Raffles Hotel Singapore yalengeza mapulani ake oti apitilize zolemba zawo zakale zomwe zidayamba kale mu 1887, pomwe olemba odziwika komanso olemba mabuku monga Rudyard Kipling ndi Joseph Conrad adakhala ku hotelo yotchuka. Kutsatira kutsegulidwanso kwanyumbayi mu Ogasiti pambuyo pobwezeretsa mosamala, Raffles Hotel Singapore ikhazikitsa pulogalamu yake yatsopano ya Writer's Residency ndipo ilandiranso Writers Bar, ndikupereka ulemu kwa olemba odziwika omwe akhala ku hoteloyo kuyambira 1900.
Kukhazikitsidwa ngati msonkho kwa omanga mawu omwe akhala akudutsa pazitseko za Raffles Hotel Singapore pazaka zambiri komanso ngati chiphaso chokometsera cholowa cha zolembedwacho, ndi Writers Bar wodziwika bwino. Ili ku Grand Lobby, Writers Bar tsopano yakulitsidwa mpaka bar yonse ndipo ili ndi zokongoletsa zokongoletsera, zikumbutso zachikondi ndi mabuku, kutengera cholowa cha Raffles.
Wotsogozedwa ndi gulu la akatswiri odziwa zosakaniza, Writers Bar amapereka mavinyo, mizimu komanso ma cocktails amisili omwe amapangidwa kukondwerera luso la mawu olembedwa. Kukondwerera Wolemba Woyamba mu Malo ogona, gululi lapanga ma cocktails angapo omwe adalimbikitsidwa ndi Pico Iyer ndi ntchito yake, Awa Atha Kukhala Kunyumba. Malo osungidwa okha ndi okhalamo ndi malo odyera (omwe sanasungidweko kale), bara ndi malo othawirako komanso otetezeka kuti azitha kukongola mwanzeru komanso kucheza momasuka.
“Raffles Hotel Singapore yakhala ikusewera zojambula zakale kwa olemba odziwika komanso omwe adatumbukiranso. Pulogalamu ya Writer's Residence ikukonzekera kulimbitsa cholowa chamakalata chomwe chakhazikika kwambiri pamiyambo ya Raffles. Ndi cholinga chofuna kupititsa patsogolo luso lolemba mtsogolo, pulogalamuyi ikuwoneka kuti ipereka chilimbikitso m'malo apadera a Raffles Hotel Singapore, makamaka ndi Writers Bar yotsitsimutsidwa. Madongosolo onsewa komanso gawo lawo limathandizira pakudzipereka kwathu kulumikizana zakale ndi zamakono kudzera muukadaulo wolemba, pomwe tikupereka ulemu kwa ounikira athu odziwika bwino. ” Anatero Christian Westbeld, General Manager, Raffles Hotel Singapore.
Pulogalamu yoyamba ya Writer's Residency Program ndi njira yatsopano yopangira ndikukula njira yopangira maluso olembera ndikupanga olemba kukhala ndi mbiri yabwino kwambiri, kuwalimbikitsa ndi kuwalimbikitsa kulemba ntchito zatsopano. Monga gawo la pulogalamuyi, hoteloyo imasungira olemba awiri pachaka kwa milungu inayi, kutengera nthawi yomwe ikudalira mtundu wa ntchito yomwe ikupatsidwa. Pozunguliridwa ndi mbiri yokongola yazomangamanga komanso zinthu zake zapadera, Raffles Singapore yemwe wabwezeretsedwanso kumene amapereka malo apadera omwe amapatsa olemba mwayi wobwerera, kuwunikiranso ndikulimbikitsidwa ndi nkhani zazaka 132 zomwe zimakhala mkati mwa mpanda wa hoteloyo .
Pulogalamuyi ndiyotseguka kwa olemba wamba ndi akunja, azaka 18 zakubadwa komanso kupitilira apo. Olemba omwe akufuna kukhala okhazikika komanso odziwika akuitanidwa kuti apereke malingaliro awo kuti akambirane ndi gulu lomwe lasankhidwa ndi Raffles Hotel Singapore komanso olemba olemekezeka kwambiri mderali.
Wolemba-mu-Residence woyambirira ndi wolemba nkhani komanso wobadwira ku Britain, a Pico Iyer, omwe ambiri amawawona kuti ndi olemba mbiri yabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Potengera kukhalako kwake ku Raffles Hotel Singapore pazaka 35 zapitazi, wolemba bwino kwambiri m'mabuku opitilira khumi ndi m'modzi akuwunika momwe Singapore ndi Raffles Hotel Singapore adapitilira kusintha mbiriyakale pomwe akwaniritsa zosowa za anthu m'buku lake laposachedwa. , Izi Zitha Kukhala Kunyumba: Raffles Hotel ndi City of Tomorrow.
Pico Iyer anati: "Wolemba aliyense yemwe amakhala m'gulu la zolembedwa za Raffles amadziona kuti ndiwopambana kutsatira mzere wolemekezekawu," adatero m'buku langa, ndidafunsa ngati pali hotelo iliyonse yolumikizana ndi mzinda mozungulira ngati Raffles. Chowonadi ndichakuti simunganene kuti mudapitako ku Singapore mpaka mutadutsa m'misewu ya Raffles Hotel. Ndinali wokondwa kwambiri kucheza ndi anthu ambiri omwe akubweretsa hoteloyi mzaka zatsopano. ”
