
Queer Lit Festival: 13 Apr 2025
Panel: On Queer Poetry & Anthologies: The Importance of Queer Poetry in Singapore
Featuring: ArunDitha, Zeha and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Panel: On Queer Poetry & Anthologies: The Importance of Queer Poetry in Singapore
Featuring: ArunDitha, Zeha and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Panel / Reading: JIAK KAN TANG
Featuring: Cheng Him and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Workshop Series: Exploring Love and Pain: Ideation, Character Design & Narrative Techniques
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
Powerpoint Party
Featuring: Stephanie Dogfoot, Max Pasakorn, Daryl Qilin Yam & others
Exhibition / Installation: The Line of Best Fit
Featuring: Erni Salleh, B. Ganga, Rachel Heng, Saeda Buang, Sofia Nin, Wong Phui Nam, Daryl Qilin Yam & Yeng Pway Ngon
Meet-The-Author: A Chat with Daryl Qilin Yam and The Other Book Club
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam & Ron Tan (moderator)
Book Club: Be Your Own Bae, Daryl Qilin Yam
Featuring: Be Your Own Bae
Workshop: Fiction 101: Understanding Story and Plot
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
Workshop: Embracing Possibility: A workshop on magical thinking and magical realism
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
Reading: HOT DABO! A SingLit Reading
Featuring: Ameera Aslam, Claire Chee, Max Pasakorn, Shze-Hui Tjoa, Jemimah Wei, Daryl Qilin Yam and Nur Hadziqah (MC)
Panel: To Belong and Be Seen
Featuring: Wani Ardy, Jenelyn Leyble, Daryl Qilin Yam and Jerrold Yam (moderator)
Meet-the-Author: “Interrogating the Culture” with Frédéric Martel
Featuring: Frédéric Martel and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
Reading / Open Mic: Spoke & Bird (Oct ‘24)
Featuring: Judith Huang, Jemimah Wei and Daryl Qilin Yam
Launch / Panel: Our Short Stories
Featuring: Vinita Ramani, Choo Yi Feng and Daryl Qilin Yam (host)
Pop-up / Meet-The-Author: Be Your Own Bae, Daryl Qilin Yam
+ Conversation: Daryl Qilin Yam and Amanda Chong
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam and Amanda Chong (moderator)
Poetry Competition: Colours in the Park 2024 by Sengkang Constituency Committee
Featuring: Louis Chua, He Ting Ru, Jamus Lim and Daryl Qilin Yam
Panel: From Selection to Celebration: The Impact of Literary Awards
Featuring: Hsu-Ming Teo, Cyril Wong and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
WORKSHOP: Fiction 101: Assembling a Narrative
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
15 Jun 2024, 2pm–4pm, Sing Lit Station. $25.
Exhibition: ChildISH: Inspired by the Learning Gallery at Singapore Art Museum
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Hamid Roslan, Pooja Nansi, Charlene Shepherdson and Daryl Qilin Yam
PANEL / MEET-THE-AUTHORS: Where Worlds Collide: Navigating Literature in the New Digital Age
Featuring: Crispin Rodrigues and Daryl Qilin Yam
3 Jun 2024, 3pm–4pm, The Red Box.
PANEL: Awful People
Featuring: David Cohen, Jennifer Croft, Lexi Freiman, Daryl Qilin Yam and Carody Culver (chair)
1 Jun 2024, 1pm–2pm, State Library of Queensland (Queensland Terrace). Festival pass required.
PANEL: Inverted Perspectives
Featuring: Catherine Chidgey, Ceridwen Dovey, Laura Jean Mckay, Daryl Qilin Yam and Ella Jeffrey (chair)
2 Jun 2024, 2.30pm–3.30pm, State Library of Queensland (Queensland Terrace). Festival pass required.
OPEN MIC / MEET-THE-AUTHORS: Sing Lit Salon @ Smallroom
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Balli Kaur Jaswal and Daryl Qilin Yam
29 May 2024, 7pm–8pm, Griffith University Gold Coast (G07 Drama Theatre, Theatres Lane). $5.
READING: a panic room / a piercing: an evening with Singaporean authors
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Daryl Qilin Yam and Rae White (host / organiser)
27 May 2024, 5pm–6pm, Brisbane Square Library (Community Meeting Room).
READING: Singapore Storytellers
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Balli Kaur Jaswal, Daryl Lim Wei Jie and Daryl Qilin Yam
23 May 2024, 4.30pm–5.30pm, Carriageworks (Bay 24).
MEET-THE-AUTHORS: Rising Stars: An evening with Singaporean writers
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Daryl Qilin Yam and Sreedhevi Iyer (moderator)
22 May 2024, 6.30pm–7.45pm, The Wheeler Centre. $19 / $15 / pay what you wish.
MEET-THE-AUTHORS: The Singapore Lit Salon
Featuring: Amanda Chong, Shivram Gopinath, Joshua Ip, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Tse Hao Guang, Daryl Qilin Yam and Chris Tse (moderator)
18 May 2024, 8.30pm–9.30pm, Aotea Centre (Herald Theatre). $23 / $28.50 / $18.50 / $13.
PERFORMANCE: Evening of Poetry and Music 2024
Featuring: Joy Huang, Laura Jane Lee, WHYLUCAS, Daryl Qilin Yam and Yong Shu Hoong
22 Mar 2024, 7.30pm–9.15pm, Shaw Foundation Alumni House (Auditorium).
PANEL: It’s a Public Love Affair: Debut Authors on Writing Personal Stories
Featuring: Nadia Ayesha, Samara Gan and Daryl Qilin Yam (moderator)
20 Mar 2024, 7.30pm–8.30pm, Central Public Library (Programme Room 2).
PANEL: SEA the World: Going global with Southeast Asian stories
Featuring: Claire Betita de Guzman, Zen Cho, Daryl Qilin Yam and Yong Shu Hoong (moderator)
15 Mar 2024, 8pm–9pm, The Arts House (Living Room).
Launch / Conversation: Daryl Qilin Yam’s Lovelier, Lonelier
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam and Jeremy Tiang (moderator)
12 Feb 2024, 7pm–9pm, The Array (45 Main Street, Suite 508, Brooklyn, NY 11201).
Media: “Singaporean author Daryl Qilin Yam in conversation with Jeremy Tiang”, Jee Leong Koh, YouTube (27 Feb 2024)
Reading: Audible Browsing Experience 2024
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam and others
7 Feb 2024, 6pm–9pm, Prospero’s Books. Free admission.
Book Signing: Lovelier, Lonelier Daryl Qilin Yam with Gaudy Boy
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam
9 Feb 2024, 10.30am–11.30am, Kansas City Convention Center (Bookfair, Exhibit Space T161). Registration required.
Launch / Open Mic: Daryl Qilin Yam’s Lovelier, Lonelier
Featuring: Daryl Qilin Yam and Jee Leong Koh (host)
3 Feb 2024, 7pm–9pm, a private residence in Harlem, NY. RSVP jkoh@singaporeunbound.org for address
Panel: The Haunted Liminal
Featuring: Ally Chua, Ng Yi-Sheng, Daryl Qilin Yam and Natalie Wang (moderator)
16 Jan 2024, 7.30pm-8.30pm, Book Bar SG