Namaste! I am in Delhi for the Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival 2026, where I’ll be running two workshops – one on playwriting and one on poetry writing – for young people:
Let’s Write A Play! Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 Time: 11.30am to 12.15pm Venue: The Arches
What makes a scene come alive? Join playwright Laremy Lee, dream up characters, stir up some drama, write your own scene and bring it to life on stage!
Can You Write What You Can’t See? Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 Time: 3.15pm to 4pm Venue: The Pavillion
Poetry helps give a voice to all those thoughts and feelings hiding inside. Bring the invisible to life and turn what you can’t see into a poem with a little help from poet Laremy Lee!
Please swing by Sunder Nursery to say hi if you’re around or hit me up if you’d like to connect while I’m here. You can also find the full programme and festival details on the Bookaroo website.
📚 Sorry I’m Booked presents: Book Swap – Encore Edition (35++)
💡 Theme: Second Chances (fiction only) 📅 Date: Saturday, 12 September 2026 🕑 Time: 2pm (arrival); 4pm (end) 📍 Venue: Exact venue will be confirmed upon successful registration 🎟️ Entry: Free! 🍲 Refreshments: Potluck-style – bring a dish or drink to share; we’ll eat as we swop
This edition is for the 35++ crowd – for those who’ve begun to recognise that the best stories, like the best things in life, only reveal their depth with time.
The session is themed around Second Chances. These can be works of fiction about second chances, second comings, returns, reinventions or characters and authors getting another shot at something. Bring a book that fits these ideas or even a text which you’re giving a second chance.
What to bring:
A food or beverage item in one of these categories:
Appetizers/salads/sides
Savoury
Sweet/desserts
Alcoholic drinks
Non-alcoholic drinks
One wrapped fiction book (poetry, prose or plays) for the main swop which fits the theme of Second Chances. The wrapping doesn’t need to be too fancy – or it can be as fancy as you’d like! Your call.
Optional: Extra books to declutter or casually swop. You can also swop books available on the day, subject to availability
Come for the books and the conversation; I personally guarantee you’ll leave with something new to put on your bookshelf as well as something to talk about.
Please RSVP here only if you’re sure you can make it. Numbers are capped to fit the space, so every no-show means another genuine reader misses out.
Nevertheless, we understand completely if plans change. If that’s the case, please let us know ASAP so we can free up your ticket for the next person on the waitlist.
Described as a meeting of the minds between North Mississippi hill country blues and Singapore poetry, Long Time Coming x Say It Is Like It Is is one of the earliest collaborations between General Lee and me.
The song by the Singapore-based rock ‘n’ roll band is an observation of the roots of modern poverty and systemic inequality in historical injustice, while my poem responds to these themes through a scathing satire of privilege, addressing anxieties about poverty on different points of the ideological spectrum at the same time.
I will be reprising this work together with DeltaV at our upcoming performance, Singaporeana Blues, this Friday, 28 March 2025 from 7-9.30pm at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre.
