Postscript: Thank you to Kirsten Han and Alysha Chandra for inviting me to speak on the panel “The Uses if Storytelling” with playwright Alfian Sa’at and Kelly Leow, who co-produced the AWARE podcast saga at Singapore’s first ever Independent Media Fair. Thank you also to my publisher Jee Leong Koh of Gaudy Boy press for hosting the well-attended event. The fair was organized by Singapore Unbound, a New York City-based literary arts organization that promotes freedom of expression and equal rights, with Sydney-based literary magazine Mekong Review
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What is the role of storytelling in journalism? In what ways are art and propaganda the same or different? Please join us at the Projector X: Picturehouse for an author reading and discussion, titled ‘The Uses of Storytelling’, to be held from 4.30 – 6.00pm at the Singapore Independent Media Fair on 1 July 2023. Admission is free! Register here – https://lnkd.in/gYwgHZpJ
Remember that a free, independent media allows the public to make informed decisions, hold leaders accountable and hear a diversity of opinions free of corporate and government influence.
Brought to you by Mekong Review and Singapore Unbound
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How is storytelling related to journalism and other media products? Is there any difference between art and propaganda? What kind of stories make the most impact on their readers/listeners?
Panelists: Alfian Sa’at (Playwright, Poet, and Writer), Kelly Leow (Co-Writer and Co-Producer, Saga, the AWARE Podcast), and Victor Fernando R. Ocampo (Speculative Fiction Author)
Moderator: Koh Jee Leong (Founder, Singapore Unbound, and Publisher, Gaudy Boy)
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