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Books

Move over, running clubs. Bookstores are the new dating spots in South Korea

Some experts say books are increasingly seen as an effective tool for finding a compatible match.
Some experts say books are increasingly seen as an effective tool for finding a compatible match.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers April 4

Want to be a Lit Girl? 4 places to buy journals to kick-start your next analogue hobby

Louise Carmen's Honore Notebook, and Ruby Merlot's Orbit Journal.
Louise Carmen's Honore Notebook, and Ruby Merlot's Orbit Journal.

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

US Vice-President Vance to publish book on his Catholic faith

The description calls the new work “an intimate account of why Vice-President J.D. Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith.”
The description calls the new work “an intimate account of why Vice-President J.D. Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith.”

$539k of SG Culture Pass credits spent on SingLit; call for inclusion of non-fiction titles

Book displays bearing SG Culture Pass stickers at Books Kinokuniya in Takashimaya Shopping Centre.
Book displays bearing SG Culture Pass stickers at Books Kinokuniya in Takashimaya Shopping Centre.

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.
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. 


PHOTO: ESPLANADE – THEATRES ON THE BAY
jstatsuya31 - Japanese actor Tatsuya Fujiwara stars in the play End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland. 


PHOTO: ESPLANADE – THEATRES ON THE BAY

Book review

Sociologist Teo You Yenn’s Unease spells out familiar woes of parenting and runaway private tuition

Nanyang Technological University associate professor Teo You Yenn has put out a new book, titled Unease: Life In Singapore Families.
Nanyang Technological University associate professor Teo You Yenn has put out a new book, titled Unease: Life In Singapore Families.

The Straits Times Weekly Bestsellers March 28

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.