ABOUT
Laura Jane Lee is a Hong Kong-born, Singapore-based poet. She is a winner of the Sir Roger Newdigate Prize and her work has been featured in The Straits Times, Tatler Asia, Poetry London, Ambit, and the Poetry International Festival. Her most recent pamphlet flinch & air was published with Out-Spoken Press in 2021.
Check out her website here.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 - flinch & air (London: Out-Spoken Press)
TALKS
*NEW* GIRLHOOD ARCHIVES
For: secondary (girls; but can be tailored for boys/co-ed audiences)
Availability: 30 min; single session
Description: This talk will dive into the archives, exploring portrayals of girlhood in poetry, writing and popular culture. This talk aims to define girlhood as a category distinct from childhood and womanhood, a formative phase and a wider cultural moment. From Wollstonecraft to Barbie, from Ellen Bass to Olivia Rodrigo, this talk is a celebration of girlhood as much as it is a vindication.
Learning Outcomes: It is hoped that this talk will inspire and reassure girls in a formative phase of their lives through writing, poetry, and accessible portrayals of girlhood in popular culture.
WORKSHOPS
*NEW* (RE-)WRITING HISTORIES: THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL
For: secondary, junior college; 10 - 25 pax
Availability: 2.5 hours; single session, multiple sessions
Description: How do we write our histories, individually and as a collective? This workshop will explore the writing of historical narratives through poetry - from personal history and family history, to the history of the political events which we inherit or bear witness to. This workshop will also incorporate Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies as a springboard for ideas and a tool in the editing process.
Learning Outcomes: Students will look at how different types of histories intersect meaningfully in poetry, and how to respectfully represent and engage with these narratives whilst lending a sense of authenticity.
*NEW* THE ART OF ERASURE
For: secondary, junior college; 5 - 20 pax
Availability: 2 hours; single session
Description: In this 2-hour erasure poetry workshop, we will be: (un)covering poems in the most unlikely of places with Erasure Poetry, saying more with less words. We will explore the process behind erasure poetry, and try out various techniques which can be employed to create the form.
Learning Outcomes: Students will gain an understanding of the erasure poetry process and reflect on the techniques used to create their pieces, from both technical and artistic perspectives. They will also be able to bring their erasure poetry pieces home.
*NEW* POETRY JAM!
For: primary, secondary, junior college; 5 - 20 pax
Availability: 2 hours, 2.5 hours; single session
Description: In this jamming workshop, we will be getting hands-on with Magnetic Poetry Kits, exploring the use of poetic tools such as Metaphor Dice and Oblique Strategies cards, and creating a collaborative visual piece which can be displayed in the school.
Learning Outcomes: Students will be introduced to poetry in a hands-on and accessible format through the use of physical tools and the production of poetry in visual formats. Students will overcome their apprehension towards the abstract notion of writing, editing and presenting poetry; and produce a visual piece for their school.
ABOUT OUR PROGRAMME / OUR WRITERS / OUR WORKSHOPS / OUR CAMP / F.A.Q.
Book A Writer is Sing Lit Station's workshop-for-schools programme, featuring a roster of Singapore's most important writers at work today. *Do you want to Book A Writer? For enquiries on Laura Jane Lee’s availability and workshop rates in Sing Lit Station's Book A Writer programme, do fill in the form below.