BookTalk

My lost art of reading, and how I’m trying to reclaim it

BookTalk

Curator Chelsea Chua reads historical fiction and non-fiction to expand her world view

Chelsea Chua is reading The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.

BookTalk

Breast Cancer Foundation CEO Jacob Soo returns to Tintin comics for stories of friendship and hope

Breast Cancer Foundation CEO Jacob Soo with some of his favourite books at his office in Sin Ming on May 18, 2026.

Book Talk

Composer Chua Jon Lin treasures reading with her son, believes a child’s love for books starts at home

Composer Jon Lin Chua is reading Pyramids at the Louvre by Glenn Watkins, and A Colette Sequence & Other Poems by Robert Yeo.

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Creative producer Natalie Tan relaxes with classic literature and shoujo manga

Ms Natalie Tan with her current reads – Charlotte Bronte’s Vilette on her Kobo, and romance manga In The Clear Moonlit Dusk by Mika Yamamori on her tablet.

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Reading fuels imagination for theatre practitioner Dwayne Lau’s life and work

Mr Dwayne Lau is revisiting The Pastor: Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Journey, a memoir by his late father Dr Patrick Lau, alongisde pop-up books he enjoys for their visual storytelling.

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Conductor Darrell Ang reads across genres in pursuit of curiosity and learning

Mr Darrell Ang with a biography of Mr Jose Isidro Camacho, whose story he says brings him closer to the author.

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Speak Good English Movement chairman Jason Leow embraces audiobooks for convenience

Mr Jason Leow shows his library on the Libby app, where he accesses most of his audiobooks and e-books.

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‘A very underrated form of media’: Singapore cricketer Ishaan Sawney makes a case for comics

Ishaan Sawney finds that growing up has changed the way he reads comics.

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A chance find at Kinokuniya led fashion model Kaci Beh to pick up reading again

Kaci Beh with Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney, a thriller she says keeps her "hooked and guessing".

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