use provisions of SG’s Copyright Act covered GEN AI transformers or not. Lots of good questions from a very full house. I wish we had half a day to discuss.

Book Bar and the Infinite Library

I was surprised (but grateful) to see my short story collection, The Infinite Library and Other Stories, at the Bookbar in SWF 2024. I only had one panel this year, so I didn’t think they’d stock it.

With author Noelle de Jesus and M&O publisher Patricia Mulles (Thank you Pat for the photos!).