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This is what I think!
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets “Thomas Hardy was an unbearable writer” who “doesn’t know how to compose a paragraph”. Charles Dickens was “repetitive”, Jane Austen “terribly vapid” and the “worst writer in the world is Henry James”. Tsk..tsk – check out Sir VS Naipaul‘s guide on how to treat dead writers here! Contributed...
Singapore Film Festival Is On!
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events Well, the 19th Singapore International Film Festival will be held from 13 to 26 April. You can check out their website for more information – their focus for this year is: Arab cinema, Southeast Asian cinema and Music in Film. We at High Browse Online thought that we’ll share some...
Heartlands Book Club Will Discuss ‘When We Were Orphans’ by Kazuo Ishiguro
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events London: Faber and Faber, 2000 Call No.: ISH Click here for item availability. The Heartlands Book Club will be discussing Kazuo Ishiguro‘s When We Were Orphans at their next book discussion. Details below: Time/Date: 4pm, 24 March, Friday Venue: Activity Room, Bukit Batok Community Library Facilitator: Mr Paul Fitzpatrick Please...
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Mr Miyagi blogs about Paul Theroux’s Saint Jack
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations A few days ago, Mr. Miyagi emailed me to ask if Paul Theroux’s novel, ‘Saint Jack’ was ever banned in Singapore. I replied that I didn’t know and forwarded his enquiry to my colleagues at ASK! The answer: The book was never banned. Only the film, in 1979 (but...
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Discover your inner Book Slut
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets With a title like Bookslut, how could this site not pique one’s interest? Anyway, Bookslut is a monthly web magazine and daily blog dedicated to those who love to read. Since we’re on a graphic novel roll here at HB, do check out the articles under the Comicbookslut...
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V FOR VENDETTA promotion
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets This March, redeem V FOR VENDETTA (rated NC-16) movie passes and postcard sets (contains 4 unique designs) at library@orchard, library@esplanade and Central Lending Library! More details available at the participating libraries, terms and conditions apply, only available whilst stocks last. This promotion is kindly sponsored by Warner Bros...
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Jillian has read Watchmen by Alan Moore
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations New York : DC Comics Call No.: q741.5973 MOO -[ART] Click here for item availability. One of the landmark works of the graphic novel format, Watchmen is an epic work. Alan Moore deconstructs the notion of a (super)hero, incorporating moral philosophy, politics, popular culture, history, art, and science along...
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Watch out! The Blogs Have Arrived…
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2006 Watch this space to check when it’s available at the libraries! It’s a long title: An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths but infinitely interesting to people who blog. Read a...
Daryl Sng has read ‘Notes on a Scandal’
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations London: Viking, 2003 Call No.: HEL Click here for item availability. Just finished reading Zoe Heller’s Notes on a Scandal, which I picked up because, I admit, the blurb featured some hyperbolic praise comparing the work to that of Amis or McEwan and the first chapter was compelling. Yeah,...
‘Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine’ by Jostein Gaarder
QUIRKY THEMES: I Hate Love. book reviews London: Phoenix, 1998 Call No.: English GAA Click here for item availability. Jostein Gaarder, author of Sophie’s World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy, offers in Vita Brevis a rare glimpse into the emotional psyche of St Augustine. The letters refer to a pile of antique manuscripts...
Recommended Reads for Travelling Solo
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events [HBeditor: Just got a note from Sarah letting us know that the interview's been postponed to next week - 17 March - still from 7:10am onwards.] [HBeditor: Our colleague, Sarah Tan, will be interviewed on radio on Friday 10 March 2006 on 938Live in a segment called 'The Breakfast Club'....
Pre-Talk Alert! ACM’s ‘Textile Power 101′…
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events Since early December last year, the Asian Civilisations Museum has offered us an opportunity to experience the splendor, flamboyance and charm of the Forbidden City and ancient China – through their marvellous exhibition, Power Dressing: Textiles for Rulers and Priests from the Chris Hall Collection. In conjunction with this major...
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