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Roadmap To Financial Freedom
One of ‘Roadmap’’s biggest problems is its self-congratulatory nature. It’s par for the course for a self-help book, financial or not...
Beatrice And Virgil
‘Beatrice and Virgil’ takes a different route through the animal kingdom. Henry, an author who writes a successful book....
Rojak : Bite-Sized Stories
One of my favourites is ‘The Breakup’ which is told through the devise of a letter by a guy Sham – from ‘a difficult family’ who is suffering from a ‘hurt liver’...
Oryx And Crake
The complexity of Atwood’s work is stunning – though ‘Oryx and Crake’ can be surface read as a humourous take on our current obsession with post-apocalpytic narratives....
No Cowardly Past
The first part of the book comprises six essays by those who knew James Puthucheary the man, his ideas and his commitment to the birth of our nation....
The flash mob
Short attention span? You need flash fiction, bitsy vignettes that cover everything from micro-plays and super-novellas to tiny poems and 'prosetry'...
Child-like Possibilities
Recent local publications of illustrated children’s books led SH Lim into ruminations of their importance..
Funny Boy
The first story reveals why Arjie is a funny boy. It has everything and more to do with his way of seeing and expressing himself in the world....
The Hungry Ghost
We’re all too familiar with the season of the hungry ghosts. The burning of incense, the late evening Chinese operas on makeshift stages, the offering of food and drink to the dead-but-not-quite departed...
Of Bees and Mist
I’m all for modern fairytales, which when done well can be refreshing and provocative. Setiawan’s ‘Of Bees and Mist’ falls into this camp, with enough merit to make it praiseworthy and enough failings to prevent it being everyone’s cup of tea....







