Get fit this holiday at Alpha Gymnastics
on Nov 17, 2009 in Holiday Fitness Children health Singapore Kids Last Sunday, the girls went to Alpha Gymnastic Club for lots of good stretching and jumping. Located at Playground @ Big Splash (East Coast Park), Alpha Gym conducts a wide range of gymnastics classes for all ages and abilities. Their classes have be...

Meeting Neil Gaiman and other awesome literary figures at the Singapore Writers Festival
on Nov 7, 2009 in Publishing Neil Gaiman Author Work Singapore Writers Festival Literary Event Journal Children's Book I can't believe that another week has gone by without a new post.Last week at the Singapore Writers Festival, I met several people whom I "met/knew" online. One of them is Sharon Bakar who writes about books (and authors, and publishing events, and r...

Singapore Writers Festival 2009 - Undercover
on Oct 25, 2009 in Writer Reading Adeline Foo Singapore Writers Festival Picture Books Children's Book Book Launch Publishing Business Christine Lim Simpson For writers and budding writers and anyone who loves books, Singapore Writers Festival kicked off last Friday at The Arts House and will be running till 1st November. Check out the official website (www.singaporewritersfestival.com) for programme in...

A wedding, two launch and a third to come
on Oct 8, 2009 in Book Event Picture Book Singapore Children's Book Book Launch Last weekend was a busy one for me and my family. There was launch events for my picture book Guai Wu The Chinese Elf and Kowling's book Georgette's Mooncakes at Borders Books, as well as a wedding of a dear friend of mine (Cindy) on a beautiful Sund...

Chinese Embroidery Patterns for Illustration Friday
on Oct 2, 2009 in Picture Book Adeline Foo Watercolour Chinese Illustration Friday Illustration Children's Book Christine Lim Simpson It has been a very very long time since I participated in Illustration Friday, where I first discovered the possible opportunity to illustrate for children's book. This week's topic is PATTERN and I happened to have some illustrations that fit in nic...

Hot off the press!
on Sep 26, 2009 in Publishing Children Books Family Book Event Author Work Children's Book Christine Lim Simpson Kids Writer Friends Adeline Foo Children Illustrator Book Launch Illustration Labour of love 25 September 2009, Friday - I have been waiting for the moment to write this post for nearly 365 days. My parents had taught me well the virtue of patience.This morning before I dashed off to meet my bookseller, Wai Han my publisher a...

Reading For Pleasure - Nurturing Lifelong Learners
on Aug 13, 2009 in Reading Dr Ken Spillman Children Author Picture Books Education Children's Book Kids Dear friends and readers, how have you been? I hope you have been kind to yourself. I am happy to announce that my book Guai Wu is now in the reproduction stage. There are still lots of things to do - colour corrections for the scans, touching up, co...

A bundle of joy
on Jul 24, 2009 in Children Books Publishing Illustrations Work Drawing Singapore Children's Book Education Christine Lim Simpson Kids Writer Life Children Illustrator Illustration Girls 24 July 2009As you can see, I am not writing and posting as quickly as I want to. Some notes are over 3 weeks old! I just write and save, edit, then write some more, save some more, and edit some more.Now I can only jot down snippets of events and ha...

Good book, good food, good company
on Jun 7, 2009 in My Workshop Lee Kowling Book Event Adeline Foo Children Work Workshop Singapore Aaron Lee Children's Book Kids Christine Lim Simpson The first week of the school holiday has gone so very quickly. Jon and I managed to get out of the house to do something fun with the girls. This week is all about books, food and company of friends.Last weekend, Adeline, Kowling and I hosted two lit...

An afternoon of enriching the creative minds at Little Lit
on May 28, 2009 in Children Books Poet Talk Author Work Workshop Singapore Children's Book Education Christine Lim Simpson Writer Adeline Foo Children Aaron Lee Illustrator The inaugural “Little Lit: Enriching Minds & Igniting A Writer’s Spark”, a Pre-Festival Event of the Singapore Writers Festival held at The Arts House on 24th May 2009, was a huge success.Many heartfelt thanks to our sponsors and organiser...