Small Stories, Big Worlds: Writing Across Forms

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A book launch and conversation with four writers from Singapore, on writing across forms: short stories, novels, essays and translation.

Featuring:

Mahita Vas, Singaporean novelist and short story writer, author of five books, the latest being 15 Grams, and an advocate for mental health and migrant worker welfare.

Jinny Koh, Singapore-based writer, essayist and creative writing lecturer at the National University of Singapore, author of The Gods Will Hear Us Eventually.

Nisha Mehraj, Singaporean author whose debut novel We Do Not Make Love Here was runner-up for the 2022 Epigram Fiction Prize and nominated for the 2024 Singapore Literature Prize.

Anitha Devi Pillai, Singapore-based writer, translator and applied linguist with eleven books, whose translation of the Tamil novel Sembawang was shortlisted for the Singapore History Prize.

Presented with the support of Penguin Random House SEA. Part of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2026 book launch programme.