Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Mr. Paul Tan

1st March
2012

4pm, Friday

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Only 30 seats available!

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An NUS graduate in English Literature and Language, Paul has worked as a broadcast journalist, news presenter, and more recently as a marketing and communications director in the Singapore Tourism Board.

Paul Tan has published three volumes of poetry. The first two, Curious Roads (1994) and Driving into Rain (1998) won the Commendation and the Merit Awards at the Singapore Literature Prize in 1993 and 1997 respectively. His third volume, First Meeting of Hands, was published in 2006. His poetry, fiction and journalistic writing have appeared in various anthologies, newspapers, magazines and literary websites such as QLRS.com. 

He is currently Director at the National Arts Council in charge of the literary arts and the annual Singapore Writers Festival. He is happy to talk about why we should read literature, why Singapore literature needs your support and suggest what aspiring writers can do to get published and noticed.

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