Books

New academic imprint ThinkNanyang aims to boost Chinese-language research, promote scholarly works

The first publication of ThinkNanyang, The Collected Works Of Lee Guan Kin (2025), is now available at leading bookstores and online.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

‘History isn’t over’: Historians, authors debate colonial legacy

(From left) Meihan Boey, Anirudh Kanisetti, Ovidia Yu and Sathnam Sanghera at the panel discussion held at Victorian Theatre during the Singapore Writers Festival.

Commentary

In a second-hand bookshop, a quiet ritual of friendship

Ritual calms us, it offers us order in an unsettled world, it wards off loneliness and binds us in threads of anticipation.

BookTalk: Best-selling non-fiction writer Bill Bryson turns to fiction for enjoyment

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

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

Singapore author Balli Kaur Jaswal on why she won’t write romantasy and the Aware saga

Daryl Qilin Yam and Balli Kaur Jaswal at Capella Singapore.

Reading corners at 7 public spots, including malls, to bring books closer to people

NLB's Sit-n-Read Nodes offer more than 3,000 pre-loved books for anyone to browse or take home.

David Szalay wins Booker Prize for tortured tale of masculinity

Hungarian-British author David Szalay won the Booker Prize for his sixth novel, Flesh, at a ceremony in London on Nov 10.

India all-rounder Ghosh eyes T20 glory after World Cup heroics

Cricket - ICC Women's World Cup - Final - India v South Africa - DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India - November 2, 2025 India's Richa Ghosh runs out Ayabonga Khaka REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

Where friends Ken Liu and Hao Jingfang differ and converge on AI

(From left) Writer Felicia Low-Jimenez moderated a conversation between science-fiction writers Ken Liu and Hao Jingfang at the Singapore Writers Festival on Nov 9.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

Unhappy fans at R.F. Kuang book signing and what writers are reading

R. R. Kuang signing books after her keynote lecture.

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