Monthly archive March, 2009

Introducing the Book Exchange!

Recycle Your Reading – Used books become new reads at the Book Exchange!  Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 Time: 10.30am to 6pm Venue: The Plaza, National Library Building,100 Victoria Street 3 easy steps to exchange your used books for new reads: Bring your used books to any Public Library from 11 to 24 April, 11am...

Heartlands meets to discuss ‘Fasting and Feasting’

Dear friends, We are discussing Anita Desai’s book “Fasting, Feasting”. The details: Date/Time:  4.00pm,  Friday 27 March 2009 Venue:  The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library Facilitator:  Ms Hasanah Sodhi Author:  Anita Desai Title:  Fasting, Feasting. Call no.:   DES About the book: Short-listed for the 1999 Booker Prize, Desai’s stunning new novel looks gently but...

Library Talk: What is a transpacific arts collective?

HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events Masterclass Talk: What is a transpacific arts collective? Join award-winning Canadian poet, Ray Hsu, as he reads his poems and shares his insights into how we can forge a collective under the banner of the arts. In his talk, he will address how individual writers and artists can benefit from...

Elizabeth has read ‘Library Confidential’

Library confidential: oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library Don Borchett London: Virgin, 2007 Call No. : 027.4092 BOR  The strange truth about the public library – that’s the subject for Don Borchett’s first book. It offers a peek into a weird and sometimes dark world, where you would least expect the outrageous. He...