Authors

When AI enters the chat, the writer goes missing

By deferring to AI, we are limiting the range of our thoughts to the archives of what has been written before, says the writer.

ST Press’ The Albatross File: Inside Separation named Book of the Year

The Straits Times chief columnist and senior editor of publications Sumiko Tan receives the Book Of The Year award from NLB CEO Melissa Tam (left, white top) at the Singapore Book Awards.

New Haruki Murakami novel in July to feature his first woman protagonist

Titled The Tale Of KAHO, Haruki Murakami’s latest release will see the titular character as the first female protagonist in his catalogue of full-length novels.

Author Amitav Ghosh uses reincarnation and cooking to discuss climate change in Ghost-Eye

Acclaimed Indian writer Amitav Ghosh's latest book Ghost-Eye (2026) is his first novel in seven years.

TBR (To Be Read)

Can Singapore have a dedicated writers’ room to peek into the lives of literary legends?

The Xi Xi Space in Hong Kong's Foo Tak Building introduces readers to the life of the late Hong Kong writer and features a reconstruction of her living space.

Book review

Superfan is an intimate portrait of parasocial love

Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang.

Move over, It Girl. It’s the era of the Lit Girl: Have books become the new fashion trend?

SS26 New Dior Book Tote – Dracula by Bram Stoker (left) and Elle Fanning in Coach's Explore Your Story campaign.

The New York Times severs ties with freelance journalist over AI use in book review

Author and journalist Alex Preston's review of Jean-Baptiste Andrea's Watching Over Her included language and details similar to those in an earlier review of the same book published in British daily The Guardian.

Novels by women writers about exiled Iran family and more make International Booker Prize shortlist

The £50,000 (S$85,300) prize is split equally between the author and the translator.

Death Note star Tatsuya Fujiwara returns to Singapore stage for play based on Haruki Murakami book

jstatsuya31 - Japanese actor Tatsuya Fujiwara stars in the play End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland.

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