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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
Professor Randy Pausch was just 46 when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. On September 17, 2007, just about a month after he received the news, he delivered his last lecture, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”. He meant the lecture as a celebration of life, and as a parting gift to […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
Meet novelist, short-story writer and children’s author Anita Desai in person! Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to speak to one of the world’s most eminent writers!
Details as follows:
Monday, 25 August 2008
7.00 pm
The Pod, Level 16, National Library
Admission is Free.  All are Welcome.
More about Anita Desai:
Now a Professor of Humanities at […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
Two doctors are coming in August! No, the Heartlands Book Club has not diversified into clinical therapy though discussing books is a therapy for some! Two authors with Phds are discussing their books.
For the first book discussion, meet Dr Nigel Barley as he discusses “In the footsteps of Stamford Raffles”. The […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
As part of activities to mark National Day Parade 2008, NLB, working in conjunction with NDP 2008 Organising Committee, will be hosting a series of themed bookclub sessions as part of efforts to promote a culture of reading among Singaporeans.
The books that have been chosen are in line with the NDP […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events
This July discussion is a run-up to the National Day’s celebration around the corner. The books selected - Tangerine by Colin Cheong and Heartland by Daren Shiau deal with issues such as national identity, personal bonding, the heartlands and friendship across national boundaries and cultures.
The details:
Date/Time: 4.00pm, Friday 25 July
Venue: The […]

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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 Christine Lim
Co-facilitator: Mrs Clara Chow
Title/author […]

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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 son of a prominent […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events

Enjoy things retro? For May discussion, we are doing a historical fiction of Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s. The author Dr Julian Davison, a keen biographer, wrote this collection of stories of that period having lived through it. The book was an instant bestseller when it was published in […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programs + events
Heartlands Bookclub will be discussing Death in Midsummer & Other Stories by Yukio Mishima.

Date: 4.00pm, Friday, 25 April 2008
Place: Activity Room, Bukit Batok Community Library
Facilitator: Mr Paul Fitzpatrick
Call no.: MIS
About the book
‘Death in Midsummer’ is a collection of nine short stories and one play. The back fo the book reads, […]

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HAPPENIN’ . programs + events
Heartlands Bookclub will be discussing the first five stories from the book, The Lies that Build a Marriage by Suchen Christine Lim.
Date: 4.00pm, Friday 28 March 2008
Place: Activity Room, Bukit Batok Community Library
Facilitator: Mr Paul Fitzpatrick
Call No.: S823 LIM
About the book:
Singapore Literature Prize-winning author Suchen Christine Lim delves beneath the Lion […]

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