Cartoonist Art Spiegelman and sci-fi trailblazer Liu Cixin topline Singapore Writers Fest

American cartoonist Art Spiegelman will be part of this year's digital-based Singapore Writers Festival. Photo: Enno Kapitza/Agentur Focus

Malaysian visual artist Arif Rafhan, British writer Zadie Smith, The Mortal Instruments author Cassandra Clare, legendary American cartoonist Art Spiegelman and award-winning science fiction author Liu Cixin are among the literary names that will be part of the upcoming Singapore Writers Festival (SWF).

The programme also includes two Pulitzer Prize-winning poets from the United States - Sharon Olds and Tracy K. Smith.