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Blog Spotted for March
Dear Readers, as we come to the tail-end of March, here are some book blogs to keep those reading juices flowing. Big Bad Book Blog – We don’t usually think of books as big and mean, but this certainly is a blog with an independent attitude. Run by the team that runs the Greenleaf Book...
Heartlands Bookclub March 2008
HAPPENIN’ . programs + events Heartlands Bookclub will be discussing the first five stories from the book, The Lies that Build a Marriage by Suchen Christine Lim. Date: 4.00pm, Friday 28 March 2008 Place: Activity Room, Bukit Batok Community Library Facilitator: Mr Paul Fitzpatrick Call No.: S823 LIM About the book: Singapore Literature Prize-winning author...
Science Fiction loses one of its greats
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (December 16, 1917 – March 18, 2008) Arthur C. Clarke was born on 16 December 1917 in a seaside town in England. He was both an artist and scientist, contributing immensely to space science and science fiction. On his 90th birthday, his wishes were: “for ET to call, for man to...
Australian Author Wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Australian author, Sonya Hartnett, was announced as this year’s awardee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial award for literature. The award comes with a 5m Swedish kronor prize (S$1.41m) and this is the sixth installment of the award. She would be presented with the award on 28 May by Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria at Stockholm’s open-air...
Memoirs that are pure fiction
The New York Times recently broke the story about the acclaimed, recently published memoirs of Margaret B. Jones, “Love and Consequences”. As the description goes, it’s about a “half-Native American girl growing up in South-Central Los Angeles as a foster child among gang-bangers, running drugs for the Bloods.” Quite a yarn, then, exotic, compelling and dangerous. Problem...
Li-Ern has read “The Tap Dancer” by Andrew Barrow
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations The Tap Dancer Andrew Barrow Call No.: English BAR-[AW] (Click here for item availability) Andrew Barrow won the “McKitterick Prize” and the “Hawthornden Prize” for The Tap Dancer. The reason I know this is because I found this novel on the “award winning shelf” at the Central Library and...
Heartlands Book Club – Feb 2008
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events Alfian Sa’at is easily Singapore’s most controversial writer – so no surprise that Feb’s book discussion on his first book of poetry, One Fierce Hour, attracted 14 participants. Described by the New Straits Times as a ‘prankish provocateur’, Sa’at’s work provoked such fierce reactions that the book discussion was longer...
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The Pleasures and Perils of Chasing Book Thieves
HB Squad Alert . gossip + snippets 1. Charles Bukowski 2. Jim Thompson 3. Philip K. Dick 4. William S. Burroughs 5. Any Graphic Novel This is pretty much the authoritative top five, the New York Times best-seller list of stolen books. I’ve never caught any book thief, I’m afraid – though I’ve seen some...
Vanessa has read “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations Dreams From My Father: a story of race and inheritance Barack Obama Call No.: English 973.0496762092 OBA (Click here for item availability) From Vanessa, I picked up Barack Obama’s book, Dreams From My Father, and started reading it this evening. The story of how a smart Kenyan man met...
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