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Audrey Wong, 39, artistic co-director of arts venue The Substation. She joined The Substation in 1996 as a development executive and launched the film programme Moving Images in 1997.
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The spellman files
DO NOT be fooled by the blurb from The Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger on the cover of this book.
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The starlight conspiracy
Old-fashioned values and modern lifestyle choices meet in this page-turner that should thrill both today's children and the overgrown kids who are their parents.
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Strawberry fields forever
Marina Lewycka puts the spotlight on immigrants again in a sweet second novel.
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Don?t say fat
?Traditionally built? is what Alexander McCall Smith prefers, and women love him for it
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All we need is love
French psychologist Boris Cyrulnik champions the concept of resilience, which he says children get from being loved
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Arundhati returns to fiction after activist decade
Now, she says it is time to turn another chapter in her life.
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Arundhati returns to fiction after activist decade
Now, she says it is time to turn another chapter in her life.
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Super Mum
A publisher of children's books, an importer of ethically produced coffee and tea, and a mother of two, Shamini Flint does her part to save the world.
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The water's lovely
The reigning Mistress of Crime is back in fine form with this rumination on just how much thicker blood is than water.
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The naked truth
Three ageing Gen-Xers battle angst amid the tragedy of Sept 11 in Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children.
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Best of both worlds
Canadian poet Betty Warrington-Kearsley returns often to Singapore, where she grew up in a shophouse and a kampung.
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Bookends
Reader Lee Chor Lin tells us what she is reading now.
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A tale of two countries
Man Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai feels compelled to write about immigrant issues, as someone who has roots in India and the US
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Upstairs kicked downstairs
A new memoir serves as a timely reminder that snap judgments can be treacherous
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Bookends
Reader Malika Booker tells us what she is reading now.
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Queen Camilla
Sue Townsend made her name with the character Adrian Mole, whose diaries defined angst for the generation that grew up when Margaret Thatcher ran Britain from 10 Downing Street.
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Hot off the press
This tell-all about the United States' flat-footedness in Iraq today is just about the best book you can buy on this colossal military quagmire.
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Bookends
Reader Ho Minfong tells us what she is reading now.
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In the hands of fate
Fate, which features in Meg Rosoff's latest book, has dealt her some bad hands. But the author has kept busy through breast cancer.
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Bookends
Readers Woo Yen Yen and Diana Lu tell us what they're reading now.
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Rich woman
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Fashion babylon
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Why do men fall asleep after sex?
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Target underwear and a Vera Wang gown
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How to walk in high heels
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