Singapore Writers Festival: Poets honour outgoing SWF director Pooja Nansi and unlikely beginnings

(From left) Poets Caleb Femi, Charlie Dark (standing), Yomi Sode, Lawrence Lacambra Ypil, Asnida Daud and Arianna Pozzuoli read at the closing reading of the 2023 Singapore Writers Festival. PHOTO: ARTS HOUSE LIMITED
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SINGAPORE – In a final plot twist, outgoing Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) director Pooja Nansi was the woman of the hour as poets invited her on the stage of the closing reading to celebrate her legacy.

Nansi, shying away from the limelight, deflected cheers from the audience with a cheeky reply: “My T-shirt says it: We Tried Our Best.”

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