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Entries from November 2009

Now, you can chat on ASK!

November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Dear Readers,
On 1st Dec, you can also ASK! Chat with us online!
How does ASK! Chat work?
Communicate with our librarians via online chat widgets available at:
ASK! blog: http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/ask/
Public Libraries Singapore http://www.pl.sg/page/PlJustAskContent
NLB eResources: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg
Chat widgets will be available on library catalogue and multimedia stations at Sengkang Public Library and Woodlands Regional Library at a later date.
This is […]

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Tags: Public Events in the Library · Dear Reader · Happenin'

Heartlands Book Club on 20th November

November 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Dear friends,
We are discussing “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk-Kidd. The details:
Date/Time: 4.00pm, Friday 20 November 2009
Venue: The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library
Facilitator: Mr Lawrence Chew
Title/Author/ Call number “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue-Monk Kidd
Call No.: KID
 
About the book: In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, 14-year-old Lily Owen, […]

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Tags: Heartlands Book Club · Happenin' · General

Heartlands Book Discussion - October 2009

November 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Here are some photos of the last Heartlands book discussion with Dr Rosaly Puthucheary on her first novel, “The Tessellated Path”.

 

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Tags: Heartlands Book Club · Happenin' · General

Han Sen has read ‘Armageddon’s Children’

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Armageddon’s Children
By Terry Brooks
New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 2007.
(All Rights Reserved)
Call Number: English BRO
His debut fantasy novel “The Sword of Shannara” in the 70s was the first work of fiction ever to appear on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list, where it remained for over five months. Terry Brooks has since written […]

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Tags: Sci-Fi/Fantasy · Fiction · Dear Reader · General