Singapore City Reading Festival: Taiwanese Author Wu Hsiao-lo Discusses Parenting and Social Observations

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(Central News Agency Reporter Wu Sheng-hung, Singapore, 6th special report) The Singapore City Reading Festival has commenced, with numerous authors participating in literary lectures, new book sharing sessions, and other activities. Taiwanese author Wu Hsiao-lo attended a forum tonight, sharing her creative journey and observations on society and parent-child issues, attracting many listeners to participate and interact.

The Singapore City Reading Festival is held from the 1st to the 10th, during which Singaporeans can participate in various literary lectures, new book sharing sessions, film screenings, and exhibitions by renowned local and international authors. Authors like Wu Hsiao-lo and Hu Ching-fang attended related events.

Wu Hsiao-lo held a forum tonight titled "How Fiction Shines a Light into the Darkest Corners," sharing her creative process. Her works include "Children of the Elite Class," "But I Just Don't Like It," and "Those Girls Who Never Arrived," with "Your Child Is Not Your Child" also adapted into a TV drama.

Wu Hsiao-lo shared that looking back at moments spent with her parents, the most profound are often not major events but tiny moments. The reason she thinks this way is because she has read many adolescent growth memoirs and found a common thread: most stories revolve around the interactions between parents and children and the impact they have on each other.

She mentioned that when she used to be a home tutor, she encountered children who could roughly predict their test performance just by seeing their mother's expression. These accumulated observations and experiences allowed her to encounter more stories than her own life, and also made her spend a lot of time understanding and processing different emotions and interactions, believing that "those places where light cannot naturally reach" deserve attention.

The PTS program "Anyway, You're Not Sleeping" recently launched, co-hosted by Wu Hsiao-lo and others, accompanying teenagers in reading. Wu Hsiao-lo stated in an interview at the time that she often spends time with high school students and knows that many people are still scrolling on their phones until one or two in the morning, only to become more miserable the more they scroll. She hopes "this program can create a place like a late-night library where everyone can hide anytime." (Editor: Wei Shu) 1150506

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