Asian Festival of Children’s Content
@ The National Library Board, Singapore
30th May – 4th June 2014
AFCC 2014 Sessions on Indian Writing and Illustration
As our country of focus for AFCC 2014, India’s rich tradition of writing and illustration in children’s
content is showcased the conference sessions and public programmes listed below. For further
information, including session summaries and book launch synopses, please visit the AFCC website:
http://afcc.com.sg/
A. Conference Sessions
i.
National Book Trust Sponsored sessions
1) A Brush with Creativity: My Colourful Story
Speakers: Atanu Roy, Manjula Padnanabhan
Time/Date: 9:15am – 10:00am, 1 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
2) Jungle Chat: Animals and Birds in Indian Children’s Literature
Speakers: Usha Venkatraman, Divik Ramesh
Time/Date: 9:15am – 10:00am, 3 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
3) What Girls are doing in our Stories: Gender issues in Indian Children’s Literature
Speakers: Leila Seth, V. Geetha
Time/Date: 2:30pm – 3:30pm, 1 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
4) The Child in Me: My Writings
Speakers: Arup Kumar Dutta, Deepa Agarwal
Time/Date: 10:30am – 11:30am, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
5) Past, Present, Future: Reinventing Children’s Literature
Speakers: Subir Shukla, Sampurna Chattarji
Time/Date: 12:00pm – 1:00pm, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
6) India in Pictures: Comics and Graphic Novels
Speakers: Nina Sabnani, Manas Mohan
Time/Date: 2:30pm – 3:30pm, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
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ii.
AFCC Sessions with Indian and South Asian Diaspora
7) Low Cost or No Cost: Teaching with Locally Available Materials
Speakers: Al Santos, Amrita Goswami
Time/Date: 12:00pm - 1:00pm, 31 May 2014
Conference: AFCC Teachers Congress
8) Workshop—Picture Books: how words and images conspire to capture imagination
Speakers: Rina Singh
Time/Date: 10:30am - 1:00pm, 1 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
9) Are You Afraid of the Dark? Deconstructing Spooky Yarns and Scary Tales
Speakers: Mahtab Narsimhan, Cristy Burne
Time/Date: 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 1 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
10) Effective Strategies to Develop Bilingual Competency
Speakers: Kamini Ramachandran, Edmund Lim, Dr Shanmugam K
Time/Date: 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 1 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
11) Canadian Books: Canadian Asian Writers
Speakers: Mahtab Narsimhan
Time/Date: 9:15am – 10:00am, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
12) Connecting With Preteens: The Awesome MRT Diaries
Speakers: Adeline Foo, Sandhya Prabhat
Time/Date: 10:30am – 11:30am, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
13) The Death of Dystopia: Trends in YA
Speakers: Sayoni Basu, Cheryl Robson , Stacy Whitman
Time/Date: 10:30am – 11:30am, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
14) The Importance of Myths and Magic for Imagination and Creativity
Speakers: Mahtab Narsimhan
Time/Date: 10:30am – 11:30am, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Parents Forum
15) YA – Books as Windows and Mirrors
Speakers: Mitali Perkins, Sampurna Chattarji
Time/Date: 12:00pm – 1:00pm, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
16) Taking a Line for a Walk
Speakers: Sandhya Prabhat, Malavika PC
Time/Date: 2:30pm – 3:30pm, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
17) The Vast Spread of the Sea: Asian Diaspora Writers and the Works
Speakers: Mitali Perkins, Gabrielle Wang, Il Sung Na
Time/Date: 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
18) The Future of Fantastic (YA) Fiction
Speakers: Lara Morgan, Payal Dhar, Sally Gardner
Time/Date: 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 2 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
19) Writing About Different Cultures
Speakers: Fatima Sharafeddine, Mitali Perkins, Gabrielle Wang
Time/Date: 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 3 June 2014
Conference: AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
20) India Night (By Invitation)
Time/Date: 6:00pm – 8:00pm, 1 June 2014
Venue: Joyden Hall (BUGIS+, L7)
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B. AFCC Public Programmes
i.
Book Launches
21) The Circle
Ken Spillman (Author), Manjari Chakravarti (Illustrator)
Time/Date:
11:30am – 12:00pm, 31 May 2014
Venue: Central Library, B1, National Library Building
22) Magic Mirror
Nury Vittachi (Author)
Time/Date:
11:30am – 12:00pm, 31 May 2014; 2:00pm – 2:30pm, 31 May 2014
Venue: Scholastic Booth, Media Mart, Plaza, L1
23) Operation Mom
Reenita Malhotra Hora (Author)
Time/Date:
2:00pm – 2:30pm, 31 May 2014
Venue: Central Library, B1, National Library Building
24) Different Series - I Am Different / We Are Different / Same And Different
Manjula Padmanabhan
Time/Date:
3:30pm – 4:00pm, 31 May 2014
Venue: Plaza, L1, National Library Building
25) Travels Of Little Rice Grass
Anupa Roy (Author)
Time/Date:
4:30pm – 5:00pm, 31 May 2014
Venue: Plaza, L1, National Library Building
26) When I Grow Up
Noella Menon (Author), Kavita Arvind (Illustrator)
Time/Date:
5:30pm – 6:00pm, 31 May 2014
Venue: Central Library, B1, National Library Building
27) Let’s Do Yoga
Coonoor Kripalani (Author)
Time/Date:
4:00pm – 4:30pm, 1 Jun 2014
Venue: Central Library, B1, National Library Building
28) Hindi For Heart
Rina Singh (Author, Illustrator)
Time/Date:
11:30am – 12:00pm, 3 Jun 2014
Venue: Central Library, B1, National Library Building
29) An Evening with Indian Literary Stars
Time/Date:
5:30pm – 6:00pm,
Venue: Plaza, L1, National Library Building
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