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SUMMARY:"To the Last Gram" Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Too big. Too small. Wanting to feel special. Never feeling enough. \nLet’s talk about the gooey and messy parts of growing up at the book launch of To the Last Gram by debut creators Shreya Davies and Vanessa Wong ❤️‍🔥 \nGrowing up as a young Indian girl in 1990s Singapore\, To the Last Gram follows Divya’s coming-of-age journey as she finds herself off-kilter and increasingly at odds with food\, family\, and her own body. Told through Shreya Davies’ gentle yet incisive words and Vanessa Wong’s disarmingly surreal illustrations\, the comic will surely rip you at the seams and sew you back together again. To the Last Gram is not about recovering from an eating disorder\, but about living with one. \nModerated by the incredible Prasanthi Ram\, hear from Shreya and Vanessa about their creative process and then weave your thoughts about the book into a collaborative community tapestry. Grab a copy of the book and have it signed by the creators in person! \n✨ Preorder the comic from Book Bar by 28 April and collect it at the launch together with a FREE art print! \n📌 Limited seating is available on a first-come-first-served basis\, with standing room available. Slots will be prioritised for registered attendees (with a 10-minute grace period)\, but walk-ins are welcome if there is capacity! \nABOUT THE LAUNCH \nDate: Thursday\, 1 May\, 2025\nTime: 2PM – 4PM\nVenue: Book Bar\, 57 Duxton Road\, Singapore 089521 \n🕑 1.45PM – 2.00PM Registration\n🕑 2.00PM – 2.45PM Conversation with Creators (Moderated by Prasanthi Ram)\n🕒 2.45PM – 3.00PM Audience Q&A\n🕔 3.00PM – 4.00PM Book Signing / Community Tapestry Activity
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LOCATION:Book Bar\, 57 Duxton Road Singapore 089521\, Singapore\, 089521\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Literary Events/Talks (Events)
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SUMMARY:[OPEN CALL] Free to Play: A Video Games Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Calling all creators! Difference Engine invites you to submit pitches for our upcoming anthology Free to Play\, which will be published in 2026. Spearheaded by a dynamic team of avid gamers and multidisciplinary writers — Adan Jimenez\, Daryl Lim Wei Jie\, Joses Ho\, and Natalie Wang — this print publication spanning fiction\, creative non-fiction\, poetry\, comics\, visual art pieces\, and multimedia works will be an exciting collection that celebrates games\, gaming\, and play. \nFree to Play will also feature guest contributions by invited writers and artists who have a strong interest in gaming as culture and storytelling. We’re excited to announce Ken Liu as our first guest contributor\, the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of The Dandelion Dynasty and The Paper Menagerie! Submit your pitch and potentially get your piece featured alongside his. \nSubmissions close on 31 March and is open worldwide. Visit https://differenceengine.sg/ftpopencall/ for full submission details.
URL:https://artsequator.com/event/open-call-free-to-play-a-video-games-anthology/
CATEGORIES:Artist Opportunities
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SUMMARY:From Person to Page: Expressing the Self in Comics with Tania De Rozario
DESCRIPTION:The glow in your chest when you find the perfect meme to explain the day you just had. The laughter that bubbles up when your friends share the same. We have all experienced how images and narratives go hand-in-hand to move our emotions. \nJoin writing and visual art powerhouse Tania De Rozario in this four-week series\, where she will introduce you to her favourite comics\, demonstrate how the craft of comics allows you to understand visual metaphors\, and explore tools used in visual storytelling to make introspective\, diaristic comics. \nEvery week\, we will share our writing and drawing with one another in a casual environment. You don’t need to be a professional artist or writer to participate! \n  \nSESSION OUTLINE \nAll sessions will be held from 10am – 12pm Singapore time (SGT) / 6pm – 8pm Vancouver time (PST). Please use a time zone converter to find the corresponding time in your location. \nWe will be drawing and writing during this workshop. Please come with blank paper\, a pen and a pencil. If possible\, it would be great if you have a phone or camera that allows you to upload photos of your drawings to the internet. \n  \nSession 1: Thinking About Storytelling\nSaturday\, 8 February 2025 (SGT) | Friday\, 7 February 2025 (PST)\nLet’s begin by looking at frameworks through which we can begin to analyse and appreciate comics storytelling. We will also look at grids and experiment with how they can be used as structural guides to help organise information\, create rhythm\, and/or provide points of focus. \nSession 2: Visual Metaphors & Mark-making\nSaturday\, 15 February 2025 (SGT) | Friday\, 14 February 2025 (PST)\nIn this session\, we will look at the use of imaginative imagery in comics\, with a focus on non-representational elements as well as metaphorical images. We will also experiment with developing our own visual metaphors through a drawing exercise that utilises free association. \nSession 3: Medium\, Method & Material\nSaturday\, 22 February 2025 (SGT) | Friday\, 21 February 2025 (PST)\nExplore how different mediums and materials can help us expand storytelling possibilities and widen our visual vocabularies\, freeing us up to discover new ways of working and new ways of taking pleasure in the work that we make. \nSession 4: Hybrid Comics & Experimental Comics\nSaturday\, 1 March 2025 (SGT) | Friday\, 28 February 2025 (PST)\nIn our final session\, we will look at how comics-makers are pushing boundaries in terms of story structure\, form\, material\, language\, and the comic book as an object itself. We will also look at examples of poetry comics and visual art (e.g. painting\, collage\, sculpture) that combine image\, text and material in ways that we can learn from. \n  \nABOUT TANIA DE ROZARIO \nTania De Rozario is a writer\, visual artist\, and the author of four books. Her latest collection\, Dinner on Monster Island (Harper Perennial 2024)\, has been described as “sharp and searing” (Ms. Magazine)\, “unique” (Publishers Weekly)\, “a book with resonance” (Kirkus Reviews)\, “elegant”\, “droll” and “magnetic” (British Columbia Review). Her writing has won the New Ohio Review Nonfiction Contest (2020) and the Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry Contest (2021)\, has been a finalist at the Lambda Literary Awards (2021) and has been published in journals/anthologies across four continents. Her art has been showcased in Singapore\, Europe\, and the US. \nTania has taught in various capacities for over two decades – this includes working as an adjunct at the University of British Columbia\, where she taught Writing for Graphic Forms for the Creative Writing Department (2021-2023)\, and across Visual Arts faculties at Lasalle College of the Arts (2006-2018). She has also run art/writing workshops for the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival\, Catapult\, The Substation\, Real Vancouver Writers Series\, and Sing Lit Station. \n  \nABOUT DIFFERENCE ENGINE \nDifference Engine is an independent comics publisher based in Singapore. We are inspired by stories from Asia\, and we are committed to publishing diverse\, well-written\, and beautifully illustrated comics of all genres and for all ages. We collaborate closely with Southeast Asian creators\, both new and experienced\, with genuine and thought-provoking ideas to share. \nIn addition to our main publishing line\, Difference Engine also publishes DE Shorts\, an imprint focused on self-contained stories on a wide range of social issues. \nOur range of print and digital comics and graphic novels are available locally\, regionally\, and internationally through our network of booksellers\, retailers\, and distribution partners. To view our full list of titles\, visit http://differenceengine.sg
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LOCATION:Zoom\, N.A.
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SUMMARY:Speculative Comics: Strangely and Surprisingly Familiar
DESCRIPTION:Speculative comics are graphic narratives with a touch of science fiction and fantasy\, but what makes them speculative are the questions they ask about our present world. \nHow do speculative comics take familiar cultural myths and folklore from the past and combine them in ways that are strange and surprising? How might these combinations help us think differently about the past and present\, or imagine possible futures? \nIn this cosy lecture and Q&A\, Professor of English Gui Weihsin explores how comics can be portals into reimagined realities. Take a trip with him into the fantastical worlds of Difference Engine comics such as Afterlife: The Boy Next Realm and Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers and you might just step out of it with a strange but renewed sense of the world around you. \nComics will be available for sale too! This event is supported by Sing Lit Station.
URL:https://artsequator.com/event/speculative-comics-strangely-and-surprisingly-familiar/
LOCATION:Sing Lit Station\, 22 Dickson Road #02-01\, 209506\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Literary Events/Talks (Events)
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SUMMARY:Artist Live Chat with Claire Low\, Illustrator of Tiger Girls
DESCRIPTION:Sink your teeth into a first look at Difference Engine’s new webcomic Tiger Girls\, launching in July! \nTogether with Illustration Arts Festival\, we’re bringing you a special live chat with Claire Low\, the illustrator of Tiger Girls\, as well as DE’s very own Charlene Shepherdson. The conversation will be moderated by illustrator Dan Wong! \nBe the first to check out Claire’s art for Tiger Girls\, take a virtual tour of her home art studio\, and bring her your burning questions! You’ll also want to stay tuned to the end because we’ll be sharing something special with viewers for our IAF booth 😉 \nTune in to the YouTube livestream on 27 June\, 6.30pm – 7.30pm on @oicsingapore‘s channel: bit.ly/tigergirlslive
URL:https://artsequator.com/event/artist-live-chat-with-claire-low-illustrator-of-tiger-girls/
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SUMMARY:All the Things She Said: Women’s Voices in Comics
DESCRIPTION:This International Women’s Day\, join us for a conversation about the power of women’s voices in comics with creators from Difference Engine\, an independent comics publisher based in Singapore. \nTackling big topics through small but powerful publications within the DE Shorts imprint\, Andeasyand (Creator of A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy)\, Vinita Ramani\, and Griselda Gabriele (Creators of Bearing Witness) discuss how exploring their shared experience of womanhood has empowered difficult conversations to be had through comics\, whether it’s through quirky humour or raw honesty. \nCome down to Book Bar on 8 March\, 7:30 pm as we share stories about friendship\, community\, and all the messy and magnificent parts of being a woman. \nDE Shorts titles including A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy and Bearing Witness will also be available for purchase and signing by the creators. Light bites and drinks will be available for purchase as well. \nAbout the Panellists\nVinita Ramani is a writer and editor. She has previously worked as a journalist for various local and regional publications\, and as a publicist for film festivals\, both in Singapore and abroad. Find her online at vinitaramani.com/ \nGriselda Gabriele is a Singapore-based Indonesian artist with experience in editorial illustration and visual development for games and animation. She is passionate about storytelling\, and interested in exploring the diverse history\, (pop) culture\, and faiths of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Find her online at grisgabriele.com/\n\nAndeasyand is a Nurulhuda Izyan born and raised in Singapore. To use up old name cards after her first marketing job\, she discovered the world of illustration and found ways to describe the beauty of the ordinary with doodles and scribbles. With that new power\, she navigates difficult topics like menstruation\, anxiety\, marriage\, and weight\, as well as silly daily musings. \nAbout the Moderator\nLalitha Aiyer is a Community Engagement Specialist at Difference Engine. Her experiences in community arts include assisting in the curation of ‘Thamizhachi: a digital museum of Singaporean Tamil women under construction’ as part of N.O.W 2021 and co-producing a decolonial initiative ‘More Uncomfortable Truths’ at the Bristol Museum\, England.
URL:https://artsequator.com/event/all-the-things-she-said-womens-voices-in-comics/
LOCATION:Book Bar\, 57 Duxton Road Singapore 089521\, Singapore\, 089521\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Literary Events/Talks (Events)
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SUMMARY:[OPEN CALL] "Delay: A Comics Anthology" by Difference Engine
DESCRIPTION:LOOMING MILESTONES\, AND MISSED CONNECTIONS.\nRESISTING MAINSTREAM EXPECTATIONS\, AND DOING LIFE AT YOUR OWN PACE.\nA BOOK OVERDUE\, A POSTPONED RENDEZVOUS.\nA SINGLE MOMENT\, SUSPENDED AND SEPARATED. \nWHAT DOES DELAY MEAN TO YOU? \n\nDifference Engine invites writers and illustrators to submit story pitches to our comics anthology\, which will be published in 2025! DELAY: A Comics Anthology is an initiative to develop and showcase the talents of local and regional creators. Coming on board as guest editors are Charis Loke and Paolo Chikiamco\, both veterans in the Southeast Asian comics industry. \nWE’RE LOOKING FOR COMICS THAT:\n\nAre original fiction of any genre in the theme of “delay”.\nAre inspired by Southeast Asia.\nCan potentially be developed into a finished comic of 10–20 pages.\nAre in black & white.\nAre written in the English language. Where integral to the story\, the use of non-English languages in dialogue or as sound effects is welcome.\n\nCREATORS MUST BE:\n\nLiving in Southeast Asia.\nOf Asian descent.\nAged 18 and above upon submission.\n\nStories selected for publication will receive a page rate of US$30. \nThere will be two rounds of selection: Round 1 (Call for Submissions) and Round 2 (Final Selection for Publication). \nTHE DEADLINE FOR ROUND 1 (CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS) IS 26 APRIL 2024\, 11.59PM GMT +8.\nFor full submission guidelines\, head to: https://differenceengine.sg/delay/
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