Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival 2026 (Bhopal)

Fri, 9 Oct 2026
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Hello again! I’m in Bhopal this weekend (10-11 Oct 2026) for another edition of the Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival 2026. I’ll also be running two workshops – one on playwriting and one on poetry writing – for young people:

Let’s Write A Play!
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026
Time: 12.45pm to 1.30pm
Venue: Auditorium, Bharat Bhavan

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, 11 Oct 2026
Time: 11.30am to 12.15pm
Venue: Auditorium, Bharat Bhavan

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 Bharat Bhavan to say hi if you’re around or drop me a line if you’d like to connect while I’m here. You can also find the full programme and festival details on the Bookaroo website.

See you then!

Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival 2026 (Delhi)

Fri, 2 Oct 2026
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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, Sunder Nursery

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 Pavilion, Sunder Nursery

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.

See you then!

Rethinking Political Progress in Singapore Beyond the Pass/Fail Lens

Sun, 11 May 2025
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    Workers Party rally in Anchorvale, Singapore, during GE2025 (Photo: Laremy Lee)

    Singaporeans have long rolled their eyes at the stereotypical Asian parent mentality that often defines societal attitudes towards learning and education.

    You know how it is; nothing is ever quite good enough. An A- is dismissed for not being an A. One’s accomplishments are frequently measured against those of others, prompting questions like: “Why you never score higher than your friend?”

    Though we have since come to decry this attitude whenever it rears its ugly head, it’s strangely ironic to see that same spirit unabashedly manifest itself after the dust had settled on GE2025.

    Much of the public reaction thus far, from those who desire more pluralism in Parliament, has been to lambast and lampoon opposition parties for their perceived failure to wrench more constituencies away from the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP).

    Worse still is the hand-wringing over Singapore’s supposed failure to mature as a democracy, simply because more non-PAP voices haven’t been elected to Parliament to offer broader, more incisive perspectives.

    The dismay is understandable. It speaks to the “divine discontent” in our Singaporean DNA, which then-Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong described in 2016 in his National Day Rally speech as a function of us being “always not quite satisfied with what we have, always driven to do better”.

    Nevertheless, while the disillusionment is understandable, it may be misplaced—highlighting instead an opportunity for a hopeful, collective mindset shift among Singaporeans and their leaders. One that can lay the foundation for a stronger, more resilient future in the next six decades to come.

    (Continue reading the full article here.)

    (Published as “Rethinking Political Progress in Singapore Beyond the Pass/Fail Lens” on 11 May 2025 in Rice Media.)