Fiction Alert: Airport Library
Highlights This month’s highlights take a little sidetrack from the world of fiction. I just discovered that the Netherlands has opened the first library in the airport! As library users, I thought this would be an interesting piece of news to all. The airport library opened its doors to visitors on 25 August 2010, and...
Heartlands meet to discuss Soul Mountain
Dear friends, We are doing our first Chinese author’s book “Soul Mountain” (English translation) by Gao Xingjian, Nobel Prize Literature winner 2000. The details: Date/Time: 5.00pm, Friday 24 September 2010 Venue: The Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library Author/Title: Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian Call No.: GAO Facilitator: Ms Chen Wee, Lecturer About the...
Fiction Alert: We Read, They Profit
Literary Highlights Up till 1 June 2010, according to Forbes.com, the author that raked in the most $$$ is James Patterson! For the 12 months, Patterson cashed in a whooping $70 million that landed him the top spot. Patterson’s novels, comics and gaming deals contributed to his large earnings for 2009. *Image courtesy of telegraph.co.uk...
Yen Yen has read ‘The Girl Who Played with Fire’
The Girl Who Played with Fire Call No.: LAR-[TH] Publisher: London : MacLehose, 2009. I’ve never been a big fan of Scandinavian writing, but this author changed my perspective. That’s right. I’m referring to the best-selling writer, Stieg Larsson, who has surpassed other Scandinavian crime writers such as Karin Fossum and Henning Mankell. I only...
Fiction Alert: In the Spotlight – Lauren Weisberger
*Image courtesy of nypost.com Known best for her debut chart-topper, The Devil Wears Prada, Lauren Weisberger has had her fair share of an un-glam lifestyle before she landed a fashionista’s jackpot job at Vogue – her time there being the fodder for her worldwide bestseller. Lauren let out her first cry in Scranton (the...
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