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Struck by Lightning: Singaporean Voices Post-1965
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...
Singapore Theatre Festival is Happening!
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...
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Eugene has listened to/watched ‘Deja Vroom’
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 Click here for item availability. 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...
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Arthur Yap 1943-2006
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 Click here for item availability. Man Snake Apple & Other Poems...
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Fantagraphics is 30!
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...
High Browse: Not Just For Tourists
[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...
The Beautiful Game, or World Cup 2006
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...
Read! Singapore at NUS Arts Centre
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 Click here for item availability At some point in our lives, we would have met someone older,...
High Browse: I Hate Love
[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),...
‘Saint Jack’ by Paul Theroux
BOOK of the MONTH . JUNE 2006 London: Bodley Head, 1973 Call No.: THE Click here, here and here for item availability. One of my favourite quotes, “Every saint a past sinner, every sinner a future saint”, reflects the character of Jack Flowers, the idealistic pimp in Paul Theroux’s Saint Jack. He draws sympathy and...
Writer’s Connect is Two!
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events Writer’s Connect will be celebrating its second birthday on 22 June at The Arts House. High Browse Online caught up with Chris Mooney-Singh, the founder of Writer’s Connect, to find out more… HB Team: If you only had 15 words or less to describe Writer’s Connect, how would you put...
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