Panel Discussion

You Think You Know: Edit and Send

The local editing industry has seen significant shifts in recent years, driven by technological advancements, changing market demands, and evolving cultural trends. Jason Erik Lundberg, Aditi Shivaramakrishnan and Mok Zining offers insights into the current state of book editing, the challenges and opportunities faced by editors, and how the craft is adapting to the needs of modern readers.
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Programme Information

Format: Panel Discussion

Duration: 1 hr

Recommended For: General Audience

Moderated by: Daryl Qilin Yam

Date

24 April 2025, Thu
7.00pm to 8.00pm

Venue

In-Person

lyf Funan Singapore
Level 4 Funan
67 Hill St
Singapore 179370

Please Note

You Think You Know? Think Again! is a panel series by ACWP that pushes you out of your comfort zone, confronts your blind spots, and challenges assumptions on subjects you thought you had figured out. (Don’t worry, we’re all learning here!)

  • This programme is a public talk open to the general audience.

Who Should Attend?

  • Anyone interested in understanding the complexities and nuances of editing.

Ticketing and Registration

This programme is free with registration.

  • Doors open at 6.30pm.
  • Seating is first come first served. If seats are full, standing room is available.

Terms and Conditions

  • Please present your digital Eventbrite ticket at the venue upon entry.
  • All tickets registered non-transferable.
  • ACWP reserves the right to refuse entry to those not in compliance with our policies.

About The Speakers

Jason Erik Lundberg

Jason Erik Lundberg was born in New York, grew up in North Carolina, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is an award-winning author and anthologist of twenty-nine books, including A Fickle and Restless Weapon (2020), Most Excellent and Lamentable (2019), Diary of One Who Disappeared (2019), Carol the Coral (2016), Strange Mammals (2013), Embracing the Strange (2013), The Alchemy of Happiness (2012), Red Dot Irreal (2011), Fish Eats Lion (2012) and Fish Eats Lion Redux (2022), the six-book Bo Bo and Cha Cha children’s picture book series (2012–2015), and the biennial Best New Singaporean Short Stories anthology series (est. 2013).

Aditi Shivaramakrishnan

Aditi Shivaramakrishnan works as an editor, writer, and speech-to-text interpreter in Singapore. She has worked on art books, comics, and young adult fiction titles at Epigram Books, National Gallery Singapore, and Difference Engine, where she is currently a Senior Editor. Her writing has been published in ArtsEquator, Esplanade Offstage, Jom, Portside Review, and elsewhere. Find her at aditishiva.com.

Mok Zining

Mok Zining is obsessed with random things: orchids, arabesques, sand. Her first book, The Orchid Folios was shortlisted for the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize in English Poetry. She is editor at Ethos Books and spends most of her free time dancing.

Daryl Qilin Yam

Daryl Qilin Yam (b. 1991) is a writer, editor and arts organiser from Singapore. Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize and nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award, he is the author of two novels, a novella and the bestselling short story collection Be Your Own Bae (2024). He co-founded the literary charity Sing Lit Station, where he presently serves as the managing editor of its publishing arm AFTERIMAGE.