Pauline Loh

Pauline Loh is an award-winning author and creative writing teacher with over 30 weekly students. She has published 15 adult non-fiction books, 5 Young Adult books, 11 children’s storybooks and 3 junior chapter books. Events Creative Writing: The Three ‘P’sYe Ye and the National Anthem

Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar

Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar is an editorial consultant and translator. She is a published author of nine books for children, two of which have been translated. She has led workshops and sharing sessions on translating, writing and publishing. Events Giving Voice to Heritage: Capturing Our Vibrant Cultures

Norlin Samat

Norlin Samat is an ex-primary school teacher with a Post-graduate Diploma in Education and an MA in Language Studies. She is a passionate educator with a career spanning more than 18 years as a teacher and an administrator in public and private education institutions. Norlin is proud to be from a place where being bilingual […]

Ng Yi-Sheng

Ng Yi-Sheng is a writer, researcher and activist with a keen interest in the forgotten histories of Singapore and Southeast Asia. His books include the best-selling children’s book Twisted Temasek (the first volume of the Haywire Histories series), the short story collection Lion City (winner of the Singapore Literature Prize), the nonfiction work SQ21: Singapore […]

Melanie Lee

Melanie is an award-winning author of the graphic novel series Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma, the picture book series, The Adventures of Squirky the Alien, and the travel guide series Out & About in Singapore. In addition, she has edited children’s books such as Hurry, Murry! and the How to be Human picture book […]

Low Ying Ping

Low Ying Ping is the author of two middle-grade fantasy series, Mount Emily and Prophecy of the Underworld. She has also written a three-volume English adaptation of the Chinese classic, Journey to the West, for younger children. Her books have won the Singapore Book Awards and were shortlisted for the Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award and the Popular Readers’ Choice […]

Low Lai Chow

A journalist by profession, Low Lai Chow is a children’s book author with nine books to her name including Catch Mee If You Can: Find the Noodles, Eat the Noodles! (Best Picture Book Finalist, Singapore Book Awards 2023). Her latest book, Becoming Margaret Leng Tan: The Toy Piano Virtuoso Who Couldn’t Stop Counting, is currently in the running for […]

Laura Peh

Laura Peh is the founder and creative director of Cinnamon Art Publishing – an independent publishing house specialising in illustrated non-fiction books for children, with a focus on niche topics such as culture, sustainability and technology. Events Tackling Tough Topics – Turning Life’s Challenges into Stories

Ken Kwek

Ken Kwek is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright and author with over twenty film, theatre and book credits to his name. His middle school books include “Timothy and the Phubbers” and “Kelly and the Krumps”, which won the 2020 Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award. Events Pun Intended: How Humour Unlocks Laughs, Lessons, and Learning

Kayce Teo

Kayce Teo publishes under the pen name Leslie W. Born and bred in Singapore, she graduated with a BA in English Literature from the National University of Singapore. In 2014, she applied for the Mentor Access Project, an annual programme initiated by the National Arts Council, Singapore, that develops young and emerging writers in Singapore’s […]