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BY XI ZUQ: ASIAN FESTIVAL OF CHILDREN'S CONTENT 2015 6/28/2015 The National Library of Singapore was teeming with people on 3 June 2015. It was the first day of the Writers and Illustrators Conference, one of the programmes of the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC). AFCC is a gathering of creators for children from Asia and other parts of the world. Candy Gourlay with Jonathan Ranola Day 1 This year’s AFCC opened with Candy Gourlay’s keynote address on why Asia needs more writers for children. Ani Almario also talked about Adarna House’s experience in publishing children’s books in five Philippine languages, while Andrea Pasion-Flores introduced Jacaranda Agency in a panel on working with literary agents. During the breaks, I chatted with Cheeno Marlo Sayuno, Rommel Joson, Jhoan Medrano, and Maria Gabriela Aparentado. The four of them were participants in the Writers and Illustrators Retreat, which happened at Bintan, Indonesia days before the conference. Hezky Kurniawan, Jonathan Ranola, La Aparentado, Jhoan Medrano and Rommel Joson. I spent the rest of my day listening to Fred Chao’s sharing on producing comics with 'mature' themes; Michael Heyman’ lecture-workshop on nonsense literature; and Ying Chang Compestine’s experience in working with several literary agents. And the day ended with a celebration of Singaporean creators and books for children since Singapore is celebrating its 50th year of statehood. Michael Heyman facilitates a writing exercise. Day 2 I started my second day with Sarah Odedina and Allison Norrington’s talk about transmedia publishing. They looked at the trends in digital publishing and social media and how these affect creators for children. Then I listened to Anushka Ravinshakar, who reacquainted us with the uses of humour in children’s works. Anushka jokes that writing for children is for bored housewives. I skipped some sessions to check out the books at Closetful of Books, the bookstore for the event, and Adarna House and other booths of Asian publishers. I met there Dr. Rosario Torres-Yu and her daughter, Karina Yu, Pamela Imperial, and Jonathan Rañola, whose illustration was exhibited at the library’s gallery. I then sat in the first AFCC debate, which featured Shirin Yim Bridges, Christopher Cheng, Sarah Odedina, and Nury Vittachi. Each of them opined on the topic, “Asian readers deserve better than translations of Western works.” The speakers for the first AFCC debate. Christopher Cheng and I had to rush down the building for our panel with authors Reenita Maholtra Hora and Golda Mowe. He became our new moderator, since Ken Spillman couldn’t make it that day. Reenita shared how she infused traditional Indian mythology in her latest YA novel, while Golda explained the intricacies of the Iban culture of Borneo present in her novels. I closed the session (and my day) with a short presentation on creating picture books for indigenous children. I open my brief talk on picture books for indigenous children. Day 3 On the third day, I decided to listen to several YA authors. AJ Betts shared her experience in writing about love without the cliché and the melodrama; Elaine Forrestal presented her process of writing the historical YA fiction, Straggler’s Reef ; and Reenita Maholtra Hora and Suzanne Kamata talked about writing across cultures. Reenita Maholtra Hora, Suzanne Kamata and Elaine Forrestal. I also sat in Wendy Bink’s talk about making the most of one’s published work by sharing how she marketed one of Australia’s well-loved characters, Stripey, and Sally Murphy and Genevieve Sarah Loh’s session on reviewing works for children. Sally Murphy and Genevieve Sarah Loh answer a question from the audience. During the break, I sneaked in the children’s section of the National Library. It houses a lot of books and educational materials partitioned according to types and ages. (I hope to see a library for Filipino children as organized and beautiful as this.) I then went home after two days, bringing the books I bought and the insights I gained in the different aspects of creating and producing for children.
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