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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 by Lim […]

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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 books […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

London: Faber and Faber, 2000
Call No.: ISH
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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 confirm your attendance as light refreshments will […]

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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 the ban […]

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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 column.
It’s […]

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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 Singapore.
Film […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations

New York : DC Comics
Call No.: q741.5973 MOO -[ART]
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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 the way. Maybe that’s […]

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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 review by The Economist, […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations

London: Viking, 2003
Call No.: HEL
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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, the blurb wasn’t even […]

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QUIRKY THEMES: I Hate Love. book reviews

London: Phoenix, 1998
Call No.: English GAA
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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 discovered by Gaarder which were […]

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