Upcoming Events
- Singapore Writers’ Festival 2024 – [Panel] Conversations on Singaporean and Korean Literature (16 Nov 2024)
- Singapore Writers’ Festival 2024 – [Panel] Crossing Tongues: The Art of Author-Translator Collaboration (17 Nov 2024)
- more coming soon
Past Events
- Between the Lines: Exploring Korean Fiction with Shanna Tan (Page Turners with Katja, 27 Aug 2024)
- Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop Singapore & Malaysia Book Tour with Hwang Bo-reum (July 2024)
- DAKOTA Book Launch (13 April 2024, 7pm, Dakota Dreams – Singapore)
- The Common: 2024 Festival of Debut Authors (27 Mar 2024, 7pm EDT, Zoom)
- Across languages and cultures – A Reading with Literary Translator Shanna Tan (Esplanade, 21 Mar 2024)
- The Adroit Journal Issue 48: Release Reading (24 Jan 2024)
- Radio interview, CNA 938 with Melanie Oliveiro ‘Life & Style’ (23 Jan 2024)
- Radio interview, 893 MoneyFM with Michelle Martin on Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop (18 Dec 2023)
- Panellist, Singapore Writers Festival (25 Nov 2023)
Ladies, Let’s Get In Translation: The Women Making SEA Heard - Speaker
The Healing Power of Books: Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop at Book Bar (11 Nov 2023) - Speaker + Book Signing
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop: Book Discussion at Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store (3 Nov 2023) - Panellist, National Library Board (26 Oct 2023)
Stories that Remind Us of Us | Worth the Hype? - Speaker, Singapore Translation Symposium (1 Oct 2023)
Translating Korean Literature: A Conversation with Shanna Tan
Media Features
- Singaporean translator Shanna Tan brings Korean bestsellers to global readers (The Star Malaysia, 19 Aug 2024)
- Singapore’s got talent: Translator Shanna Tan takes South Korean bestsellers to the world (Straits Times, 7 Aug 2024)
- From K-pop Fan to Translator: In Conversation with Shanna Tan (Asia Art Archive, 27 Mar 2024)
- VOGUE: 8 translated books that transcend the limits of language to read now (Vogue Singapore, 17 Mar 2024)
- 한국 문학 영문 번역 일등공신 싱가포르 여성 (Chosun Ilbo, 14 Nov 2023)
- Accidental Translator Shanna Tan signs four book deals, including for South Korean bestsellers (Straits Times, 11 Nov 2023)
- From Squid Game to BTS’ RM, K-wave hits Korean literature (Straits Times, 9 Apr 2023)
- 翻译让新华文学作品再生 本地文学翻译挑战重重 （Zaobao, 26 June 2022)
Authored Articles
- Healing Fiction in Translation (Women’s Prize)
Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat (Published by MacLehose Press – Aug 2024)
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop (Published by Bloomsbury UK – Oct 2023)
- Arirang Radio feature #dailyK Wed segment with Paul Matthews (15 Nov) – Listen HERE
- Spotify Playlist (curated by Shanna Tan)