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Classically trained violinist Joy Yong reads in Chinese to train her attention span

Musician Joy Yong performs the music in the award-winning The Violinist animated feature.

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Award-winning screenwriter Michael Tay watches readings of books to decide if they are worth it

Michael Tay is staging his one-man play Mom And I Go To The Temple in New York.

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SINDA chief executive Anbarasu Rajendran’s bookshelf holds modern and ancient wisdom

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Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) chief executive officer Anbarasu Rajendran, 54, photographed at the SINDA Headquarters with his books.

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Woodlands Hospital CEO Joe Hau reads to slow down and reflect on what matters

Joe Hau, chief executive officer of Woodlands Hospital, in Woodlands Hospital on July 8. He is currently reading From Strength To Strength by Arthur C. Brooks.

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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.

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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.

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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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