Books

Sarkozy gets hero’s welcome as he unveils prison memoir

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives to sign copies of his book at the Lamartine bookshop in Paris.

Sophie Kinsella, author of Confessions Of A Shopaholic, dies at 55

FILE — The author Sophie Kinsella at an event at a Waterstones bookstore in London, June 30, 2024. Madeleine Wickham, the British author whose “Confessions of a Shopaholic” novels under the pen name Sophie Kinsella were an international sensation, died on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. She was 55. (Sandra Mickiewicz/The New York Times)

US Supreme Court turns away appeal of Texas library book ban

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Supreme Court Police officer leans against the statue titled the Contemplation of Justice along the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Water leak at Paris’ Louvre Museum damages books at Egyptian antiquities department

Poor pipe conditions were blamed for a leak that damaged hundreds of rare books at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

BookTalk

Historian and podcaster Nor Wang reads in early morning quiet to ground her days

Nor Wang, head of ACM and founder of podcasts Nor's Nusantara and Nor's Mandala.

Book review

The Unlikely Motherhood Of Shaleni May tries its hand at thorny topics

The Unlikely Motherhood Of Shaleni May is Sunita Sue Leng's first novel.

TBR (To Be Read)

‘World’s coolest neighbourhood’ Jimbocho makes browsing cool again

Visitors browsing books and other paper objects at the 65th Kanda Used Book Festival in Jimbocho.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Dec 6

Strange Houses by Uketsu, Not So Little Red Dot: 60 Years Of Singapore’s Diplomacy edited by Peh Shing Huei and The Southsea School Squads Book 3: Ripple Effect by Leanne Teo, illustrated by Jo Yee Leong.

Mr Men and Little Miss to get their first feature film

Mr Men and Little Miss are to get their first feature film.

Arts Picks

Sonny Liew’s Charlie Chan revisited with portraits of LKY, sketches, collectible art

Graphic novelist Sonny Liew's portraits used in his award-winning The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015) is on show at a three-chapter exhibition at Waterloo Centre and Bras Basah Complex.

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