Fiction

SingLit 101

Reading Catherine Lim’s Or Else, The Lightning God and O Singapore! 40 years on

O Singapore! Stories In Celebration (left) and Or Else, The Lightning God & Other Stories by Catherine Lim.

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

‘I’ve seen his face’: Translator Jim Rion wishes Uketsu’s puzzles were less language-based

The translator of Uketsu’s hit titles, Jim Rion, will dial in for a Zoom session at the Victoria Theatre on Nov 21.

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

Author Amitav Ghosh says writers must give voice to marginal communities in works about the climate

Amitav Ghosh is giving a festival keynote lecture at the Victoria Theatre.

BookTalk

Content creator Shamsydar Ani reads crime thrillers for a dose of escapism

Digital content creator Shamsydar Ani loves reading on the sofa in her living room.

Book review

A Strange Case Of Erasure illuminates the unseen toil of mothers

A Strange Case of Erasure is Jaclyn Lim’s debut novel.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers Oct 24

(From left) Unease: Life In Singapore Families by Teo You Yenn, Mind The Gap by Ratna Damayanti Taha, Funcles by Yashika Mody and Adriena Fong.

How S’porean writer Divya Maniar turned television bingeing into debut novel After Care

London-based Singaporean writer Divya Maniar’s debut novel After Care follows a burnt out reality television star.

Finding Joy

Coming back to my childhood companion – Harry Potter – as an adult

The writer with her copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which she is intentionally taking her time to finish.

Two Singapore graphic novels revisit the Raffles Hotel tiger and a case of male mass hysteria

Author Felix Cheong (left) and Singaporean graphic novelist and author Sean Lam.

Man sentenced to 12 years’ jail for raiding ancient tombs in China as court issues stern warning

The court noted that heritage-related crimes in China are becoming increasingly professionalised.

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