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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.

Kasan Goh casts off literary inheritance of dad Goh Poh Seng in debut novel on squatting in London

Kasan Goh’s debut novel Billy, Seetoh & Co took 30 years to gestate.

SingLit hang-out Book Bar to migrate to Tiong Bahru Community Centre by end-2026

Book Bar in Duxton Road has played host to book clubs and readings but also food pop-ups.

Book review

Epigram Books Fiction Prize winner Mind The Gap dives into the psyche of a model minority student

Ratna Damayanti Taha is the author of Mind The Gap, which won the 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize.

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