{"id":338784,"date":"2015-10-06T19:58:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T11:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/singapore-writers-festival-2015-events-look-338784.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T15:32:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T07:32:27","slug":"singapore-writers-festival-2015-events-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/singapore-writers-festival-2015-events-look-338784.html","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Writers Festival 2015: 10 Events to look out for"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>The Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) returns this year with a fresh perspective, featuring music, theatre and film events alongside standard literary workshops and lectures. Themed \u201cIsland of Dreams\u201d, SWF 2015 will run form 30 Oct to 8 Nov.<\/p> <p>Over the 10 days, more than 300 events will be held across five different categories - SWF Stage (Marquee Events),\u00a0SWF Class\u00a0(Workshops &amp; Masterclasses),\u00a0SWF for Families,\u00a0SWF Beyond\u00a0(Transcending Language and Genre) and\u00a0SWF Pop (Fun &amp; Surprising Pop-Ups).<\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/coaching-lifelove\/psychology\/5-ted-talks-will-change-way-view-women-127075.html\">Speakers<\/a> this year will include philosopher Michael Sandal, former Financial Times columnist\u00a0Heather McGregor and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/asian-scene\/get-local-10-singaporean-illustrators-to-put-on-your-radar-125903.html\">singer-songwriter<\/a> Hollie Fullbrook.<\/p> <p>Other than lectures, the festival will also feature a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/music\/top-5-inspiring-musicals-time-128916.html\">musical<\/a> collaboration, <em>Dimensions and Demons<\/em> as well as a text-based perfomance titled <em>What I love About You Is Your Attitude Problem<\/em>.<\/p> <p>With so many events this year, it is too easy to overlook some smaller showcases. Before you miss out on any stimulating events, check out our gallery for 10 of our SWF 2015 picks. We got you covered!<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <p>Festival Passes (SGD20) as well as tickets for individual events are available from the SWF2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.singaporewritersfestival.com\/nacswf\/nacswf\/ticket-guide.html\">website<\/a> now.<\/p> <p><em>Amanda Lim<\/em><\/p>  <h2> <span>Read More:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/singapore-events\/news-and-activities\/oktoberfest-top-5-places-celebrate-singapore-129163.html\">Oktoberfest: 10 Ways to celebrate the Bavarian festival in Singapore<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/singapore-events\/weekly-events\/pick-events-starting-october-1-128949.html#item=1\">Our pick of exciting events starting October 1<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/tv-and-movies\/beautiful-movie-dresses-decade-128469.html\">The 10 most beautiful movie dresses of the past decade<\/a><\/p> 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