BuySingLit MTL Book Bazaar

MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGES BOOK BAZAAR 2021

SBPA organised the Mother Tongue Languages (MTL) Book Bazaar from Monday 13 September to Sunday 19 September to help rekindle interest and appreciation for MTL and MTL culture. The hybrid book bazaar was supported by the National Arts Council, as part of the #BuySingLit movemen. The National Library Board (NLB) was the venue sponsor and Lazada was the official e-commerce partner for this event.

The MTL Book Bazaar was officially opened on 13 September by Mr Gene Tan, Assistant Chief Executive (Partnership and Strategy Group), NLB. There was also a joint book launch by Asiapac Books, Global Publishing and Pustaka Nasional.

Various events and activities in Mother Tongue Languages were held at the Programme Zone (Basement 1) of the Central Public Library in the National Library at 100 Victoria Street. These included book sharings, panel discussions, storytelling sessions book launches by participating publishers. These events were also livestreamed to SBPA’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Visitors could also meet the publishers during “Meet-the-Publishers” sessions throughout the week.

At the same time, SBPA organised a series of webinars for publishers, which included sharing sessions by the Independent Publishers Guild (UK), Rakuten Kobo and the National Reading Movement.

The participating publishers for the MTL Book Bazaar were Asiapac Books, Crimson Earth, Global Publishing, JSim Education, Lingzi Media, Maha Yuyi, New Dragon (Laimai), PanAsia Publishing, Pustaka Nasional, Persama Enterprise and Union Book.