Reimagine Local Folk Tales and Write Your Own Stories | Children Write

About the Programme

How many local folktales do you know?

By referencing stories such as Badang the Strong to the story of How Singapura Got Its Name, participants in this workshop will learn not only how to create and retell beloved Singapore stories which are strong in local flavours, but the fundamentals of what makes a story exciting and meaningful?  

Join Hidayah Amin, author of The Malay Annals: Attack of the Garfish and Other Adventures, and create your very own story with a local flair. 

This programme is suitable for children aged 7-12. 

Please bring along: 

Your own writing and colouring materials for this workshop (e.g. pens, pencils, colour markers, colour pencils). 

This programme is part of the Children Write and Tweens Write series for children to create a piece of writing and/or illustrative work as guided by established authors and/or illustrators.

The works created by participants during the programme will be collected for display at Punggol Regional Library's community display. 

By registering for the workshop, you consent to: 

i) having your child/ward's works collected at the end of the workshop

ii) NLB's right to capture videos and images relating to the workshop including of your child/ward and their completed works, and to use these for any NLB purposes such as in exhibitions, publications, and presentations (including on online and successor platforms)