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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations
The other day, I popped by the cubicle of my colleagues from Children’s Services librarians, Mardiana and Kai Yin. Asked them, “Which READ! Singapore book would you be reading?”
They said Tuesdays With Morrie. Kai Yin said she finished it, while Mardiana intended to start. I asked Kai Yin what […]

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FRESH INK . selected new arrivals
We spotted this book review by Paolina Martin, which was posted at the iKMS website:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006.
Call No.: English 006.7 SCO -[COM]
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A good introductory read to blogging, the book offers useful and practical advice about good blogging practices, such as keeping the blog […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations

London: Orbit, 2004
Call No.: HOL – [FN]
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Once upon a time, there was a man named Tom Holt. He liked to write stories about gods and heroes and their adventures. Possessed with an unusual sense of humour, he always injected his characters with qualities that appear mundane […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
READ! Singapore is collaborating for the first time with Canon Digital Video Fest ’06 in setting up a new category of ‘Print-to-Screen’, which will allow participants to adapt the 4 selected local short stories into short films.
More details here.
Interested? Well, we’ve got a short resource list on film-making that you might […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
[HB editor: Some photos of Ms Stella Kon at our Heartlands Book Club in Bukit Batok Community Library can be viewed here. ]
Have you always wanted to pen your own musical?
Calling all those aspiring to be the next Sondheim, Rodgers, Hammerstein, or Dick Lee, here’s an opportunity for you to find […]

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It’s BACK! From 25 May to 5 Aug 2006, we’re hoping that you’ll Read! Singapore! Sorry, that was my sad attempt in being Pun-ny. Here’s more on What is READ! Singapore…
… do you have a better idea now? The folks at Bookish Clubbers certainly do! They’ve started their own book club and chose their […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

In celebration of our Customer Appreciation Day on 27 May 2006, the National Library Board will be launching its D.E.A.R promotion once again from 27 May to 8 July 2006.
We hope that our library customers and Singaporeans alike will recognize that reading is as important to the mind as […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

In conjunction with READ! Singapore 2006, the Adult & Young People’s Services is proud to bring to you a series of book chats. We will be chatting online on the themes, ideas and thoughts that you have on these three books; Tuesdays With Morrie, Mid-Autumn (short story by Tan Hwee Hwee) […]

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WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations

Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2002.
Call No.: 330.122 HAN -[BIZ]
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What is the difference if you are an entrepreneur versus working for a MNC? Ostensibly, the former entails that of being a boss and managing one’s own resources, whilst the latter involves working up the […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
The popular philosopher Alain de Botton may have put his finger on a possible explanation. “It’s in walking into a library that most people first get the sense of how little they know,” he explained. “Surrounded by so many books, we are liable to feel how great our ignorance […]

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