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A collection of tales from Catherine Lim which readers are advised not to take too seriously but as ...Read More
Author : Catherine Lim
Publish : 15 January 2020
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
3.0 rating
Miss Maria Seetoh, a teacher of English and Literature in St Peter’s Secondary School in Singapore...Read More
Author : Catherine Lim
Publish : 24/11/2010
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
4.5 rating
The author explores all aspects of Singaporean life, taking in the sights, dissecting the culture an...Read More
Publish : 30/11/2008
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
5.0 rating
Years before his political career took off, Othman Wok pioneered the writing of ghost stories and ho...Read More
Author : Othman Wok
Publish : 01/12/2021
Publisher : Epigram Books
4.5 rating
Cordelia
Cordelia, Grace Chia’s second poetry collection, excavates from the imagery of life, art and moder...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 2012
Publisher : Ethos Books
3.9 rating
Mother of All Questions
Mother of All Questions is Grace Chia's third poetry collection about womanhood exploring what home ...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 2017
Publisher : Math Paper Press
4.2 rating
We R Family: An Anthology
Families come packaged in all shapes and sizes. At the heart of every family unit is love — or wha...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 2016
Publisher : Math Paper Press
3.8 rating
Every Moving Thing That Lives Shall Be Food
A Singapore emigrant muses about the HDB heartlands and her adopted British lifestyle. An undergrad ...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 2016
Publisher : Math Paper Press
3.8 rating
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Part poet, part lollipop punk, and all woman. Grace Chia's postmodern, pop culture-influenced poetry...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 1998
Publisher : Rank Books
3.9 rating
The Cuckoo Conundrum
“You’ve been away for too long, he replies, in a tone that I think sounds reproachful. Maybe I...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 2016
Publisher : Ethos Books
3.0 rating
The Wanderlusters
Delilah has her dream job working as a diva for the globe-trotting and glamorous Cirque Obélisque, ...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 2016
Publisher : Math Paper Press
3.7 rating
The Arches Of Gerrard Street
The shooting of Molly’s childhood friend in London’s Chinatown has led her from Batu Pahat in Ma...Read More
Author : Grace Chia
Publish : 2021
Publisher : Penguin Books
4.0 rating
Kampong Spirit: Gotong Royong, Life In Potong Pasir 1955 to 1965.
Kampong Spirit - Gotong Royong is a heart-warming recollection of life in the little village of Po...Read More
Publish : 2013
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
4.8 rating
My Mother-In-Law’s Son
My Mother-In-Law's Son centers round a Peranakan woman, Swee Gek, who is in an abusive marriage but...Read More
Publish : 2013
Publisher : Ethos Books
4.0 rating
When A Flower Dies
What can we recover after a life passes on? A novel about love, forgetting and remembering. Pansy Li...Read More
Publish : 2015
Publisher : Ethos Books
4.0 rating
Goodbye My Kampong - Potong Pasir 1966 to 1975
This book is a sequel to Josephine Chia's 2014 Singapore Literature prize-winning book, Kampong Spi...Read More
Publish : 2017
Publisher : Ethos Books
4.8 rating

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Featured Book Of The Month

Othman Wok left an indelible mark on Singaporean politics and society, and was “steadfast and unwavering in believing in a multiracial, multi-religious, meritocratic Singapore” (in the words of PM Lee Hsien Loong). In addition, he pioneered the writing of ghost stories and horror fiction in Malay while working as a young reporter in the 1950s. These stories made him a household name in the Malay-speaking world, years before his political career took off. In fact, these tales were arguably the first examples of horror fiction in either Singapore or Malaysia, in any language.

A Mosque in the Jungle assembles two dozen of the best stories from his three fiction collections in English: Malayan Horror (1991), The Disused Well (1995) and Unseen Occupants (2006). Curated by award-winning poet and fictionist Ng Yi-Sheng, this book provides an entry point into Othman’s fiction, and a window into the work of a “literary genius” (Farouk A. Peru, Malay Mail Online).
 

Author Of The Month

Catherine Lim

Catherine Lim Poh Imm (b. 21 March 1942, Penang, Malaysia–) is the doyenne of Singapore stories. Lim is an accomplished and critically acclaimed author who has published a dozen collections of short stories, five novels, two volumes of poems and even a play. She began as a teacher, then was a project director with the Ministry of Education, became a specialist lecturer with the Regional Language Centre (RELC), and finally became a full-time writer in 1992. She has won national and regional book prizes for her literary contributions. Her works are studied in local and foreign schools and universities, and have been published in various languages in several countries.

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