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Book Caribbean Counterpoint: The Aesthetics of Salt in Lasana Sekou presented on TV at “Speaking of everything, World star studio TV”; interview: “Lasana M. Sekou: …she sets up salt as a pillar…” posted on YouTube on 23 Jan 2020.
Zaobao, 20 Nov 2021.
Presentation of a Poem and a Painting for "Venice Masked" (and one of the catalogue’s editors), on the occasion of the 17 Venice Biennale of Architecture, 2021. Photo Credits: Milestone Architecture; Venice Masked.
Soualiga Newsday, 2020. Book Caribbean Counterpoint: The Aesthetics of Salt in Lasana Sekou presented to Italian Ambassador in Singapore. 19 Feb 2020.
Radio A.M. Shine, 2019.
Caribbean Counterpoint reviewed by Dr. Glenville Asbhy, Kaieteur News, New York; Georgetown, Guyana, 30 Aug 2020. Ratings: Highly recommended.
Radio Interview.
“Legs.” Short story. The Sunday Gleaner. 6 Jan 2008.
«La Metáfora de la Sal en la Literatura de San Martín.» Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellin. 23 Sep 2021.
Poem ‘The Lost Seasons’ performed at the RedDot Baroque concert of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons; painting ‘The Lost Seasons’ presented on Gala Night, 8 Sep 2021. Esplanade, Singapore, 8 and 9 Sep 2021. Photo Credits: Moonrise Studio.
La Nuova Venezia, Venice, 3 Aug 2022, Cultura & Società, p. 3, Sandro Perissinotto.
Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín
Medellin International Poetry Festival 2022, 11 July (virtual section).
“Interview to Sara Florian: Singapore Doesn’t Believe in Tears”, 103 Meridian, Asia’s Premier Russian-English Magazine, Vol. 12, Winter 2010-2011, pp. 88-89.
Book review in Repeating Islands, 13 Aug 2019.
Twin Cinema, by composer Chen Zhangyi, commissioned by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) for the Stradivari Quartet and for SSO musicians, inspired by "The Lost Seasons". Victoria Concert Hall, 16 April 2022.
Marina Mandarin.
Book review in Nouvelles, Semaine N. 450, 27 June 2019.
Embassy of Italy, Event, Clifford Pier, 2016.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport, 2019.
Poem by Sara Florian Voice: Jin Qiuyaxu Music/Cello: Yang Shun-ming, 2020.
Poem by Sara Florian Music/Voice: Gerard Lim, 2020 Piano: Vivien Chong.
LaSalle, 2015.
Interview for Almalaurea, Italian University Consortium of 64 Italian Universities. “La Passione per le Lingue/The Passion for Languages”. Alma Laurea News. 12 Nov 2007.
2018-2020 Vocal coach the Operas performed at Esplanade: Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Puccini’s La Bohème.
Radio Interview by Fabian A. Badejo and Dr. Rhoda Arrindell on the radio program “Culture Time” on PJD-2 Radio, 1300AM/PJD-3 02.7FM – the Voice of St. Martin on Sunday 1 Nov 2020, 1.00-2.00pm, St. Martin.
Article “Philologist Sara Florian about E-books: “A Natural Progression in the Evolutionary Path of Literature”. Today, The Newspaper for Country St. Maarten, Vol. 12 No. 125, Monday, 4 June 2012, Hilbert Haar.
The Sunday Gleaner, 2008.
Inleiding/Introduction to Quito Nicolaas, Argus, 2019.
Quito Nicolaas on Inleiding/Introduction to Argus, 2019.
"Kampung Spirit", Episode One and Episode Two Nov 21 and 28, 2021 - Singapore Lyric Opera and National Arts Council. Episode One: https://fb.watch/9z_cRRtVkF/ Episode Two: https://fb.watch/9z_esTMKIc/
Voyage at YST-Kampung Spirit
Voyage Festival, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of music, 27 August 2022.
"Ladybird" / "Ladibird", ad.
Italian Film Festival, with Michele Riondino, actor in "Il Giovane Favoloso" and "Il Giovane Montalbano".
Invitation to the NTU (Nanyang Technological University) and Fellini Foundation for Film cooperation agreement, as official representative of The Italian Cultural Institute, Singapore, with HE the Ambassador of Italy, the Asian Director of Fellini Foundation and the Deputy Head of Mission / Counsellor.
Interview in “La Luna e i Falò” ("The Moon and the Bonfires") by Flavia Weisghizzi. 19 May 2011, broadcast live on www.elleradio.it and on Nuova Spazio Radio, FM, 88.150.
Introduction to Quito Nicolaas’s poetry collection Argus mentioned in the article “Een spirituele cunucu” by Brede Kirstensen, Ñapa, Boeken, 31 Aug 2019, pp. 12-13.
SMU, Lunchtime Talks 2010 “Representations of Business in Singaporean Literature: Some Findings and Reflections” Dr. Sara Florian Visiting Fellow, Wee Kim Wee Centre.
Mention in Tradução Literária Português-Inglês of Velma Pollard's "Altamont Jones" by P. Martins, P. Moreira and B. Rodrigues.
Mention in Prof. Ho’s book Friendship and Work Culture of Women Managers in Japan. Routledge: New York, 2018.
SXM Island Time, 2019.
Diario di Repubblica, 2007.
St. Martin News Network
The Bajan Reporter, 14 June 2010.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 15 Sep 2021, Chang Tou Liang.
The Flying Inkpot
Arianna on Another Island
St. Martin Book Fair, 2012.
St. Martin BookFair, 2019.
Asian Civilisations Museum - Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, 2020 Poem "Wares"
Asian Civilisations Museum - Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, 2022 Zoomorphic Muses 2022 - "Makara's Narration" and lyrics "Accord of Light" https://www.nhb.gov.sg/acm/whats-on/programmes/lunchtime-concerts
"Ventinove Dicembre", song by Ferdinando D'Urbano based on a poem from Luce/Light.