Past Writing / Illustration Courses

Young Author Scheme

Children learn to improve their descriptive and vocabulary skills Details

Boost Your Email Marketing

A non-technical guide to creating email marketing that your subscribers will welcome in their inbox Details

Write Engaging Copy: How To Improve Your Copywriting Skills

A fun workshop to help you to write more persuasive copy no matter how specialist your product or service Details

Travel Writing in the Digital Age

In the age of 'Instagram points' and commercialisation of traditional hospitality seen in the rise of Airbnb, what can a travel writer now write about? Details

Write Your Memoir Now

Learn the techniques of how to shape your personal milestones into vivid and memorable narratives for the reader. Details

Safe Space Stories

Safe Space Stories fosters a space for group writing in which all voices are equally heard and appreciated. It is a safe s pace to encourage creativity in writing, freedom from criticism, and affirmation of everyone’s voice. Details

Introduction to Literary Translation

Understand the requisites of literary translation and the makings of a great translator. Details

Young Author Scheme

Write your own 3,000-word narrative and get a chance to enter a regional writing award. Details

The Art of the Eye: Haiku and Photo-Haiga

This workshop is for those who wish to explore haiku writing and smart phone photography. Details

Mindfulness Writing Session

Find fresh ways to jump start your writing process.through mindfulness Details

From Life to Writing: Explore Creative Non-fiction, Including Travel Writing, Memoir and the Persona

Be introduced into the fascinating possibilities of creative non-fiction. Details

Alohomora! Create Your Own Fairy Tale

Learn to convert ordinary settings into a fairyland. Unleash your creative power and construct a fantastical world with your own pen. Details

Editing for the International English Market

Anya Goncharova, from Penguin Random House North Asia, will take participants through the stages of acquisitions, content edits, line edits, and final proofs, showing how each phase in the work is managed. Details

Editing for the Mainland Chinese Market (适合中国市场的编辑)

Li Yuyao, Executive Editor of Foreign Literature and Arts, will offer suggestions regarding the textual norms of English-to-Chinese translation and how to better align the translated texts with the reading habits of Chinese readers. Details

Tarian Pena: Mencoret Luahan Hati (The Dancing Pen: Scribbling the Voices from Within)

This workshop will be conducted in Malay language and suitable for secondary school students. Details