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‘Languages Are Good For Us’: Tracing words, languages through time and space

Sophie Hardach’s eclectic book is a delight for language nerds and enthusiasts

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At Night All Blood is Black: an African perspective on World War One

This originally French novel focuses on the plight of Senegalese soldiers fighting under brutal conditions in the First World War

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'No One Is Talking About This': the disconnect between the digital and the real

In her first novel, Patricia Lockwood explores the impermeable barrier between social media and everyday life

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Celebrating the fleeting nature of street mural art

Leonard Siaw was one of the artists responsible for ‘The Joy of Harvest’ paintings made as part of the Penang International Container Art Festival

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Bill Gates proffers better tech in 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster'

In Bill Gates' new book, it's not so much thinking outside the box, but thinking of how to build a better box

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In 'Klara and the Sun', artificial intelligence, humans find middle ground

Kazuo Ishiguro's latest book is one of this year’s most interesting, imaginative, thought-provoking and enjoyable reads

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'Ministry for the Future' weaves a tangled narrative of climate action

In a sprawling science fiction tale of a possible near future, Kim Stanley Robinson explores what it would take to truly address climate change

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Disembodiment of life as we know it in ‘Lives Under Lockdown’

Young voices dissect what it means to make the shift from real life to technology in the shadows of the pandemic

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'The Yogini' explores female agency in the pursuit of self-actualisation

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay's novel's depths belie its spare, lean prose

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The Old Drift: A complicated narrative of modern African fiction

'The Old Drift', spans more than a century and weaves a number of seemingly unconnected stories into a narrative on Zambia's past and present

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Food Republic: an anthology that explores the role food plays in our lives

Featuring a who's who of Singaporean food writers and writers from around the region, 'Food Republic' is a delectable literary tasting menu

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'Home Groan', an anthology on a changing Penang

Featuring the work of twenty-two writers and three artists, 'Home Groan' is a sincere look at modern Penang