Faculty members from the ELL Department participated actively in this year’s ‘Singapore Writers Festival’ (Nov 7 to 16, 2025)
Faculty members from the ELL academic group participated actively in this year’s ‘Singapore Writers Festival’ (Nov 7 to 16, 2025), contributing to meaningful conversations on memory, storytelling, and Singapore’s literary landscape.
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Dr Anitha Devi Pillai was invited to speak on the panel “The Stories We Inherit: Memory and the Art of Re-telling,” alongside Claire Wong and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, where she shared insights on writing fiction shaped by community histories and family memories. She also moderated the “Between Myth and Memory: An Intergenerational Take on Writing about Singapore,” panel featuring Sarah Ang, Meira Chand, and Nuraliah Norasid, facilitating a rich intergenerational discussion on myth-making and place in fiction.
The festival additionally marked the 5th anniversary of PR&TA (Practice-Research & Tangential Approaches), celebrated through readings by authors and editors. Co-founded by Ann Ang, the journal continues to be a meaningful platform for creative-critical work in the region, with Dr Anitha Devi Pillai serving as its Fiction Editor.
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We are also delighted that two Educational Research students of ELL, Shruthika Kumar and Nandini Sivakumar, presented a Tamil spoken word poetry performance, showcasing the vibrancy of multilingual creativity at NIE and contributing to the festival’s celebration of diverse voices.
