[Sponsored] It might be hard to meet a smart, funny, nice romantic interest in Singapore. But, there’s a good chance you’ll find them at the Singapore Writers Festival. Back later this month, the Festival will have over 300 readings, lectures, concerts and performances to check out and thousands of clever, engaged festival-goers to mingle with. Here’s where you’ll probably find your type.

The Die-Hard Feminist

First, check out Can We Have It All? With Mrs Moneypenny (Nov 7, 5pm,) with Financial Times columnist Heather McGregor, who discusses whether women can excel at both work and life. The audience is sure to be full of confident, driven women and sensitive, feminist guys.

Or check out the scene at Female Power, Deconstructed (Oct 31, 5:30pm, National Gallery), a chat between British Booker Prize nominee Deborah Levy and Singaporean law professor slash playwright (you read right) Eleanor Wong. Even if you don’t meet anyone exciting, you’ll have a chance to check out the new National Gallery, which is where the event is taking place.

The Hyperlocal Enthusiast

If you’re looking for someone delightfully well-informed and super-engaged about Singapore, you’ll probably find them at Stories from the Edge: Drawing Inspiration from the Streets of Singapore (Oct 31, 4pm), a discussion among writers Russ Soh and Prabhu Silvam about some of Singapore’s less sterile bits: namely East Coast Parkway and the Golden Mile district.

For something a bit more incisive, scope out the crowd at SG50 as a Media Phenomenon (Oct 30, 8:30pm), a panel discussion among journalists about how the media has depicted issues in relation to Singapore’s jubilee year, including the passing of Lee Kuan Yew.

The Fan of Japan

Looking for a partner in crime on your next trip to Tokyo? You might find him/her at The Japaneseness of Things (Oct 31, 4pm, The Arts House) where the editors of Japanese literary magazine Monkey Business discuss what’s essential about Japanese literature, even as it appropriates more and more of Western culture.

And of course, you shouldn’t miss Unravelling Haruki Murakami (Nov 1, 2:30pm), where translator Motoyuki Shibata and critic Roland Kelts wax lyrical with Murakami translator Ted Goossen about the Japanese heavy-hitter’s writing and his influence.

The Eccentric Theater Geek

Drink some coffee and head over to the overnight performance of What I Love About You is Your Attitude Problem (Nov 6, 7pm, The Arts House)—especially if the charmingly disheveled theater geek is more your speed. There will be plenty of opportunities to mingle and chat over 12 hours of poetry, exhibitions, music and drama.

If you're planning to catch the staging of Anthony Burgess’s teenage dystopian novel, go early and scope out the audience at the exclusive dialogue session with Alexandra Spencer-Jones, director of A Clockwork Orange (Nov 2, 7:30pm, The Arts House). Engage in a discussion about the adaptation of the literature classic, and then pop over to the production showing at Esplanade from Nov 4-8.

The Singapore Writers Festival runs from Oct 30-Nov 8. For more information and for tickets, head to the website.

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