Books

Family of late Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo donates $385,000 to ST pocket money fund

Creative Technology CEO Ernest Sim (right) and ST associate editor Karamjit Kaur at the event in the Woodlands Regional Library on June 7.

Book review

Catherine Cho centres women in her gripping gangster drama The Devoted

Catherine Cho, author of The Devoted. The Devoted is a deftly plotted Hong Kong gangster drama.

‘No Candy Crush’: Free To Play is Singapore’s first video game literary anthology

Natalie Wang and Daryl Lim Wei Jie, editors of Difference Engine's new anthology on video games, Free To Play: A Video Games Anthology.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers June 6

(From left) The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei, Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn, Eye Spy Singapore by Pippa Chorley

Ronaldo heads for sixth World Cup with unfinished business

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Portugal Training - Cidade do Futebol, Oeiras, Portugal - June 1, 2026 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo during training REUTERS/Pedro Nunes TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

They studied 370,000 US college essays and discovered AI’s effects on creativity

The human ability to come up with unexpected and original ideas is something to protect and nurture.

‘AI simply can’t replicate it’: Japan embraces the zine trend

Newspapers being transported by machinery at the Kyoto Shimbun factory in Kumiyama, Kyoto prefecture, on March 19.

What makes a clue Singaporean? ST×NLB Crossword series taps 40 volunteers

The making of the new crossword series by The Straits Times and National Library Board.

Bezzecchi breaks lap record for Italian GP pole, Martin sets top speed record

Book review

Asako Yuzuki’s Butter follow-up, Hooked, dissects complexities of female friendships

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki.

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