Future News: A Collaborative Writing Workshop
- Ages 14+
Join Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray in creating a collaborative newspaper together!
Location
Our Tampines Hub : Space Level 2, Lobby B
1 Tampines Walk Singapore, 528523 SingaporeSpeakers
About this event
- Paid venue parking
About the Workshop
Future News: A Collaborative Writing Workshop
Facilitated by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray
Roll the dice to land in a random year—2089? 3022?—then help create a broadsheet newspaper from that very year! In this playful, collaborative workshop, we’ll imagine a world where old-school newspapers have made a retro comeback, beloved by vintage-obsessed future folks.
Together, we’ll build a collective newspaper—Vintage News, Old Skool Daily, Retro Times? Whatever we decide to call it, we’ll fill its oversized pages with headlines, weather reports, editorials, and the hottest (or weirdest) trends of the time. Will there be interplanetary politics? Robot romance columns? Alien exchange students?
No writing or time-traveling experience required—just curiosity, creativity, and a love for blending nostalgia with speculation. By the end, we’ll have a one-of-a-kind artifact: a future-day newspaper from a timeline that might exist… someday.
Come make the news—before it even happens. The future is yours to invent.
Open to ages 14 and above. All materials provided.
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About A Few Little Words: Memories of The Future
Following the success of A Few Little Words: Stories from Tampines and Beyond 2024, this second installment, A Few Little Words II: Memories of the Future, continues to build a creative legacy in Tampines, commemorating Singapore's 60th National Day (SG60). Through a series of engaging literary workshops running from July to November 2025, participants will delve deeply into our rich history, shared heritage, collective memories, and imaginative cultural landscape. These workshops will act as a creative incubator for the local community, encouraging residents to explore new narratives deeply rooted in temporality—honoring the past, celebrating the present, and envisioning an inspired future. Participants will reflect on personal and communal histories, drawing from lived experiences and inherited stories to forge fresh literary expressions uniquely representative of Tampines' evolving identity.
Part of Singapore Writers Festival 2025, the culmination of these workshops will be an anthology co-edited by Quarterly Literary Review Singapore (QLRS) and Vertical Submarine. This curated publication will showcase a vibrant collection of narratives capturing the distinct spirit, memory, and imagination of Tampines residents.
Frequently asked questions
These workshops are designed to be a once-off experience, so just attending one is sufficient.
Yes, Our Tampines Hub is rather huge and can be quite daunting for first-timers. We recommend all our guests to arrive 10-15mins earlier to explore the mall and navigate so that you arrive at your workshop on time! If you need any assistance, head over to the Customer Services counter for help.
Yes, we welcome anyone with an interest to write even if you don't have the proper training.
Yes, definitely! It can potentially be a pretty fun family bonding session if you are open to it :)
We will be sharing with you the date shortly. Do join our mailing list and to keep a look out when you can submit once the date of our Open Call is released for your chance to be published.
Organized by
Vertical Submarine is an art collective that does cross-disciplinary projects, which incorporate painting, theatre, installation and curating, to explore methods of storytelling through words and images.