Some interesting events coming up this week, in a lull before the Writing Festival Starts. If you’re still searching for copies of the Epigram Best Short Stories Collection for Week 12 apparently there are some copies at our very own Bookhaven in UTown!

It’s that time of year, and Etiquette SG are putting on, A Certain Sort of Hunger, an evening of poetry and performances looking at an reimagining the role of female spirits and the supernatural in Asian cultures and folklore. 7.30 on Thursday  at Singapore Art Museum on Bras Basah Rd. One of the performers I’m interested in seeing is Stephanie Dogfoot, whose performance poetry I’ve heard good things about. My generation will be represented by Dana Lam, a former president of AWARE among many other things.

On Friday, there’s the next instalment of Living With Myths, which reappraises the commonly-told stories of Singapore’s history. This month is on multiculturalism, and if you went you could make a very interesting post reflecting on how some of the insights transform your understanding of Emily or Kuo’s Plays. The speakers are Imran Tajudeen (who’s really good!) Elaine Ho from NUS’s Geography department, and Lai Ah Eng from USP. Thursday night, 7.00, Space 3, TheatreWorks – 72-13, Mohamed Sultan Road. If you want to go do make sure you’ve got a ticket in advance, because these events are massively oversubscribed.

A more unusual event, but something with definite connections to what we’re doing, is Story Slam Singapore 8 – The Weirdest Stuff I’ve Seen at the Artistry Cafe on Tuesday October 21st. From what I can tell, this seems to be a variant of Poetry Slam, with people telling stories rather than reading/performing poems: this might make an interesting contrast with performance poetry, which we’ll come to in a couple of weeks’ time in discussions with Pooja Nansi.