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Thursday, 29 June 2023

Ghost Girl, Banana: Elaine Chiew Chats With Acclaimed Debut Novelist Wiz Wharton

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About the Book: Set between the last years of the “Chinese Windrush” in 1966 and Hong Kong’s Handover to China in 1997, a mysterious inherit...
Friday, 26 May 2023

Now Boarding: Experiencing Singapore through travel 1800s–2000s

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T.A.Morton gives a sneak preview of Now Boarding , an exhibition opening on May 27 at the National Museum, Singapore.  In 1956, writer W. So...
Thursday, 25 May 2023

Elaine Chiew Interviews Khanh Ha, author of prize-winning short story collection All The Rivers Flow Into The Sea.

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About the Book: From Vietnam to America, All the Rivers Flow into the Sea is a short story collection, jewel- like, evocative, and layered,...
Monday, 24 April 2023

Sensing Visual Forms: Tse Hao Guang’s 'The International Left-Hand Calligraphy Association'

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Editor's note: We're delighted to feature a review of Tse Hao Guang's latest collection  by another gifted Singapore poet, Mok Z...
Saturday, 15 April 2023

Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki - A Toxic Japanese Love Story

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Naomi is a toxic love story, set in 1920s Japan, and one that is surprisingly relevant today. The novel is a classic of Japanese literature...
Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Jin Ping Mei rides again

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When, years ago, I studied Chinese at Leeds University, there was a set of volumes that resided only in the stacks downstairs in the Brother...
Sunday, 2 April 2023

Marc Joan on Hangdog Souls

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UK-based Marc Joan spent the early part of his life in India, and the early part of his career in biomedical research. He draws on this and ...