The Pond’s History

Welcome to The Quiet Pond’s History! Read on to learn more about important milestones for the Pond friends.

2018

October 26th 2018 – The Quiet Pond was first discovered by you! You met Xiaolong, Gen, and Varian for the first time.

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December 25th 2018 – Bao was adopted by Xiaolong and friends during our first Pond-mas!

2019

March 23rd 2019 – The Quiet Pond’s first co-blogger was revealed! Cuddle the Otter (Joce) joined The Quiet Pond.

Text: Meet your newest friend: say hello to the pond's new co-blogger. Image: A silhouette of a bipedal animal, with question marks floating around the silhouette.

April 1st 2019 – The Pond friends played an April Fools Joke on you! If only Xiaolong didn’t give everyone away.

May 16th 2019 – The Quiet Pond’s second co-blogger was revealed! Stella the Dragonfly joined The Quiet Pond.

Text: Meet your newest friend, say hello the pond's second co-blogger! image: a silhouette with a winged insect.

May 22nd 2019 – Amina finally returned to the Pond! She had been away for a long time and we hadn’t seen her in a long time.

August 8th 2019 – You met Aunty Buaya for the first time! That was quite the encounter, huh?

Meet Your Newest Friend: Say Hello to the pond's favourite aunty

August 14th 2019 – Stella the Dragonfly left The Quiet Pond to embark on new adventures.

August 20th 2019 – The Quiet Pond went on a hiatus for a revamp.

October 3rd 2019 – The Quiet Pond returned from hiatus! We came back with a new and fresher banner, and introduced two new features: ‘Our Friend is Here!’ and ‘Story Time’.

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October 4th 2019 – The Quiet Pond’s new co-blogger was announced! Sprout the Sparrow, the new Lorekeeper (Skye), joined the Pond.

October 31st 2019 – The Quiet Pond celebrated its first Pond-o-Ween!

December 25th 2019 – The Pond friends had their second Pond-mas!

2020

January 12th 2020 – The Quiet Pond hosted its first readathon: the Pondathon!

May 2020 – We hosted our very first Our Friend is Here: Asian Heritage Month Edition guest series! We hosted over 25 Asian authors and bookish content creators to talk about Asian books and reading Asian.