Join us on 7 January for a roundtable to discuss women’s representation and gender in their own work and in the local literary scene.

Gender has come under the spotlight recently in discussions of the Singapore writing scene. Despite the presence of several prominent women writers, the participation and presence of women in the local literary scene has sometimes been described as insufficient. Women’s bid to challenge cultural hegemonies and enter formal literary institutions in Singapore have generated much discussion, interest and opposition.

Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, 7 January, 2015
Time: 7:30pm
Location: AWARE Centre

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About the Speakers:

Tania De Rozario is an artist, writer and curator whose work has been showcased in Singapore, London, San Francisco, Amsterdam, New York and Spain. She is the author of Tender Delirium (Math Paper Press, 2013), which was shortlisted for the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize, and winner of the 2011 SPH-NAC Golden Point Award for English Poetry. She runs EtiquetteSG, a multidisciplinary platform focused on developing and showcasing art, writing, film and music made by women, and is an Associate Artist with The Substation. Her work can be found at www.TaniaDeRozario.com.

Stephanie Dogfoot has been writing and performing poetry as well as organising spoken word events since 2008. She has won national poetry slams in Singapore and the UK and has been invited to perform around Europe and Southeast Asia. She wrote and performed a one-woman show about activism and identity called Foreigner Go Home(With Me!) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012. Her writing is published in EtiqutteSG’s Body Boundaries anthology. She is part of the feminist poetry collective Sekaliwags.

Jolene Tan is the Programmes and Communications Senior Manager at AWARE. Her first novel, A Certain Exposure (Epigram Books), has been described as “a quiet powerful tale about the dangers of unthinking conformity” (Straits Times) and “a haunting story about elitism and prejudice in a society which recites daily pledges to maintain equality for all” (Balli Kaur Jaswal, author of Inheritance).

Verena Tay is a Singapore-based writer, editor, storyteller and theatre practitioner. She has published a short story collection, Spectre (Math Paper Press, 2012), and three play collections. She has also edited seven fiction anthologies, including the popular Balik Kampung series. For more information, please visit www.verenatay.com.