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September 8, 2011

The following keynote speech “What is a Story?” was read at the Telltale Symposium held at the St Joseph’s Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus on 8 September 2011. The event saw the launch of Dennis Yeo’s study companion to Telltale: Eleven Stories (2010). This speech is also available at Scribd.com.
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March 26, 2011
The following text was read during the Singapore launch of Man/Born/Free: Writings on the Human Spirit from Singapore (2011), as part of The Arts House’s 7th anniversay celebrations, Writing Out Worlds, on 26 March 2011. It is also available at Scribd.com. For the launch speech delivered in Cape Town, go here.
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March 18, 2011
The following text was read during the South Africa launch of Man/Born/Free: Writings on the Human Spirit from Singapore (2011), as part of Spotlight Singapore at Cape Town, at the Alphen Hotel in Constantia, Cape Town, on 18 March 2011. It is also available at Scribd.com. For the launch speech delivered in Singapore, go here.
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July 30, 2010
The following is an excerpt from the Introduction of Telltale: Eleven Stories, ed. Gwee Li Sui (Singapore: Ethos Books, 2010), pp. 5-15. It was read in a session with literature students of Yonsei University, Wonju Campus, South Korea, on 29 November 2010.
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July 30, 2010
The following text was read during the launch of Telltale: Eleven Stories (2010) at the Literature Symposium 2010 held at Nanyang Girls’ HIgh School on 30 July 2010. It is also available at Scribd.com.
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