About the Programme:
Calling all youths — this workshop is for you!
From a Girlhood Archive is an exploration of girlhood in the Singaporean context. Participants will engage with NLB's collections as a wunderkammer, reinterpreting stories of individuals and groups through a series of “object essays” ruminating or meditating on mundane objects. These objects and essays are to be rooted in the mundane and quotidian paraphernalia and happenings of Singaporean girlhoods past and present, reflecting on these through material history.
About the Facilitator:
Laura Jane Lee is a poet, teacher, voiceover artist and children's author based in Singapore, via Hong Kong and Scotland. She is a Bread Loaf alum and a Brooklyn Poets Fellow, an awardee of the Sir Roger Newdigate Prize, and was shortlisted for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize. Her work has been featured in festivals in Rotterdam, Berlin, Brisbane and Singapore, as well as in Cordite, Ambit, and Bellingham Review, among others. Recent works include "flinch & air" (Out-Spoken Press, 2021), and the children's book, "What Makes You Brave?: Orangu and the Tutu Kueh" (Armour Publishing, 2026).
About Our Living Library Collective:
Every young person has unique personal stories and perspectives to share.
Our Living Library Collective connects Singaporean youths aged 17 to 25 with the National Library’s collections through conversations, creative programmes, and collaborative experiences. By exploring the links between personal experiences and Singapore’s shared documentary heritage, youths are invited to reflect on the issues, memories, and ideas that shape their generation — and imagine the futures they want to create together.
