Speakers & Moderators

Abhi Krish

Abhi is a bilingual children’s author whose stories spark curiosity around Tamil as a language,...

Alan John

Alan John is a journalist, writer and editorial trainer. Alan has written three picture books,...

Andrew Tan

Andrew Tan (aka Drewscape) is a freelance illustrator and an Eisner-nominated comic artist based in...

Andy Chua

Andy Chua is the award-nominated author of the Fossil Finders children’s book series, published by...

Boris Tsui

Boris has worked with clients around the world to bring their projects and ideas to...

Chen Junhua

Andy Chua is the award-nominated author of the Fossil Finders children’s book series, published by...

Chew Lee Ching

Lee Ching started writing children’s stories four years ago. Writing children’s stories has been her...

Chloe Chang

CHLOE CHANG is an award winning illustrator based in the sunny island city of Singapore,...

Colin Goh

Colin Goh is an award-winning filmmaker, illustrator, writer, and multimedia producer. He is also an...

Darel Seow

Darel is a visual storyteller, educator and designer who illustrates the tales of the natural...

David Liew

David Liew Illustrated best-selling Eliza Teoh’s “Ellie Belly” series as well as Melanie Lee’s “Squirky...

Edmund Lim

Edmund Lim is an award-winning author. In addition to academic works, he has written books...

Eliza Teoh

Eliza Teoh, a former journalist and news editor, is the author of the national bestselling...

Elodie Kyra

Elodie Kyra is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Toronto. She is a Contemporary dancer...

Emily Lim-Leh

Emily Lim-Leh is a multi-award-winning author of 50 children’s books. She is a 3-time winner...

Far’ain Jaafar

Far’ain Jaafar is an educator, and a published children’s book author. She is dedicated to...

Hwee Goh

Hwee Goh was classically trained at the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, and was...

Janice Khoo

Janice Khoo is the co-author of Sing a Song of Hawker Food, a playful collection...

JH Low

J.H. Low is an award-winning picture-book maker whose books have been published in English, Chinese,...

Joanne Poon

Joanne is a theatre teacher who enjoys directing plays, writing plays and stories, listening to...

Jojo Chia

Jojo Chia is a writer who has a penchant for the weird and wonderful. An...

Josef Lee

Josef Lee tells stories through pictures. As a picture-book author & artist, his illustrated short...

Joyce Chng

Joyce Chng lives in Singapore. They write science fiction and fantasy, as well as YA...

Joyce Chua

Joyce is the author of the Chinese fantasy trilogy, Children of the Desert, as well...

Kaoru

Kaoru began her career as a solo comic artist, publishing a variety of romantic stories...

Kayce Teo

Kayce Teo publishes under the pen name Leslie W. Born and bred in Singapore, she...

Ken Kwek

Ken Kwek is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright and author with over twenty film, theatre and...

Laura Peh

Laura Peh is the founder and creative director of Cinnamon Art Publishing – an independent...

Low Lai Chow

A journalist by profession, Low Lai Chow is a children’s book author with nine books...

Low Ying Ping

Low Ying Ping is the author of two middle-grade fantasy series, Mount Emily and Prophecy...

Melanie Lee

Melanie is an award-winning author of the graphic novel series Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah...

Ng Yi-Sheng

Ng Yi-Sheng is a writer, researcher and activist with a keen interest in the forgotten...

Norlin Samat

Norlin Samat is an ex-primary school teacher with a Post-graduate Diploma in Education and an...

Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar

Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar is an editorial consultant and translator. She is a published author of nine...

Pauline Loh

Pauline Loh is an award-winning author and creative writing teacher with over 30 weekly students....

Quek Hong Shin

Quek Hong Shin is a Singaporean freelance author and illustrator whose works include picture books...

Rachelyn Gordon

Rachelyn Gordon is a Singaporean children’s author and creative writing teacher passionate about telling stories...

Raudhah Binte Alias

Cikgu Raudhah is a dedicated Senior Lead Teacher and advocate for Malay language and literacy,...

Rocky Leaw

Mr. Rocky is a talented digital illustrator based in Singapore, known for his diverse portfolio...

Shawn Seah

Shawn Seah wrote the non-fiction children’s book series, Our Amazing Heroes (2025) and Our Amazing...

Siti Nur Hikmatul Qadriah Binte Arifin

Cikgu Hikma has been dedicated to early childhood education since 2017, with a strong passion...

Siti Nur Mustiqah Binte Mohamed Mustafah

Cikgu Siti is a dedicated Senior Educarer with a background in bilingual education, having taught...

Tan Ter Cheah

Tan Ter Cheah was a Humanities scholar at pre-university and later studied law at NUS....

Valerie Pereira

Valerie Pereira is the author of the Celebrations in Singapore series published by Epigram Books....

Vivian Teo

Vivian Teo is the author of middle-grade book series, My BFF Is an Alien, published...