Yesterday, I had attended my first ever "Meet the Author" session at the Belle Body n Mind Spa at Orchard Grand Court, Killiney Road.
Wena Poon, is the author of "Lions in Winter", which is one of the selected short stories published in the book "Home and Away" published by the National Library Board as part of READ!Singapore 08. In person, Wena was pleasant and witty and spoke with a American accent having lived in the San Francisco for many years. She shared her experiences as a writer and her passion for writing. She pointed out that to write, you have fall in love with reading first! As a young girl, she loved Enid Blyton books. She also mentioned one of her favourite series "Chronicles of Narnia" which left a deep impression on her.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Reading Facilitator's Workshop
Last Tuesday (22 Jul 08), I had an opportunity to attend a Reading Facilitators workshop at Geylang Community Library conducted by Mr Tony Lee where we were learning all about book club facilitation, the "whats" and the "hows".
Our inspiring Tony said that reading was about:
R - Respond (responding to a book)
E - Explore (exploring the books content)
A - Analyse (thinking, reflecting)
D - Develop (learning something from the book and making an improvement!)
It was an enjoyable session and we also got to watch part of the movie "The Namesake" and held a small book discussion relating to the book. Now I realise that bookclubs are really interesting stuff and they have great potential for people to share their experiences, knowledge and opinions. There was no right and wrong in what you had to say, you just say it, its just like talking to friends about a particular topic and this particular topic in this case, relates to whats in the book. It can be characters from the books whom you found interesting, or characters you can relate to, or situations you found interesting or can relate to. It can be a particular sentence that makes you laught out loud or even sentences that jolt you out of the chair! Sharing makes you bond with the book and the people around you, you suddenly realise, we are in one way or other, connected..
Our inspiring Tony said that reading was about:
R - Respond (responding to a book)
E - Explore (exploring the books content)
A - Analyse (thinking, reflecting)
D - Develop (learning something from the book and making an improvement!)
It was an enjoyable session and we also got to watch part of the movie "The Namesake" and held a small book discussion relating to the book. Now I realise that bookclubs are really interesting stuff and they have great potential for people to share their experiences, knowledge and opinions. There was no right and wrong in what you had to say, you just say it, its just like talking to friends about a particular topic and this particular topic in this case, relates to whats in the book. It can be characters from the books whom you found interesting, or characters you can relate to, or situations you found interesting or can relate to. It can be a particular sentence that makes you laught out loud or even sentences that jolt you out of the chair! Sharing makes you bond with the book and the people around you, you suddenly realise, we are in one way or other, connected..
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