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Singapore Writers Festival 2014 (SWF) The City as Inspiration: The Balik Kampung Literary Walk

PUBLISHED October 29th, 2014 07:30 pm | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am

Sun 2 Nov 2014 | Literary Walk 1

Discover how our sunny island is muse to nine writers in moving and unexpected ways. Hear their stories as they show you the neighbourhoods they love – from Spottiswoode Park, Whampoa and Seletar Hills Estate to Choa Chu Kang Park. Don’t miss out on exploring these lesser known nooks and crannies through the eyes of the writers behind the popular Balik Kampung anthology series.

This walk will be led by Carena Chor, Desmond Ong, Verena Tay, Rosemarie Somaiah and Desmond Kon.

Sun 9 Nov 2014 | Literary Walk 2

Discover how our sunny island is muse to nine writers in moving and unexpected ways. Hear their stories as they show you the neighbourhoods they love – from Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang Park and Seletar Dam. Don’t miss out on exploring these lesser known nooks and crannies through the eyes of the writers behind the popular Balik Kampung anthology series.

This walk will be led by Joey Chin, Wong Hongyi, Christopher Fok, Colin Cheong and Brandon Chew.

For tickets, click [here](http://www.sistic.com.sg/events/swfbk2014).

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