3 October 2020 | 9am-5pm (SGT)
4 October 2020 | 9.30am-5pm (SGT)
1- or 2-Day Digital Pass: $30-$60 | Recordings of sessions will be available for two weeks for pass-holders
 

AFCC 2020 returns this week with more than 40 featured writers, publishers and speakers from Singapore and around the world to discuss how the children’s books industry is responding and adapting to the global pandemic.

Exploring the theme “Voyages”, AFCC will examine pressing topics such as the role of children’s books during a crisis; how to build resilience in children through books; the effects of digitalisation on book fairs and festivals; and how to build virtual communities. We will also take a close look at how schools can make two popular genres, poetry and comics, part of students’ essential reading. 

(A New) Required Reading: Comics and Graphic Novels in Schools
4 October 2020 | 11am-12nn (SGT)
Featured Speakers: Carol Tilley, Felicia Low-Jimenez, Minh Lê and Remy Lai

Is your child reading Avengers instead of arithmetic? That's a great way to pick up reading! Find out how from this session that includes Eisner Award judge Carol Tilley.

Building Virtual Communities: Do's and Don'ts

4 October 2020 | 2.30pm-3.30pm (SGT)
Featured Speakers: David Liew and Dexter Ong

You may not have seen your friends as much as you would have liked to during the pandemic, but interacting more on virtual platforms has led to the growth of online communities! Is this the new norm? What does the future hold?