SINGAPORE – The Singapore Writers Festival’s current director, Paul Tan, will be stepping down after this year’s edition, which kicks off end October.

Tan, who is also the deputy CEO of the National Arts Council, will be replaced by poet and journalist Yeow Kai Chai.

In a statement sent to the media, Tan said: “We look forward to Kai Chai joining the SWF team in December. He is away in Iowa now at a writing residency programme as he is a poet in his own right. We’ll be sharing more details when he comes onboard.”