Heartlands meets to discuss poems from “Witchcraft”
Dear friends, We are honoured to have Ms Sharanya Manivannan, an Indian author based in Chennai, who will be doing a reading of her poems at our bookclub. The details: Date/Time: 5.00pm, Friday 21 May 2010 Venue: The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library Author: Ms Sharanya Manivannam, reading her poems from her book “Witchcraft”...
Dr Goh Keng Swee passes (1918-2010)
Dr Goh, who had been in fading health for some time, was 91. Dr Goh was born a Peranakan in Malacca, Malaysia. He was one of the founding fathers of modern Singapore and is deemed the “economic architect” of Singapore, contributing greatly in shaping the development of Singapore into a prosperous nation as the first Finance Minister in 1959...
Elizabeth has read “The Penelopaid”
The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood Edinburgh: New York: Canongate, c2005. Call No.: English ATW There are two sides to every story, they say, with different perspectives and memories of the same event. The variance between these sides and the multiple interpretations they carry are what make storytelling interesting and enduring. And, so with an insightful and...
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