David Polfeldt started Li’l Factory in 2019 as a means to manage his writing, which resulted in the biography, ’The Dream Architects' (published by Grand Central). Today, Li’l Factory aims to print 1-4 books a year, with the focus on publishing odd stories that find no other home.
Fabienne is a literary agent at the Ki Agency, with a focus on speculative fiction across genres and select non-fiction. They are passionate about changing the industry for the better and being an agent lets them champion authors with fresh perspectives and experiences.
Felicia Low-Jimenez is the Publisher at Difference Engine, an independent comics publisher based in Singapore. She is also one half of the writing team behind the best-selling Sherlock Sam series of children’s books and the writer of the young adult fantasy comic, 'Tiger Girls’.
Felicia Low-Jimenez is the Publisher at Difference Engine, an independent comics publisher based in Singapore. She is also one half of the writing team behind the best-selling Sherlock Sam series of children’s books and the writer of the young adult fantasy comic, 'Tiger Girls’.
How is speculative fiction innovating in the current fast-paced technology-driven climate? What advice does the industry have for writers, from ESEA communities? Moderator Eric Huang will explore ‘Innovation!’ with our panellists Felicia Low, David Polfeldt, and Fabienne Schwizer
Ana Sun (pronounced “Soon”) spent her childhood in Malaysian Borneo and grew up living on islands. Her Solarpunk short fiction has been shortlisted for the inaugural Utopia Award, nominated for the BSFA longlist and selected for Best of British Science Fiction. More at: singingtotigers.com.
Sigrid Marianne Gayangos' debut collection, 'Laut: Stories', was published by the University of the Philippines Press in 2022. In the Malayo-Polynesian language of seafarers, laut is the name of the vast ocean, whose shifting currents carried them across countless islands.
Eelyn Lee is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker of Hong Kong-English heritage. Her latest moving image work, 'Anguilla Anguilla', way of the eel was presented at the São Paulo Architecture Biennial, 2025, and will be shown at the Karachi Biennial, 2026.
Eelyn Lee is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker of Hong Kong-English heritage. Her latest moving image work, 'Anguilla Anguilla', way of the eel was presented at the São Paulo Architecture Biennial, 2025, and will be shown at the Karachi Biennial, 2026.
Join moderator, Dr Danbee ‘TaunTaun’ Kim as they talk to panellists Eelyn Lee, Sigrid Marianne Gayangos, and Ana Sun about the relationship between hope and dystopia in our future.
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Zhui Ning Chang is a queer Malaysian editor, writer, translator and theatre maker based in London, UK. They are in their final year of PhD research at Birkbeck, University of London, writing about race, decoloniality, and the publishing industry via Southeast Asian speculative fiction.
Wayne Rée (he/they) is a Singaporean writer. Together with Benjamin Chee, he co-created 'Work-Life Balance', the prose/comics hybrid that won coveted Book of the Year at the 2023 Singapore Book Awards. The book is currently being developed into an animated series by Robot Playground Media.
Benjamin Chee enjoys mashing up genres and themes in the comics he draws. He is the co-creator of 'Work Life Balance’ that won Best Literary Work and Book of the Year at the 2023 Singapore Book Awards.
JM Engineer is a writer and environmental campaigner. He’s written short stories that have appeared in Litro and Finer Things magazine, novels, a play and some poetry. His novels remain unpublished, and he remains hopeful this will change. His poems have not been published. Nor should they be.
The Mollusc Dimension is a neurodivergent multidisciplinary artist. His graphic memoir "The Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse" explores mental health, grief and growth from the perspective of a British-Chinese, trans-masculine, non binary creative. He is also a musician and composer.
Ann Sei Lin is a writer and librarian with a love for all things fantasy. Though she now resides in the UK, she spent several years living and working in Chiba, Japan. When not writing, she is often studying, gaming, or trying to make that origami rabbit for the one hundredth time.
Pim Wangtechawat is a writer from Bangkok, Thailand with a Masters in Creative Writing (Distinction) from Edinburgh Napier University. Her debut novel, The Moon Represents My Heart, was published by OneWorld Publications in June 2023. Her second novel, I Dreamed of You, will be published in 2026.
