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‘Public servants are the No. 1 wordsmiths’: poet Joshua Yap’s lessons on leadership in sonnet form

Sing Lit Station director Joshua Yap with his new poetry collections published by Landmark Books.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Aug 29

The Straits Times’ weekly bestsellers.

Parents and siblings of queer Singaporeans tell their stories in new book

Writer and editor Jason Wee (centre), with book subjects Daniel Askre (left), and Shania Saudah, published the first book in Singapore that features LGBTQ families coming out with their stories.

SingLit 101

Munsyi Abdullah’s Hikayat Abdullah a rare eyewitness account of 19th-century Singapore

The Hikayat Abdullah is available at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library.

Torch ginger paper sculpture, mushroom coffee table: S’pore works debut at Venice craftsmanship show

*SECOND MAIN PIX* ST20260825-202641200557-Lim Yaohui-yhpeili/ Paper artist Koh Pei Li with her Torch Ginger botanical sculpture which will be exhibited at Homo Faber 2026 in Venice, at New Bahru on Aug 25, 2026. (ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Kengo Kuma-designed theatre and art museum to open at redeveloped Tanglin Shopping Centre by 2030

Artist’s impression of a new 1,000-seat theatre and contemporary art museum, slated to open at the yet-to-be-named redeveloped Tanglin Shopping Centre by 2030.

Gwangju Biennale resolves naming row over Taiwan pavilion

Singapore artist Ho Tzu Nyen is the artistic director of 2026’s Gwangju Biennale and one of the signees of the curatorial team’s open letter.

Arts Picks

Singapore Arts Guide (Aug 26 to Sept 2): Naughty nudes and river scenes at Art Again birthday show

The nautical and naughty are brought into the same room in Art Again’s third birthday show.

Munah Bagharib, Siti Khalijah Zainal and Siti Hajar Gani power The Necessary Stage’s new play 3 Queens

(From left) The Necessary Stage’s 3 Queens features Siti Khalijah Zainal, Siti Hajar Gani and Munah Bagharib and runs from Sept 3 to 13.

London’s Goldsboro Books partners BookXcess to open outpost in Malaysia

Goldsboro Books has opened its first permanent international retail space at The Sunway Library by BookXcess in Bandar Sunway, Selangor.

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