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Best-selling author Bill Bryson will take the Singapore stage at Capitol Theatre on Feb 4 and 5, 2026.

Best-selling author Bill Bryson will take the Singapore stage at Capitol Theatre on Feb 4 and 5.

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Who: Best-selling American-British journalist and author Bill Bryson, 73, has written 21 non-fiction books, including the popular science title A Short History Of Nearly Everything (2003) and Notes From A Small Island (1995), a humorous travelogue of Britain.

On Feb 4 and 5, 2026, Bryson will take the Singapore stage in an entertaining evening that covers his latest rewrite of his popular science book A Short History Of Nearly Everything 2.0 (2025), tales of his travels and the business of being a writer.

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