Thursday, May 28, 2009

2009 SUMMER LECTURE TOUR - SINGAPORE

Wena Poon spoke to about 350 members of the public, high school students, and teachers during her week-long Singapore author lecture tour at libraries, schools and theater venues. Lecture topics included, depending on audiences:

*Lions in Winter
*Biophilia
*publishing, distribution, and the business of Art
*jump starting creative writing
*overcoming resistance to learning literature

The talks were organized by the National Library in part, the author, and participating teachers and schools.