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The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Feb 14

(From left) After The Fall/Despues de la Caida by Eric Tinsay Valles, Policy, Fairness And Compassion by K. Shanmugam, The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field.

BookTalk

Books connect Banyan Group director Ho Ren Chun to friends and family

Mr Ho Ren Chun, director of corporate development at Banyan Group, fits in short stories and poetry into his travel time.

Early Mornings At The Laksa Cafe by Malaysian author Janet Tay transplants cosy fiction to S-E Asia

Malaysian author Janet Tay’s debut novel, Early Mornings At The Laksa Cafe, adheres to the time-location formula of some of the bestselling healing fiction in recent years.

Concert review

Russian pianist Polina Osetinskaya, conductor Gabor Takacs-Nagy delight audiences with Bach and Schumann

Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy and Russian pianist Polina Osetinskaya performed a programme of Bach and Schumann.

Concert review

Pianist Tiffany Qiu plays with extremes of dynamics in eclectic programme

Pianist Tiffany Qiu gave a recital to a small but discerning audience at the Esplanade Recital Studio on Feb 11.

Arts Picks

Meet author Perumal Murugan at Chowk’s dance theatre work inspired by One Part Woman

sfpicks12 - Dance company Chowk Productions is presenting One Part Woman, a work inspired by famed author Perumal Murugan's international Booker prize nominated Tamil novel, Madhurobaagan.
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Pesta Raya 2026 brings film La Luna to the stage and Zainalabidin’s 50th anniversary concert

The Esplanade has commissioned Malay-language theatre company Teater Ekamatra to adapt director M. Raihan’s La Luna (2024) – Singapore’s entry to the Oscars in 2025 – for the stage.

Lasalle College of the Arts appoints first Singapore-born president, Dr Venka Purushothaman

Dr Venka Purushothaman will be Lasalle College of the Arts' seventh president.

Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel partners SG Culture Pass on perks for singles to go on artsy dates

As at Jan 1, 2026, over $10 million in credits have been used, with young people aged between 18 and 35 accounting for half of the credit usage.

Year of the Horse stars

No horsing about: Turning 84, artist Wong Keen continues to upset bourgeois taste

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Artist Wong Keen, 84, with his acrylic on canvas painting 'The Source of Supper' at artcommune gallery in Carlton Hotel Singapore on Feb 4, 2026.
For CNY Horse year package.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

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