High Browse Online

FULL METAL JACKET . author reviews
[Editor: Following our earlier post on Arthur Yap, we spotted this post at the Singapore Heritage mailing list and sought permission to present it here. Thanks to CK Lai from Department of Architecture, NUS, for sharing this.]
Hi everyone,
I am saddened to hear about the passing of another eminent poet […]

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NON-FICTION . Singapore
[HBeditor: Struck By Lightning was published a few months ago - we managed to land an email interview with Peh Shing Huei, one of the writers of the book.)

Singapore: SNP Editions, c2006
Call No.: SING 959.5705 STR
Click here for item availability.
HBeditor: Hiya, how’s the response to the book so far?
It’s been good. We […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
It’s bold, new, exciting, entertaining, funny and moving and it’s about YOU!
W!LD RICE proudly presents the first Singapore Theatre Festival - a biennal showcase of new Singapore plays and theatre-making.
W!LD RICE resident playwright, Alfian Sa’at is also an accomplished writer/poet - check out his Corridor which won the Singapore Literature Prize […]

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WHO’S LISTENING TO WHAT . listener’s recommendations
[HBeditor: Eugene is messing up our categories!]

Call No.: 782.42166 KIN [ART]
Format: DVD
Location Music Village at the library@esplanade
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If you say you are a jazz/improvisation/prog-rock fan and a drummer as well, then missed Bill Bruford and his Earthworks band performing intelligent jazz/fusion a few weeks ago – […]

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FULL METAL JACKET . author reviews

Arthur Yap, a well known Singapore poet, passed away last week.
A list of his works that are available at the library:
The Space of City Trees: Selected Poems
London: Skoob Pacifica, c2000.
Call No.: SING S821 YAP
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Man Snake Apple & Other Poems
Singapore: Heinemann Asia, 1986.
Call No.: SING S821 […]

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HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets
Chris Ware, Charles Burns, Peter Bagge, Los Bros. Hernandez, Bill Griffith, Dan Clowes. It’s often said that the success of Fantagraphics can be read in its lineup of creators. Yet equally noteworthy is the singular devotion to quality and critical rigor that underpins each moment of the company’s history. […]

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[HBeditor: Our June-August 2006 print issue. We used to have the same reviews for print and online - but we found out that writing for print and online really do require different styles - so now what can be found in print may or may not be found online - so if you can, go […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
Joga Bonita! Or Portuguese for “Play Beautiful”.
Soccer fever is raging and will reach its crescendo on 9 July 2006 in Berlin, Germany where the winner of the FIFA World Cup 2006 will be decided.
Here are some titles that touch on soccer techniques, biographies and of course, the World […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
Spend An Afternoon Discussing Life
NUS Centre For The Arts is proud to present these 2 book discussions as part of Read! Singapore 2006.

New York : Doubleday, c1997
Call No.: 378.12092 ALB
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At some point in our lives, we would have met someone older, patient and wise, who saw us […]

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[HBeditor: Er, this was our issue for March-May — we’re just collating and putting it online. In case you’re not aware, this print issue of High Browse was available at all public libraries (It’s been replaced by the June-Aug issue). If you wish to obtain copies of the booklist (I have some spare copies left), […]

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