Christina Lau gave us a talk about her journey through rehabilitation and life after her accident. She was in a car accident that left her completely paralyzed from the waist down. This has obviously affected her life in such a big way because she has had to adapt her life to so much now. She […]
Month: January 2018
Mukul Deva: an untold story
Mural Deva is an Indian author whose goal is to write one book each year. I originally thought that it would be a very ‘sit down and listen’ type talk but he was very engaging and I really enjoyed the talk. He advised us on how to write a book and explained to us how […]
Danny Raven Tan’s Battle with Life
Today we were given a presentation by Danny Raven Tan who told us about his journey through experiencing cancer, his father dying and his mother’s dementia. I was very surprised about how he didn’t tell his parents about his cancer and would liked to have asked him if he has since told his mother or […]
Marc Nair’s Journey in Singapore as a Poet
I chose this image because it shows a general Asia and I feel that because Nair has grown up in Asia, many of his poems are focussed around Asia. I chose this image because he told us a lot about his books and how they have developed and improved over the years which I […]
Steve Dawson, Journey to His Dreams
Today we had our first guest of writers fortnight, Steve Dawson. Initially, I thought it would be him coming in and only telling his life story from when he started reporting sports up until this point, today I learned this isn’t the case. Now I realise that although he did give us a brief backstory on […]