Today was my last day in Singapore after a very enjoyable festival. I started the day out at Channel News Asia’s morning television programme where I was interviewed alongside fellow writers Edwin Thumboo and Philip Jeyaretnam about the importance of this once-every-2-years festival and how literature transcends geographical boundaries. It’s always interesting to see how television stations operate in different countries. In Ireland and the UK, one is always caked in make-up before being put in front of the cameras. In the States, you’re in and out without so much as glancing in a mirror. Here it was more like that, which suits me just fine.
Afterwards it was back to the Arts House, the festival centre, where I took part in my last event, a masterclass on writing novels. Then it was all over and time for a little shopping. Tomorrow, the 14 hour flight home…
I took part in 2 events at The Arts House in Singapore yesterday as part of the festival. The first was a public interview and reading from THE HOUSE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE; the second the same but relating to THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. I have a few more days here before I go home, some interviews, a TV appearance, and a talk on how to write novels on Monday. So I better figure out how to write them between now and then.







A busy few weeks of festival appearances continued this weekend with a trip to Wigtown in Scotland for the
I went to Bangor yesterday for the
To the most western point in Ireland last night, Clifden in County Galway, for the annual 


