Having planned to operate its program in a hybrid format, the conference is delaying in-person events amid new cases on the island.
In downtown Singapore early in the pandemic, March 9, 2020. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Rajaraman Arumugam
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Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content this year returns in what was to have been a hybrid edition themed “Reimagine. Rebuild. Reignite,” running May 27 to 30.
But in trying to put things together for a hybrid program, the Singapore Book Council has today (May 14) run right into every event-programmer’s pandemic-era nightmare: A new cluster of infections has arisen. So it is that even as many countries are watching the United Kingdom have to consider localized lockdowns in response to the Indian variant B.1.617, publishing event organizers this weekend are watching as Singapore’s folks move with quick efficiency to adjust to an all-digital conference and quick changes in plans.