Elaine Chiew's Blog

Writing Our Legacy Food Workshop — Food as Story Enabler. January 19, 2024. 6-8 p.m. Virtual.

Makan & Me in celebration of ESEA Heritage Month. Story circle centering food. Sept 14, 2023, Crossrail Place Roof Garden. 7-9 p.m.

Middle Way Mentoring Food as Story Enabler Workshop. Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. July 2023. 

ISO BREAK: Asia Pacific Writers & Translators and New York Writers Workshop, April 2023. Hosted by Ravi Shankar With Kashiana Singh, VInita Agrawal, Pramila Venkateswaran, Rochelle Potkar.  You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbhXhfV5k4

LASALLE MFA CREATIVE WRITING LECTURE (April 2023, LASALLE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS)

Feminine Archetypes in Literature. W/ Anitha Devi Pillai. Hosted by National LIbrary Singapore and National Reading SG. March 2023.

You can watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1590152024793669

Writing Our Legacy Workshop: Writing the Body Into Landscape Through Myth, Memory and Heritage.

WRITING OUR LEGACY PUBLIC WORKSHOP as part of Covert Talent Development Programme (March 2023, Worthing Museum).

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Writing Our Way Home Workshop wth Melissa Fu, at Museum of the Home. September 2022.

Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Early Historian Public Lecture. 

You can watch the livestream recording here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=437443378301769

July 2nd, 2022: 6 PM GMT on @booksbualbual (IGlive)

Fake AWP WITH BROWNBAG LIT

Crafting Close to the Bone: Composting Through Food, Memory and Experience. Panel Featuring April Bradley, Amy Cipolla Barnes, Jolene McIlwaine and Elaine Chiew. February 11, 2024. Virtual. Register here: https://brownbaglit.com/events

WRITING OUR LEGACY/COVERT TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

USING FOOD AS STORY ENABLER WRITING WORKSHOP, February 23, 2024 6-8 p.m. Virtual.

Date: February 5th, 2020
Location: 40 Conduit Road, London
Time: 8:00am – 9:15am

In conversation with Gabriella Otty and together with Stanford Women’s Network UK.

By invitation only.

Date: January 23rd, 2020

Myriad Editions and Waterstones invite you to celebrate the publication of Elaine Chiew’s debut collection of short stories at Waterstones Tottenham Court Road (19-21 Tottenham Court Rd, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 1BJ on Thursday January 23rd 2020 f at 6:30pm.

Tickets are 7 GBP and are redeemable against the price of a book.

Date: January 22nd, 2020 at 6:30pm

In conversation with Emily Rhodes to discuss diaspora, homesickness, the divided self and trying to live within a culture that is not your own.

Elaine Chiew celebrates the complexities of literature in Singapore (or known as ‘Singlit’)! Listen here!

Author Q&A with Elaine Chiew on The Heartsick Diaspora by Antonia Charlesworth.

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The Lounge Chair Interview: 10 Questions with Elaine Chiew

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Interview with Elaine Chiew on ‘Rap and Fine Dining: The Mix in Heartsick Diaspora’ in Hyphen Magazine.

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