12 Nov 2026 Enrichment Lecture

The CAP is organising two enrichment lectures on 12 November 2026 for young creative writers who are preparing portfolios to apply for the Creative Arts Programme in 2027. These sessions will offer useful tips to students who are relatively new to the writing genres of poetry and play, and also provide a snapshot of the kind of learning that will take place at CAP. 

Registration is open to all students who are in Secondary School or Junior College in 2027. The sessions will be especially beneficial for students who are preparing portfolio submissions for the next CAP application cycle. 

Students who will be Sec 2, Sec 3 (and have not attended CAP in Sec 2), JC1 or Pre-U 1 & 2 (Centralised Institute only) in 2027 are eligible to apply for CAP 2027.

Online, via Zoom

Students should register their interest here by 6 Nov (Fri) 5pm, 2026. They may register for either session or for both sessions. 

Do note that seats will be allocated on a first-come-first served basis. Successful registrants will be provided with the results of their registration and the login information by 9 November 2026.

12 November 2026, Thursday
1000-1100h
Please sign in 15min before the start of the lecture

Synopsis: Led by the concrete image of a threshold, this lecture approaches the theme “Through the doorway” by focusing on fictional place. We start by looking at the concrete aspects of a story – where is this taking place, and how does the physical environment shape constraints and freedoms in a particular world? We then move to the less tangible but equally palpable features of a fictional world – what are the rules of this place and conversely, how do they shape the physical features of a particular world? What systems and beliefs keep some in safe spaces and leave others out of the threshold? And, at the centre of this, who is your protagonist, and how are they related to, or measured against others in this world? We explore these questions by close-reading Rachel Heng’s story “A Very Safe Place”.

12 November 2026, Thursday
1500-1600h
Please sign in 15min before the start of the lecture. 

Synopsis: This is a seminar born from the premise that understanding and practising technical aspects of poetry should be elementary and exciting to students who are interested in learning and improving their craft of writing poetry. The phrase in the title is a quote from the poet Mary Oliver – poetry has a “fluid and breathing body”. How do significant or unignorable ideas and emotions in you become transformed into a poem through your selection of words and your decisions about the order in which they should be arranged?