SINGAPORE - A literature scene here of foreign workers penning stories and poems has blossomed into Singapore's first migrant literature festival.
There were 1.4 million foreigners working here as of June, according to Ministry of Manpower data. They include 255,800 domestic helpers, 284,300 construction workers on work permits and 189,000 employment pass holders. However, the migrant literary scene started becoming more active after the first migrant worker poetry competition was held in 2014.
Last year, an unusual anthology called"Call and Response" was published, taking Singapore's burgeoning migrant worker poetry scene a step further by pairing works of more than 30 migrants - the bulk of them low-wage transient workers - with poems written in response by locals. MWS hopes to address deeper issues that exist within the migrant community, such as mental health, in future. The festival featured a workshop by author Rahul Shah where migrants and locals learnt about how writing can improve mental health.
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