Singapore Writers Festival 2026
Singapore, Singapore · 13–22 Nov 2026 · T2 Strong
The Singapore Writers Festival is a literary event organised by the National Arts Council. Inaugurated in 1986, the festival serves a dual function of promoting new and emerging Singaporean and Asian writing to an international audience, as well as presenting foreign writers to Singaporeans. SWF has hosted Singaporean writers Meira Chand, Cyril Wong, Suchen Christine Lim and You Jin, as well as international writers such as Steven Levitt, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Bi Feiyu, David Mitchell, Bei Dao, F.
- Language
- English
- Genres
- general lit
- Format
- hybrid
- Founded
- 1986
- Duration (days)
- 10
- Next edition
- 13–22 Nov 2026
- Author participation
- Programme invitations; workshops; public tickets
- Attendance published by the festival
- 50000
- Audience
- Inaugurated in 1986, the festival serves a dual function of promoting new and emerging Singaporean and Asian writing to an international audience, as well as presenting foreign writers to Singaporeans.
- Age policy
- In July 2014, writer Ovidia Yu resigned from the festival's steering committee in protest against the National Library Board's (NLB) move to pulp children's picturebooks with homosexual themes.
- Language notes
- Listed working language: English
- Genre notes
- Primary focus: general lit
- Programme
- NLB is a programme partner of the festival.
- Awards
- With official sponsorship from SPH and Singapore Press Holdings Foundation in 2009 and 2011, the award was given the additional title of the SPH-NAC Golden Point Award.
- Past guests
- Steven Levitt, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, Bi Feiyu, David Mitchell, Bei Dao
- Past editions
- 1986, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024