BookTalk: Musician Inch Chua devours three books a week despite dyslexia

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Singaporean musician Inch Chua seen here with her cats and one of her bookshelves in the background.

Singaporean musician Inch Chua with her cats and one of her bookshelves.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF INCH CHUA

Who: Inch Chua, 35, is a singer-songwriter known for her soulful lyrics and evocative vocals in albums such as Wallflower (2010), Bumfuzzle (2013) and Letters To Ubin (2015). The multidisciplinary artist has also made a name for herself in the food world, participating in the second season of cooking reality show MasterChef Singapore (2021). In 2023, she opened Spectre, a mental wellness-focused bar, for which she designed the food menu.

An associate artist with the Singapore Repertory Theatre, her play Myles: The Perfect Soulmate – about humans and artificial intelligence – was staged as a work-in-progress as part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2024. It will receive a full staging in 2025.

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