Singapore Writers Fest celebrates Datuk Lat, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Spivak

Legendary Malaysian cartoonist Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, will deliver a festival keynote at the Singapore Writers Festival in November. Photo: Filepic

The spin in this year’s Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) is a strong musical component to the programming.

In keeping with the theme of "Plot Twist", which seeks to present the unexpected, the festival features personalities such as Susan Rogers, who was the late American pop legend Prince’s sound engineer, and hip hop historian Jeff Chang, as well as programmes celebrating 50 years of hip hop.