Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre hosts four Singapore Writers Festival programmes on Saturday 14 November 2026. SCCC presents the day. The festival produces it. Three sessions sit in the Recital Studio on Level 6. One sits in the Practice Room on Level 10. Tickets are on singaporewritersfestival.com. Promo code SWFSCCC10 takes 10 percent off Festival Passes, Youth Passes, and individual programme tickets. English and Chinese listings match on dates, rooms, and prices. Use those pages, not a blog recap, when you book.
Morning: Little Otter, 10.30am to 12pm
When Singapore's Little Otter Meets Chinese Tradition (当狮城小水獭遇上华人传统文化) is a parent-child session for ages 4 and up. Price S$15 per parent-child pair. Recital Studio, Level 6. English and Mandarin. Teacher Li (李晓林老师) and the Little Otter team walk through a story about a young Singapore otter looking for family, then point at the Chinese cultural details inside that plot. Official English page: Little Otter at SCCC. If you have a four-year-old, this is the only session of the four with an age floor.
Afternoon: Diary on Level 10, Twilight on Level 6
Diary and the Whale (日记与鲸鱼) is four identical-length sessions in the Practice Room, Level 10: 1pm to 2pm, 2.30pm to 3.30pm, 4pm to 5pm, and 5.30pm to 6.30pm. Price S$10. English and Mandarin. Rei Poh (傅正龙) and Deng Xiaofei (邓晓菲) made two original student works with University of the Arts Singapore BA Contemporary Chinese Theatres students. One looks at care turning into control at home. The other uses a diary and a whale motif for the gap between the self you show and the self you hide. Page: Diary and the Whale.
Talking to Twilight (对黄昏说) is 3pm to 4.30pm in the Recital Studio, Level 6. Price S$20. Mandarin, English, and Cantonese. The English listing also prints the title as Speaking to Twilight. Same show. It starts from Yeng Pway Ngon's novel The Colour of Twilight (英培安《黄昏的颜色》), then stages the same monologue across three languages with dance and live music. Page: Talking to Twilight. Diary's 2.30pm and 4pm slots clash with Twilight. A workable stack is Little Otter at 10.30am, Diary at 1pm, Twilight at 3pm. Skip the later Diary hours if you do that.
Evening: Lions and Tigers, 7pm to 8.30pm
Lions and Tigers in Malaysia and Singapore (狮虎一堂) is 7pm to 8.30pm, Recital Studio, Level 6. Price S$10. English and Mandarin. No age limit. Dr Lai Chee Kien (赖启健) and Dr Bak Jia How (莫家浩) talk through tigers and lions in folklore, history, and the two countries' symbols, including the last wild tigers here about a century ago. Page: Lions and Tigers. Diary's last slot ends at 6.30pm on Level 10, so you can walk down two floors for the 7pm talk.
Same building that Saturday
Address: 1 Straits Boulevard, Singapore 018906. Shenton Way MRT TE19 Exit 3 is about 3 minutes. Tanjong Pagar EW15 Exit D is about 7 minutes. From Maxwell Food Centre, about 12 minutes on foot. Email enquiries@singaporeccc.org.sg. Phone +65 6812 7222.
SINGAPO人 on Level 2 is already closed from 31 October 2026. Do not add a gallery visit to this Saturday. Notes: SINGAPO人 last days. The Singapore TV exhibition in the Creative Box on Level 6 is still open 10am to 6pm, free, through 26 January 2027. Facts: Singapore TV: From Local to Global. Bit Bit Forest on the roof garden runs until 13 December, 10am to 10pm, free. Chinatown Heritage Centre's 10 November maintenance window is already over by the 14th.
中文要点
新加坡作家节 x 华族文化中心，2026年11月14日星期六，海峡大道1号。四场都要在 singaporewritersfestival.com 购票，优惠码 SWFSCCC10 可打九折。上午10:30至12:00《当狮城小水獭遇上华人传统文化》，六楼演奏室，4岁以上，亲子一对15元，李晓林老师。下午《日记与鲸鱼》在十楼排练室，四场：13:00、14:30、16:00、17:30，各一小时，10元，傅正龙、邓晓菲与新加坡艺术大学学生。15:00至16:30《对黄昏说》在六楼演奏室，20元，华语、英语、粤语，取材英培安《黄昏的颜色》。晚上19:00至20:30《狮虎一堂》，六楼演奏室，10元，赖启健、莫家浩。日记14:30与16:00场次和对黄昏说撞时间。当天二楼《SINGAPO人》已关。六楼电视剧特展仍开至2027年1月26日。地铁珊顿道TE19或丹戎巴葛EW15。
Practical Details
- Date: Saturday 14 November 2026
- Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, 1 Straits Boulevard, Singapore 018906. Recital Studio L6 and Practice Room L10
- Tickets: singaporewritersfestival.com, code SWFSCCC10 for 10 percent off
- Prices: Little Otter S$15 per pair; Diary S$10; Twilight S$20; Lions and Tigers S$10
- Nearest MRT: Shenton Way TE19, Tanjong Pagar EW15; 12-minute walk from Maxwell
- Website: SCCC events