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Entries from June 2008

Read an eBook, win a PSP!

June 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Anyone tried out the ebooks yet – thanks to my last post? Anybody? Well, to help you along, we’ve created a landing page here so that it’s a little bit easier for you. There are various categories to suit the palette – from fiction to audio books as well as kiddie books. Also, for a [...]

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Tags: Fiction · General

2 sessions of Heartland Book Club Discussion in June 2008

June 14th, 2008 · 11 Comments

HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events There will be TWO book discusions in June! For the first book discussion, meet the author herself Suchen Christine Lim as she discusses on her award winning book “Fistful of colours“. Date/time: Friday, 4.00pm, 20 June 2008 Venue: The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Community Library Author in appearance: Ms Suchen [...]

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Tags: Happenin'

Race to the White House

June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

HB Squad Alert . general + snippets  Who will be moving to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue after Nov? In the US, both major political parties, Democratic and Republican, have chosen their nominees as candidates for the highest office in the land, the Presidency. In one corner, …  For the Republicans, their choice is Senator John McCain. McCain, the [...]

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Tags: General · HB Squad Alert! · Happenin' · Non-Fiction

The Man in the Hat appeared in the Heartlands Book Club

June 10th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Public Events in the Library . programmes + events The following post is contributed by Kweh Soon Huat, Librarian, Adult and Young People’s Services, Public Library Service Always sporting a fedora hat as the host of Arts Central’s popular TV history series, Site and Sound, which takes a quirky, up-beat, off-the-road look at Singapore’s past, [...]

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Winner Announced for Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

HB Squad Alert . gossip + snippets The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction was awarded on 04 June at London’s Royal Festival Hall to Rose Tremain for her novel, The Road Home (Call No.: English TRE). The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction is open to only female authors and the books need to be published [...]

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Tags: General

Blog Spotted for June

June 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets Dear Readers, Summer is almost upon the Western hemisphere, and there’s no better way to enjoy those long, lazy summer days than with a great book. So if you’re looking for a couple of good reads to nourish mind, body and soul, these blog sites will have plenty of suggestions [...]

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Tags: Blogspotting · Dear Reader · HB Squad Alert!