The third Singapore Prize ceremony will take place in November and feature five winners ranging from solar-powered dryers to making electric car batteries cleaner. The Prince of Wales will be joined by celebrities and investors who will explore opportunities to accelerate the winners’ solutions and bring them to market. A new program will also include local activations that the public can join. The announcement coincides with the start of a special Earthshot Week that will see global leaders, businesses and investors convene in Singapore to explore exciting opportunities and accelerate the work being done to repair our planet.

This year’s finalists will be joined by the winner of the inaugural English graphic novel award, Kenfoo for Cockman (2022). The self-published book tells the story of a chicken from another dimension that gets stranded on earth in human form. It is the first time that a book has won both the English fiction and graphic novel awards, a change in the prize’s criteria.

In a bid to boost the number of female sports writers in Singapore, the Singapore Sports Media Association (SSMA) has launched a new fellowship for women who are interested in writing about sport. The fellowship will offer a six-month paid internship at the association and will also provide mentoring. The application process is open until April 24.

The heir to the British throne, Prince William, walked the green carpet at Changi Airport and was welcomed by fans with a view of the world’s largest indoor waterfall, the Rain Vortex. The prince’s trip is part of his royal foundation’s mission to promote innovative technologies and solutions that tackle climate change, with a focus on Asia.

At a press conference, former Singapore diplomat Kishore Mahbubani described the 21st century as the Asian Century. He said that Singapore’s biggest challenge was no longer economic, but building a national identity through a strong sense of history.

A former Oxford University lecturer, Professor Rajeev Patke has published six books on literature and is a specialist in Anglophone literatures with particular reference to modernism and postcolonialism. He has also edited two books of essays. He teaches at Yale-NUS College in Singapore.