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Customer Appreciation Day 2017

NLB celebrates you and your love for our libraries! Head to the nearest (or your favourite) public library on 18 Nov, and celebrate Customer Appreciation Day 2017 with us!

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2017 is almost ending. If you haven’t got around to resolutions set earlier in the year, fret not. Join us for a host of exciting events happening at the libraries in November, and tick a few items off your list!

Kick off the month by picking up a new skill. Try your hand at Western Calligraphy and pen a simple quote with brush pens in Hello, Brush Calligraphy (page 19). Continue flexing those fingers withOrigami Fun! (page 18) and challenge yourself to make an origami model in 10 minutes.

Prefer a head-to-toe workout? Stimulate your mind with simple moves that you can incorporate into your daily routine in Mind Body Fitness by SACE/U3A – Brain Gym, then work up a sweat with 7 Sit-down Exercises to improve your balance and flexibility. Details on page 14.

If building wealth is one of your resolutions, check out A Beginner’s Guide to Investment to learn about the myths and facts of investing. Financial literacy is just as important as building wealth. Find out about long-term decisions that can affect your financial stability in Dollars and Sense Learning Community. Details on page 11.

Lastly, November marks Customer Appreciation Day 2017! Join us on 18 November as we celebrate your contribution and support for our libraries. Happening at all public libraries (except Yishun Public Library and library@chinatown), expect a slew of exciting and memorable programmes. Turn over to page 17 for programme details.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Editor: Nazreen Begum

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[Tales to Share] Tales of Horror [CANVAS/S] Textile Art with Mai Textile 3 October – 30 November Studio: Pop-Up Studio Level 1, Exhibition Area, 21 November – 17 December Woodlands Regional Library Level 2, Main Entrance, Tampines Regional Library Everyone has stories to tell, and we are on a mission to collect them! In this pop-up Delve into the art of indigo dyeing and shibori installation, contribute a tale through and get up close to the shibori artworks. writing or drawing. Better yet, continue a Each visitor is invited to unstitch a small part story that someone else has contributed, of a shibori artwork, specially created for this or help enliven some of the stories with showcase, to slowly reveal the final shibori your illustrations. pattern at the end of the showcase. No registration required. On the theme of “Horror” – it doesn’t have to be about the supernatural – share some mortifying experiences, or even the mundane horrors of life! Keep an eye out for local illustration group Band of Doodlers as they transform some of your contributed stories into fantastical drawings!

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ARTSEEN seeks to to create a vibrant and social All programmes are free with required registration learning space, where artists, art enthusiasts, and and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please the community converge to engage in authentic register at the library e-kiosks, or through our artistic experiences. website www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary. To cancel a registration or request to be placed on the waiting list for a fully registered programme, please email [email protected]. To subscribe to our mailing list, please email [email protected] with the subject “Add me to EDM”.

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READ SAT WED 01 04 分享读书会 壹度书会 Chinese Share Read Book Club (Yidu Reading Club) 10.30 am – 12.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Everest Room, Programme Zone, Woodlands Regional Library Serangoon Public Library 你喜欢阅读中文书吗？我们诚意邀请您 壹度书会是由爱好读书的年轻人所组 来参加我们的阅读分享会。每个月的第一 成。通过阅读、讨论和分享,实现思维的 个 星 期 三 ，我 们 都 会 介 绍 不 同 的 书 ，进 行 碰撞和情感共振的交流平台。 讨论，分享阅读心得。欢迎您加入我们的 Conducted in Mandarin. Find out more at 读书会。 www.facebook.com/yidushuhui THU THU THU 02 09 16 WED 08 WED 22 FUNdaMENTALs Reading Club

THU 23 THU 30 10.00 am – 11.30 am Everest Room, 陪你看报纸 Woodlands Regional Library 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm A reading club formed to encourage the Programme Zone, confident use of English amongst adults in a comfortable environment. What better Toa Payoh Public Library way to polish your language, than through a 由《联合早报》和《联合晚报》组成的义工 poignant read? 团队将为您讲解过去一周的社会焦点、时 Come join us to hone your English 事 动 态 、娱 乐 与 生 活 情 报 等 各 项 新 闻 , 让 您 proficiency, discuss your views and bond 轻松了解天下事！ over a book. Make some friends along the way and go home feeling accomplished. 适合 50岁及以上人士参与。 For adults only.

06 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary READ THU 09 MON 13 碧山乐龄读书会 Let’s Talk: Teh Tarik Chinese Seniors Reading Club 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 3.30 pm – 5.00 pm Programme Zone, Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, Programme Zone, Bukit Panjang Public Library Bishan Public Library Take part in this interest group for seniors to discuss about current happenings in 想结交新朋友、促进华语会话和分享您 Singapore. You may also pick up useful health 的 阅 读 经 验 吗 ？碧 山 乐 龄 读 书 会 每 个 月 tips, share an interesting recipe and more over 都会聚集一群活跃的乐龄朋友与图书馆 a cup of coffee or teh tarik. 馆员一同讨论书籍和文章。现在就加入 我们吧！ Take part in monthly book discussions with TUE 14 a group of enthusiastic senior citizens. Share how each book relates to your memorable The Golden Circle experiences and improve your Mandarin 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm conversational skills. Activity Room, Geylang East Public Library The rustle of a well-thumbed page, the whiff SUN 12 of age from a much-cherished tome­ – come appreciate the beauty of a good book with Thangameen Readers Club The Golden Circle, an English book club for seniors. Discussions will be centred around 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm fiction books, so join us for a stimulating Programme Zone, afternoon of lively conversation. Toa Payoh Public Library Thangameen Readers Club is a reading club formed to encourage the confident use of Tamil across generations. With short film WED 15 screenings, short story writing competitions and impromptu poetry contests, the club 交流点读书会 is the total literary package. This reading (Interacting@BPPL) group is facilitated by readers of Singapore Tamil e-zine www.thangameen.com. The 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm discussions will be conducted in Tamil. Programme Zone, Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, Bukit Panjang Public Library All are welcome. 喝 茶 、聊 天 ，分 享 书 籍 及 课 题 。我 们 邀 请 你来交流阅读心得，分享阅读成果，借此 提升对书籍的认知与课题的了解。活动入 场免费，无需报名。 Suitable for homemakers.

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 07 READ SAT THU 16 18 Malay in Minutes Pseudo Book Club 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm Activity Room, Level 3, Synergy Room, Geylang East Public Library Jurong Regional Library Would you like to converse in Malay with Calling all young adults aged 13 to 19 – learn your friends and neighbours? Join us in this facilitation skills with the Pseudo Book Club monthly book club where we use simple Malay and make new friends with like-minded people! books as learning tools. This is a book club facilitated by young adults, for young adults. Highly recommended for student librarians and all young adults who enjoy reading. SAT 18 Writing the City Writers’ Group THU 23 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Programme Zone, Organic Storytellers Meeting Toa Payoh Public Library 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm Writing the City Writers’ Group is a community Programme Zone, Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, of writers committed to the craft of writing. Bukit Panjang Public Library Our monthly workshops offer participants writing exercises, guest lectures, and Love telling stories to adults or children? Join exposure to literature from both established us! The Organic Storytellers welcomes adults and emerging writers. (above 21 years) who wish to develop their oral storytelling skills: to tell (not read) stories In creating a group where writers are to a ‘live’ audience, with the goal to inform, encouraged to give and receive feedback on entertain or influence. The monthly meetings their work, the Writers’ Group aims to give are facilitated by professional storyteller and writers the tools to take their writing forward. storytelling coach Ana Sousa Gavin who To register, please send an email to believes that everyone is born a storyteller. [email protected] with your name and For more details, check out the Facebook contact details. page of Organic Storytellers @ Library: www.facebook.com/groups/898068846950051/ Communities: Reading Allowed #readingnationsg 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Imagine, library@orchard No silence here as we gather to read aloud and listen to stories’ highs and lows. Discover books that you might have otherwise missed, or sit in for an alternative community reading experience with a different book each session. Co-organised with Read-Aloud Sg Book Club. For adults.

08 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary READ FRI 24 SAT 25 Heartlands Book Club: Screening of The Next Chapter Reading Club “Together Apart” 11.30 am – 1.00 pm 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm Tomato Room (Meeting Room), Activities Room, Ang Mo Kio Public Library Bukit Batok Public Library Calling all seniors. Join us and discover more Presenting Singapore’s first crowd-sourced film about yourself through lively discussions on on cultural diversity and social integration, with books related to our common interests: health, ideas contributed from members of the public. ageing, retirement, relationships, travelling With the help of acclaimed filmmakers Kelvin and recreation. Tong, K Rajagopal and Sanif Olek, three short films have been stitched together to form the “ 都 市 人”系 列 讲 座 (Books & The City): anthology Together Apart. (Includes a post- 移民与文化 - 从湖广会馆到中华总 screening discussion with the directors.) 商会 Brought to you by Project Lapis Sagu, part of the Ministry of Communications and 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Information’s ongoing efforts to promote greater Programme Zone, understanding and mutual respect between library@chinatown locals and foreigners in Singapore. 以书出发，以“都市人”的眼光去了解一段 Film 1: Sanjay (Director: K Rajagopal, based on logline from Sean Loo) 历 史 ，感 受 一 丝 文 化 。华 人 移 民 史 源 远 流 长，讲者从“湖广填四川”形成的重庆移 Sanjay and his wife, Divya, have recently moved to Singapore from India. Facing an impending 民文化特色谈起，并介绍下南洋形成的 cutback from his company’s management, 南 洋 华 文 文 化 特 色 。主 讲 人 ：邹 璐 Sanjay struggles to juggle work and adjusting 本地作家、文化工作者。 to his new life. Divya, on the other hand, learns to form new friendships in the Singaporean 德士师傅与好友读书会 community around her. (21 min) 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm Film 2: The Manifest (Director: Sanif Olek, based on logline from Thomas Goh) Programme Zone, Ang Mo Kio Public Library More than 100 years into the future, two Singaporean space engineers find themselves 您热爱阅读吗？欢迎您参加由德士师傅与 travelling in a spaceship on a mission for the 好友读书会举办的导读会，与其他志趣相 Singapore Space Agency. Morgan and foreign- born Kyle are constantly bickering about the 同的读者一起交流和分享您的心得，让大 place of foreigners in Singapore. As tensions 家除了对讨论的各种书籍有更深一层的 peak, how will the two of them resolve their 认识与理解外，也可以搭起友谊的桥梁。 differences? (16 min) 本会的活动无须报名，入场免费。 Film 3: Title: B.M.T. (Beijing, Mumbai, Tampines) (Director: Kelvin Tong, based on logline from Join like-minded readers for an enriching time Alvona Loh) at the Taxi Shifu and Friends Reading Club. Exchange insights, share your reflections and After a gruelling day of training, a group of appreciate each book in an atmosphere of quarrelsome National Service recruits call budding friendships. their mothers. B.M.T. aims to show that despite surface tensions between ordinary Conducted in Mandarin. All are welcome. Singaporeans and new citizens, they share the same humanity deep down. (10 min) Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 09 READ THU WED 29 02 The Big Read Meet [Get Professional Series] Stumped? 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Dealing with Tough Situations and Multi-Purpose Room, Communicating Difficult Messages Central Public Library 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Join Straits Times Senior Writer Cheong Suk Wai Level 6, Programme Zone, every last Wednesday of the month in a session Tampines Regional Library of The Big Read Meet. She will lead a discussion Everyone is required to communicate a difficult based on books reviewed for her column The message at some point in their careers. This Big Read published in The Straits Times. interactive workshop will help participants For more information on the book discussed with communicating difficult messages while for the month, please visit the Read! Singapore coping with awkward behaviours. website at www.nlb.gov.sg/readsingapore This workshop is part of the Get Professional This event is organised by The Straits Series which explores critical skills for the Times and supported by Read! Singapore. workplace and provides working adults a If registration is full, please email snapshot of key competencies required in [email protected] to be placed tomorrow’s economy. Our first season, Get on the waiting list. Professional Series: Effective Communication Skills, presents 10 essential skills through expert-led workshops designed for working adults seeking to make the best impression.

SAT 04 Passive and Active Investment 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Level 6, Programme Zone, Tampines Regional Library Learn the differences between passive investment and active trading strategies, and how to manage your investment portfolio.

10 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary BUSINESS SAT THU 16 18 [Get Professional Series] Mind your Dollars & Sense Learning Community Manners! Avoid Pitfalls and Impress 11.00 am – 12.30 pm with your Email Etiquette at Work Level 3, Synergy Room, 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Jurong Regional Library Level 6, Programme Zone, Financial literacy is a critical life skill that Tampines Regional Library helps you make informed, long-term A well-crafted email speaks volumes decisions for your financial well-being. The and represents your image and style of Dollars and Sense Learning Community collaboration. Get equipped with essential focuses on sharing key financial literacy writing skills and learn about common topics such as retirement planning, basic linguistic errors. Better understand how investing, savings and budgeting. Join us to use email to go about your tasks with a for this month’s session where we will be welcome level of decorum. Presented by touching on REITS. NTU lecturer Chin Soo Fun. Completing the Value This workshop is part of the Get Professional Investing Process Series which explores critical skills for the workplace and provides working adults a 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm snapshot of key competencies required in Programme Zone, tomorrow’s economy. Our first season, Get Serangoon Public Library Professional Series: Effective Communication Develop an investment edge amid uncertain Skills, presents 10 essential skills through and volatile markets. Go beyond picking expert-led workshops designed for value stocks to becoming a skilled strategist working adults seeking to make the who plans and distributes his buys best impression. systematically based on different market cycles. Analyse the reasons behind losses and hone your judgement to find the right companies. FRI 17 About the trainer: A Beginner’s Guide to Investment Wong Kon How has more than 20 years of 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm trading experience in the finance industry. Programme Zone, He is the founder of Weipedia Pte Ltd, Bishan Public Library which provides consultation and training both in English and Mandarin. Kon How is Separate myths and facts where building also an SGX Academy professional trainer your wealth is no longer a choice but a and conducts talks and seminars for Bursa necessity. Hear answers to the important Malaysia, Hong Kong’s Securities questions: Is investing only for the rich? Futures Commission and the Chicago Do you require a large sum of money? Mercantile Exchange among others. How do you get started?

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 11 BUSINESS FRI MON 20 03 Building Confidence at Work 偏头疼 — 对症下药效果好(讲座) 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Multi-Purpose Room, Radin Mas Hall, Central Public Library Bukit Merah Public Library Pressure comes hand in hand with reaching 偏头痛是间歇性反复发作的单侧或双侧剧 personal and company goals. Build a focused 烈头痛，此病常有反复发作，服用药效果不 mindset that enables you to overcome challenges with a firm belief in your strengths. 好，这些较为棘手的问题。临床上碰到很多 偏头痛病人回来求助中医，而中医对治疗 Learn practical tools to help you: 偏头痛疾病，缓解头痛常有不错的疗 • Understand the psychological aspects of 效 。以 上 讲 座 入 场 免 费 ，必 须 报 名 。 self-confidence and resilience • See confidence as an area you can invest in, develop and improve SAT • Know how to challenge your own negativity 04 • Develop and maintain healthy self- Nutrition Therapy for the Prevention and confidence and resilience Management of Diabetes Conducted by the Bailey 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Balfour Organization. Level 3, Programme Room, Bedok Public Library Learn sound and practical knowledge in basic nutrition, carbohydrate counting and WED 22 menu planning based on managing your Lunch Bites with CPF: 3 Things You diet as the key in protecting against and treating diabetes. Also take part in a cooking Need to Know about Using your CPF session to prepare a healthy dish suitable for Monies for Housing diabetics. Part of the National Silver 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Academy initiative. Level 6, Programme Zone, For ages 50 and above. Tampines Regional Library The End of the Day – Tips for Learn about how much of your CFP funds you can use to buy a property and the refund Better Sleep amount when you sell one. 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Registration required at: www.cpf.gov.sg/ Level 6, Programme Zone, eSvc/Web/Seminar/MemberEvents Tampines Regional Library Learn simple relaxation techniques and tips for better sleep. This workshop is brought to you by Health Promotion Board.

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SAT 04 SAT 25 SAT 04 SAT 25 Building a Dementia Friendly Community Is Green and Healthy Monday Right 4 November, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm for You? Activity Room, 4 November, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Choa Chu Kang Public Library Programme Zone, 25 November, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Sengkang Public Library Programme Zone, 25 November, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Pasir Ris Public Library Level 6, Programme Zone, Tampines Regional Library Learn about the wide-ranging effects of dementia on patients and their families. Hear Many people want to reduce their about various aspects of dementia, how to consumption of meat, fish, eggs, plus dairy recognise symptoms and what you can do and other animal-based foods, but they are to help those with dementia. not comfortable with going vegetarian full- time. Fortunately, many countries around the This talk is brought to you by Forget Us Not, world have weekly veggie days, where people an independent initiative organised by Khoo switch to 100% plant-based foods. Teck Puat Hospital and Lien Foundation. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the Learn about Green and Healthy Monday increasing number of people with dementia which was launched here in 2016 in the same and their daily struggles, and the spirit. Changing your diet even just importance of building a dementia once a week has significant benefits friendly community to support them. for our environment, our health and the animals in our midst.

SAT 04 SAT 18 SUN 05 How We Do Not Need to Depend on Spectacles, Naturally! How Can Lean Muscle, Fat Metabolism and Appetite Control Help in 4 November, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Programme Zone, Weight Management Marine Parade Public Library 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 18 November, 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Jurong Regional Library Queenstown Public Library Discover how these three factors related to Ever wondered how to improve your eyesight muscle, metabolism and appetite naturally? Natural Vision Improvement combine to influence our weight and techniques may help address growing vision- health. Plus sign up for a free body related issues such as myopia, presbyopia, composition measurement. astigmatism and strabismus. Come relearn the natural habits of normal vision through techniques that mimic simple human actions, including yawning, breathing and blinking. Enjoy using learning aids such as card games, small balls and colourful pictures.

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 13 WELLNESS SAT 11 TUE 14 Early Detection: Saves Lives, 7 Sit-down Exercises Saves Breasts 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Level 6, Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Tampines Regional Library Ang Mo Kio Public Library Anyone can work up a sweat with 7 simple Find out more about breast cancer and sit-down exercises! Get stronger, improve how early detection is crucial. Learn about your balance and move with greater programmes offered by the Breast Cancer flexibility. Brought to you by the Foundation and the support this organisation Health Promotion Board. gives breast cancer survivors. Hear a breast cancer survivor recount her experience, get health and lifestyle tips from a medical

professional, and discover the truths and facts THU about breast cancer. 16 Breast cancer is the most common cancer Mind Body Fitness by SACE/U3A – to strike women – stand by the important Brain Gym ladies of your lives as a parent, husband, sibling, son, daughter, 11.00 am – 12.30 pm colleague or friend. Level 6, Programme Zone, Tampines Regional Library Quality Sleep to Quality Living Activate your whole brain with a series of exercises developed by Dr Paul Dennison. Just 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm as our brain directs our physical movements, Programme Zone, our physical movements stimulate different Woodlands Regional Library parts of our brain. Come learn a few Sleep is essential for a person’s health and routines you can try daily to stay in well-being. Yet, it is often replaced by other tip-top thinking shape. activities that we deem more important – completing work or homework, playing online games, checking text messages etc. Some individuals struggle to fall or stay asleep, resulting in a poor quality of life. Discover how our modern lifestyle affects sleep and the consequences of sleep problems. Learn how you can sleep better the natural way without medication.

14 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary WELLNESS SAT 18 SUN 26 上班族常见病痛 Have the Talk of a Lifetime 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Level 6, Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Tampines Regional Library Woodlands Regional Library 随着经济发展，我们所肩负的压力也与日 Have the Talk of a Lifetime with your family 俱增，生活节奏的加快，使得我们花在电 about your memories, lessons learnt, stories, values, interests and experiences. 脑与手机等电子设备的时间也越来越长。 Everyone deserves to tell his side of the 长时间保持静止姿势，许多人都开始抱怨 story of a life well lived. Hear from The Life 颈 肩 出 现 酸 ，紧 ，疼 痛 ，麻 木 等 毛 病 ，虽 然 Celebrant on stringing together the past, 偶 尔 去 推 拿 按 摩 可 以 缓 解 ，但 问 题 却 总 是 present and future. Topics covered: 反 复 出 现 ，甚 至 越 来 越 严 重 。这 种 情 况 多 • How do you wish to be remembered when 以中老年人为主，但不少青少年也开始出 you depart? 现类似的问题。马光保健集团苏俊龙推拿 • How do you have the Talk of a Lifetime; 师将在讲座上让大家了解上班族的 tips for beginning the conversation 常 见 病 痛 如 ，颈 椎 病 肩 周 炎 ，網 球 • You matter: leave a legacy of knowledge 肘 ，腰 酸 痛 ，坐 骨 神 经 痛 。 • How to commemorate a life that matters? • How well do you know your parents? SAT 25 • How well do your kids know you? How to Stay Active – For Life! “ 我 们 的 故 事 ”系 列 ： 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 帆船和我的坚韧精神 Programme Zone, Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, 2.30pm – 3.30pm Bukit Panjang Public Library Level 16, The Pod, Everyone understands that exercise is good National Library Building for you but do we really know why and how it helps? Find out about the types of exercises 对 有 些 人 来 说 ，四 肢 健 全 并 不 是 理 所 当 然 ideal for different age groups and 的事。不过即使没有双腿，依然能有一番 what happens in our bodies when 成 就 ，也 能 出 一 份 力 为 社 会 作 出 贡 献 。这 一 we work out. 路上曾经经历什么困难？又是如何一一克 服 ，选 择 走 上 运 动 员 之 路 ，尽 力 回 馈 社 会 呢？我国残疾帆船选手陈威强将与 你分享他的励志人生故事。

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 15 Customer Appreciation Day 2017 EASTERN REGION Dental Care for Mummy and Baby I Am Not Rich, Why Do I Need a Will? 11.00 am – 12.00 pm 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Level 3, Programme Room, Programme Zone, Carnival of Gratitude Bedok Public Library Pasir Ris Public Library Books we Love! Photography Through Our Eyes by Celebrating Libraries And You! 11.00 am – 11.30 am North Vista Primary School Activity Room, 11.30 am – 1.30 pm 18 November 2017 Geylang East Public Library Programme Zone, A Train of Thoughts Sengkang Public Library 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm 让故事活起来! Stories Coming Alive @ NLB Thank You! Programme Zone, 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Marine Parade Public Library Level 3, Books for Babies, NLB celebrates you and your love for our libraries! Head to the nearest (or your favourite) Tampines Regional Library public library on 18 Nov, and celebrate Customer Appreciation Day 2017 with us. We’ve got an exciting line-up of programmes planned for you! Let’s Get Literal quiz Northern Region Happening at all our public libraries (except Yishun Public Library and library@chinatown), Guitar Ensemble by GEnRE from Republic Polytechnic Let’s Get Literal tests your literary know-how. Answer correctly, and win a prize! Origami Fun! 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm 12.45 pm – 1.30 pm Level 1, Exhibition Area, Programme Zone, Ang Mo Kio Public Library Woodlands Regional Library Magical Photobooth Central/Downtown region 12.00 pm – 1.30 pm Programme Room, Sembawang Public Library All About Bishan & Photobooth Reading Allowed 11.00 am – 12.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Exhibition Area, Imagine, Bishan Public Library library@orchard Western Region BingOUT! Completing the Value Investing Process 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Foyer, Programme Zone, Whale of a time! Red Cross Blood Donation Day Craft Activity (2 sessions) Cheng San Public Library Serangoon Public Library 11.00 am – 1.00 pm 11.30 am to 12.30 pm & 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm Exhibition Area, Programme Zone, 儿童故事会 (Chinese Children Storytelling Marathon) Writing the City Bukit Merah Public Library Clementi Public Library 12.30 pm – 1.45 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Dreamy Fairy Tales Stage Area, My Tree House, Programme Zone, A Club Heal musical performance 12.30 pm – 1.00 pm Central Public Library Toa Payoh Public Library by Mano Esperanza Basement 1, Stage Area, Activity Zone, 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm Jurong Regional Library Esplanade Presents | Kalaa Utsavam: Activity Room, Local Filmmakers’ Showcase Bukit Batok Public Library It's Fiesta Time! 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Everyone Can VR Workshop 12.30 pm – 2.30 pm Level 2, outside Activity Room Open Stage, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Jurong West Public Library library@esplande Programme Zone, Adults’ and Teens’ Zones, Bukit Panjang Public Library How We Do Not Need To Depend on Spectacles, Naturally! Storytelling Special 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm Programme Zone, 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Queenstown Public Library Activity Room, Choa Chu Kang Public Library

For programme details, visit www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary and search for [CAD2017]. Customer Appreciation Day 2017 EASTERN REGION Dental Care for Mummy and Baby I Am Not Rich, Why Do I Need a Will? 11.00 am – 12.00 pm 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Level 3, Programme Room, Programme Zone, Carnival of Gratitude Bedok Public Library Pasir Ris Public Library Books we Love! Photography Through Our Eyes by Celebrating Libraries And You! 11.00 am – 11.30 am North Vista Primary School Activity Room, 11.30 am – 1.30 pm 18 November 2017 Geylang East Public Library Programme Zone, A Train of Thoughts Sengkang Public Library 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm 让故事活起来! Stories Coming Alive @ NLB Thank You! Programme Zone, 11.30 am – 12.00 pm Marine Parade Public Library Level 3, Books for Babies, NLB celebrates you and your love for our libraries! Head to the nearest (or your favourite) Tampines Regional Library public library on 18 Nov, and celebrate Customer Appreciation Day 2017 with us. We’ve got an exciting line-up of programmes planned for you! Let’s Get Literal quiz Northern Region Happening at all our public libraries (except Yishun Public Library and library@chinatown), Guitar Ensemble by GEnRE from Republic Polytechnic Let’s Get Literal tests your literary know-how. Answer correctly, and win a prize! Origami Fun! 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm 12.45 pm – 1.30 pm Level 1, Exhibition Area, Programme Zone, Ang Mo Kio Public Library Woodlands Regional Library Magical Photobooth Central/Downtown region 12.00 pm – 1.30 pm Programme Room, Sembawang Public Library All About Bishan & Photobooth Reading Allowed 11.00 am – 12.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Exhibition Area, Imagine, Bishan Public Library library@orchard Western Region BingOUT! Completing the Value Investing Process 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Foyer, Programme Zone, Whale of a time! Red Cross Blood Donation Day Craft Activity (2 sessions) Cheng San Public Library Serangoon Public Library 11.00 am – 1.00 pm 11.30 am to 12.30 pm & 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm Exhibition Area, Programme Zone, 儿童故事会 (Chinese Children Storytelling Marathon) Writing the City Bukit Merah Public Library Clementi Public Library 12.30 pm – 1.45 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Dreamy Fairy Tales Stage Area, My Tree House, Programme Zone, A Club Heal musical performance 12.30 pm – 1.00 pm Central Public Library Toa Payoh Public Library by Mano Esperanza Basement 1, Stage Area, Activity Zone, 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm Jurong Regional Library Esplanade Presents | Kalaa Utsavam: Activity Room, Local Filmmakers’ Showcase Bukit Batok Public Library It's Fiesta Time! 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Everyone Can VR Workshop 12.30 pm – 2.30 pm Level 2, outside Activity Room Open Stage, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Jurong West Public Library library@esplande Programme Zone, Adults’ and Teens’ Zones, Bukit Panjang Public Library How We Do Not Need To Depend on Spectacles, Naturally! Storytelling Special 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm Programme Zone, 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Queenstown Public Library Activity Room, Choa Chu Kang Public Library

For programme details, visit www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary and search for [CAD2017]. OTHER HAPPENINGS FRI SAT SAT 03 SUN 19 04 18 PIXEL Labs Equipment Briefing Origami Fun! (3D Printer) 4 November, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 3 November, 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm Level 3, Books for Babies, 19 November, 12.00 pm – 1.30 pm Tampines Regional Library PIXEL Labs@NLB, 18 November, 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Jurong Regional Library Activity Room, Bishan Public Library This briefing is compulsory to attend if you would like to reserve and use the 3D printer Make your very own origami model in just in PIXEL Labs@NLB. This session will guide 10 minutes anytime during the session. All you on how to operate the 3D printer and ages welcome! other safety aspects of using the equipment in PIXEL Labs@NLB. Upon completion, you can reserve to use the 3D printer, subject

to availability and prevailing policies. This SAT briefing does not cover the basics of 3D 04 design and modelling. Podcasting: Netflix for Your Ears Participants must be at least 13 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm years and above. Imagine, library@orchard Forget binge-watching – it’s all about binge- SAT 04 SAT 18 listening these days. Imagine a Netflix version of radio; from technology and entrepreneurship, Community in Bloom to fitness, spirituality, self-help, comedy and entertainment, there is a podcast out there for 11.30 am – 12.30 pm everyone. Today, podcasting is taking the world Garden Area, over by storm, with roughly 1.5 times more Queenstown Public Library audio being consumed than video in 2016. Like YouTube for radio, anyone can now create a Join the Community in Bloom project at the radio-style show and broadcast to the world. Queenstown Library garden! We welcome Podcasting isn’t just for big media platforms, it is anyone who is interested in carrying out a fun and powerful way to get your voice, ideas, simple planting and maintenance in our creativity and business out there. Come discover garden, as well as participating in gardening the thriving community of local podcasters activities facilitated by library staff. who are representing Singapore on the global stage. Get inspired by these Made in Singapore podcasts and learn how to create your own.

SAT 04 About the speakers: Raven Lim is the co-creator of Tomboy Tirade, Care to Go Beyond Activity Booth Asia’s biggest and only all-female comedy 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm chat podcast. Area beside Activity Room, Chinmay Pendharkar and Sayanee Basu co-host Jurong West Public Library Build LIVE, a podcast that curatesconversations about the world of technology. Find out about a career in nursing with fun activities and a chance to get your questions Gary Tan is the host for Not Again answered by nurses and nursing students. Podcast, where he talks to people about Brought to you by MOH Holdings. both personal and serious issues.

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SAT 04 SAT 11 SAT 18 SAT 04 I Am Not Rich, Why Do I Need a Will? [PIXEL Labs@NLB] 4 November, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Talk: Internet Security Programme Zone, 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Sembawang Public Library PIXEL Labs@NLB, 11 November, 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Jurong Regional Library Programme Zone, Learn the right way to safeguard your Bedok Public Library privacy and personal information when you 18 November, 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm go online so as to minimise the risk of being Pasir Ris Public Library defrauded. For ages 50 years and above. Some may think that wills are for the well-off, Punctuality advice: Please note that but this is not the case. Find out about the remaining allocated seats will be importance of drafting a will from released to walk-in participants 10 The Life Celebrant covering topics such as: minutes after the start of the workshop. • The government’s will Hello, Brush Calligraphy • Learning from the past 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm • My loved ones’ peace of mind Make, • Willing CPF assets to my pet library@orchard • Effective tools you can use Dip your toes into the waters of Western • A will is not the end calligraphy with Scribblers Collective for an introduction to the basic letter forms that are the building blocks of copperplate and modern calligraphy. Learn how to use brush pens

SAT effectively to create variance in line thickness, 04 a technique commonly used today and try your Art Jamming for Adults hand at writing a simple quote. 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Based in Singapore, Scribblers Collective Multi-Purpose Room, specialises in multiple forms of calligraphy, from historically accurate 18th-century to Queenstown Public Library modern and contemporary scripts. Always wanted to paint but never knew where to start? Unlock the flair in you Gardening for the Table through this self-guided session with art 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm materials provided. Give form to your ideas Programme Zone, and inspirations with a selection of books from the library’s arts collection on hand for Queenstown Public Library guidance on techniques and styles. Community in Bloom Ambassador John Hou For ages 18 and above. takes you through the checklist for starting a garden. He will cover the following topics: • Built-in environment of gardening • Soil conditioning • Requirements and function of fertiliser • Various types of seeds • Garden layouts

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 19 OTHER HAPPENINGS SAT SUN 05 11 Basic Photography Course by ITE Singapore Fashion Runway X Fashion College East Photography Club for a Social Cause 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm 12.00 pm – 4.00 pm Level 6, Programme Zone, Trend Gallery, Tampines Regional Library library@orchard From adjusting camera settings to framing This fashion show features 30 local designers your shots, gain valuable tips that and models. Mingle with the Singapore Fashion will aid you in capturing those Runway (SFR) community and take a closer priceless moments. look at the collections on show. Required: DSLR or digital camera SFR aims to create a thriving fashionable creative industry for Singapore on an international platform and organise inclusive outreach programmes through Fashion for a Social Cause. For more information, visit WED 08 www.singaporefashionrunway.com Crafters’ Club Golden Ratio, Pascal’s Triangle, and 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm Other Mathematical Oddities Programme Zone, Sengkang Public Library 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Programme Zone, Are you looking to create crafts with friends Sengkang Public Library or pick up crafting ideas? Then bring along your beads, knitting needles, yarn, paper Mathematics is like art; with structures, – or anything else! – and craft away in the connect ions and meanings to be discovered. company of other enthusiasts! Learn about hidden concepts behind the power and everyday use of numbers. Suitable for teenagers and adults. Seats are limited. Suitable for students aged 15 years old and above. IT Talk: Cloud Storage and Sharing

THU 09 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Radin Mas Hall, Artists’ Trading Cards Club Bukit Merah Public Library 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Learn the different ways to store and share Programme Zone, your digital resources online. This programme Bishan Public Library is part of a monthly series of IT talks conducted by volunteer trainer Ho Hew Lee Join us at the Artists’ Trading Cards Club and who has been helping seniors pick up IT skills learn how to create your own little piece of at Bukit Merah library since 2014 and through art! Let your creative juices flow and pick up his website, itforseniors.wordpress.com tips on art! Trade your miniature works of art with one another at the end of the session. Bring your smart devices for easy hands-on learning.

20 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary OTHER HAPPENINGS FRI TUE 14 17 Creative Crew Talks 唐城 DIY Club 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm 11.00 am – 1.00 pm Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Toa Payoh Public Library library@chinatown

Be inspired and learn from industry experts 唐城 DIY Club 欢迎您参与我们每月的第三 who will be sharing their unique experiences on topics such as photography, print design, 个 周 五 所 主 办 的 手 工 艺 术 。您 将 有 机 会 学 video, web and much more. Find out the 习制作各类精巧可爱的小品。例如：天鹅串 latest trends as well as useful tips and tricks. 珠 ，吸 管 虾 ，毛 根 条 小 狗 ，红 包 鱼 等 等 。 Creative Crew Talks are held on every 2nd Tuesday of the month. For updates on talk 唐城 DIY Club 将由我们多才多艺的热心义 venues, check out the Facebook page at 工所主导。课程免费，座位有限。现在就通 www.facebook.com/CreativeCrewSG 过图书馆内的电子服务站报名吧！ Target Audience: Seniors

WED 15 The Drawing Room (Let’s Get Cooking!) 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm Radin Mas Hall, Programme Zone, Bukit Merah Public Library Sengkang Public Library Welcome to The Drawing Room, home to a Pick up recipes, tips and book community of art lovers for learning to draw recommendations on traditional Indian using books with step-by-step instructions. cooking! Come share your favourite dishes Improve your skills with a variety of monthly with us! topics. Basic drawing materials provided. Conducted in Tamil. All are welcome. This month’s topic is on landscapes.

SAT 18 Art Experiential: Celebrate Life Today! 11.00 am – 12.30 pm Level 2, Learning Zone, Bedok Public Library Celebrate your life, create and share your life stories with others in a safe space in this art experiential workshop. Suitable for ages 50 and above.

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 21 OTHER HAPPENINGS SAT SAT 18 18 Buying Your First Flat – A Talk by HDB 清史网读书会 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Qing History Society Activities Room, 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm Bukit Batok Public Library Programme Zone, A flat could be the biggest purchase of library@chinatown your life! Come get information to help with your planning such as the different housing 想要了解更多关于清朝历史的知识吗？想 options, process of applying for a new flat, 要在看清宫剧时点出戏里的错误吗？或是 and benefits for first-time buyers and related 想要知道更多关于清史中的人物或文化 eligibility conditions. 吗？我们要请您来参与我们的书籍及课题 Organised in celebration of Bukit Batok 分 享 的 活 动 ，从 专 家 学 者 的 书 中 加 深 对 清 Public Library’s 19th anniversary. 史的认知。无需报名，入场免费。 A Club HEAL Musical Performance Step back into the time of the Qing dynasty by Mano Esperanza and discuss fascinating aspects ranging from culture to literature, and military history to 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm timeless tales. Activities Room, Bukit Batok Public Library Conducted in Mandarin. All are welcome. Club HEAL administration assistant Mano Esperanza, 35 is also a singer-songwriter with compositions from seven years of his musical career. A gifted guitarist, his pieces MON 20 touch on love and the stigma associated Lim Kopi, Let’s Talk – Wills and Intestacy with mental illness. His stage name means “Hand of Hope” in Spanish and as a person 11.00 am – 12.00 pm with schizoaffective disorder, he is full of Programme Zone, optimism, conveying his sense of humour Toa Payoh Public Library through his works. Pick up useful health tips, share an interesting Organised in celebration of Bukit Batok recipe and more over a cup of morning coffee Public Library’s 19th anniversary. or tea in this interest group for seniors. A Train of Thoughts In this session, hear true stories from a practising lawyer who will relate his 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm experiences helping his clients in Programme Zone, the area of wills and intestacy, and Marine Parade Public Library answer your queries. Interested about trains? Want to discover little- known facts about your daily commute on the MRT? Play exciting games and enjoy a showcase all about trains! Plus stand a chance to win a small souvenir!

22 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary OTHER HAPPENINGS THU WED 22 23 Digital Art Club Have the Talk of a Lifetime 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Sembawang Public Library Jurong West Public Library Do you like to doodle, sketch or paint? Are Have the Talk of a Lifetime with your family you interested in drawing manga characters, about your memories, lessons learnt, stories, painting landscapes or sketching 3D objects? values, interests and experiences. Everyone How about transforming your artwork into deserves to tell his side of the story of a life digital art pieces using simple apps? well lived. Hear from The Life Celebrant on how to start this conversation with a helpful set of Discover wonderful techniques and useful questions. Pick up tips on discovering more apps for creating cool digital art paintings or about your loved ones. sketches on your mobile devices. Join us and meet other like-minded art enthusiasts! To find Conducted in Mandarin and suitable for adults out more, visit www.facebook.com/groups/ and seniors. digitalartclubyipl 故事迷 For ages 13 years and above. No art experience is required. Please bring 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm along your own mobile devices. Programme Zone, Ang Mo Kio Public Library Communities: Travel and Culture Explorers 您有多久没听故事了呢？听故事不是小孩 子的专利，成人也能享受其中的乐趣。诚 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm Share, 邀大家一起来听故事，让馆员们 library@orchard 带您穿越古今中外的各个故事。 适合 岁及以上人士参与。 Now Boarding: Wanderlusters, adventurers 50 and culture enthusiasts. Communities is an alternative learning environment in which you can pick up a plethora of skills by sharing and experimenting with others. This monthly series is built on the belief that teaching and learning can happen without a teacher. For more information on this session, please visit www.meetup.com/sgtravelmeet

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 23 rogrammes to look ou CCENTENTRAALL / DOWNTOWNDOWNTOWN REGIONREGION P t for in November 20 THU 02 THU 16 WED 22 FFOROR SENIORSSENIORS 17 COMPUTER COURSES

陪陪你看报纸你看报纸 陪陪你看报纸你看报纸 Alt Screen: IN TRANSIT 苹苹果果 iPadiPad平平板电脑与网络社交板电脑与网络社交（（共两堂课）共两堂课） iKnowiKnow CComputersomputers 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm 7 & 8 November, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm & e-Entertainment (2-session course) Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Level 16, The Pod, Level 2, Learning Zone, 14 & 15 November, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Bedok Public Library Silver Infocomm Junction, Toa Payoh Public Library Toa Payoh Public Library National Library Building Woodlands Regional Library iKnow iPads & Internet (3-session course) SAT 04 FRI 17 THU 23 28 – 30 November, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm iiKnowKnow电电子娱乐与资源(共两堂课)子娱乐与资源(共两堂课) Level 2, Learning Zone, 21 & 22 November, 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Bedok Public Library Silver Infocomm Junction, Woodlands Regional Library 壹壹度书会度书会 A Beginner’s Guide 陪陪你看报纸你看报纸 (Yidu Reading Club) to Investment 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Toa Payoh Public Library Serangoon Public Library Bishan Public Library Exhibitions SAT 25 Singapore’s Constitutional Documents Surviving the Japanese Occupation: Ongoing War and its Legacies Podcasting: Netfl ix for 唐唐城城 DIY Club 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Ongoing 都都市人市人 系系列讲座列讲座 Your Ears 11.00 am – 1.00 pm “ ” (Sun – Thu & Public Holidays) 9.00 am – 5.30 pm (Mon – Sat) 10.00 am – 10.00 pm 12.00 pm – 5.30 pm (Sun) 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Programme Zone, (Books & The City): 移移民与文化民与文化 从从湖广湖广 (Fri, Sat & Eve of Public Holidays) *Open on Public Holidays except for fi rst Imagine, library@chinatown – 会会馆到中华总商会馆到中华总商会 Public tours on Fri & Sat day of Chinese New Year library@orchard 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm (selected dates except Public Holidays) Former Ford Factory, SAT 18 Chief Justice’s Chamber & Offi ce, 351 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Hello, Brush Calligraphy Programme Zone, National Gallery Singapore Singapore 588192 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm library@chinatown Make, library@orchard Writing the City Writers’ Group MON 06 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm [Guided Tour] Treasures EEASTEASTERRNN RREGIONEGION Programme Zone, of the Rare Gallery and Toa Payoh Public Library Lee Kong Chian THU 02 SAT 11 SAT 18 Reference Library National Library Prominent Communities: 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Speaker Series – Liew Mun Reading Allowed Meeting Point: Stumped? Dealing with I Am Not Rich, Why Do I 上上班族常见病痛班族常见病痛 Leong, Changi Airport Group 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Level 11, Entrance of Tough Situations and Need a Will? 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm Imagine, Lee Kong Chian Communicating 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Level 6, Programme Zone, Level 16, The Pod library@orchard Reference Library, Diffi cult Messages Programme Zone, Tampines Regional Library National Library Building National Library Building 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Bedok Public Library Level 6, Programme Zone, THU SUN 09 26 Tampines Regional Library TUE Completing the Value 14 Art Experiential: Celebrate Investing Process SAT 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 04 Life Today! 陪陪你看报纸你看报纸 “我我们的故事们的故事”系系列：列：帆帆船和我的船和我的 11.00 am – 12.30 pm Programme Zone, The Golden Circle 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 坚坚韧精神韧精神 Level 2, Learning Zone, Serangoon Public Library 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Programme Zone, 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm Bedok Public Library Passive and Active Activity Room, Toa Payoh Public Library Level 16, The Pod, Investment Geylang East Public Library National Library Building I Am Not Rich, Why Do I 碧碧山乐龄读书会山乐龄读书会 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Need a Will? Chinese Seniors Origami Fun! Level 6, Programme Zone, 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Reading Club 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Tampines Regional Library Programme Zone, 3.30 pm – 5.00 pm Activity Room, 7 Sit-down Exercises Pasir Ris Public Library Interior Design Talk Programme Zone, Bishan Public Library 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Series: Renovating Your Bishan Public Library Level 6, Programme Zone, A Train of Thoughts 清清史网读书会史网读书会 HDB Unit Nutrition Therapy for Tampines Regional Library 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm Qing History Society 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm the Prevention and Programme Zone, 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm Imagine, Management of Diabetes THU Marine Parade Public Library Programme Zone, library@orchard 16 Artists’ Trading library@chinatown 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Level 3, Programme Room, WED 22 Cards Club WED 29 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm MON Bedok Public Library Programme Zone, 20 Malay in Minutes Bishan Public Library The End of the Day – Tips 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm for Better Sleep Activity Room, Lunch Bites with CPF: 3 The Big Read Meet Things You Need to Know SAT 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Geylang East Public Library 11 Lim Kopi, Let’s Talk – 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Level 6, Programme Zone, about Using your CPF Wills and Intestacy Multi-Purpose Room, Tampines Regional Library Monies for Housing 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Central Public Library 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Programme Zone, How We Do Not Need Programme Zone, Singapore Fashion Toa Payoh Public Library THU [Get Professional Series] Runway X Fashion for a 30 to Depend on Tampines Regional Library Spectacles, Naturally! Mind your Manners! Avoid Social Cause Building Confi dence Pitfalls and Impress with your 12.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm THU 23 at Work Programme Zone, Email Etiquette at Work Trend Gallery, 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm 陪陪你看报纸你看报纸 Marine Parade Public Library 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm library@orchard Multi-Purpose Room, 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Programme Zone, Central Public Library Programme Zone, Is Green and Healthy Tampines Regional Library Jet-setting and Tour SUN 12 Toa Payoh Public Library Monday Right for You? Leading – A Career in the WED 22 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Travel Industry Programme Zone, 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Sengkang Public Library Thangameen Readers Club Mind Body Fitness Level 3, Programme Area, The LLiBrary 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm Communities: Travel and A Librarian’s World by SACE/U3A – Brain Gym Programme Zone, 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm 11.00 am – 12.30 pm Culture Explorers SAT Toa Payoh Public Library 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm Level 5, Possibility Room, Level 6, Programme Zone, 25 Share, National Library Building Origami Fun! Tampines Regional Library TUE 14 library@orchard 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Level 3, Books for Babies, Tampines Regional Library Is Green and Healthy Monday Right for You? Communicate Effectively 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Creative Crew Talks WED 08 Using Personality Diversity 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm Level 6, Programme Zone, Awareness Tampines Regional Library Programme Zone, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Toa Payoh Public Library Level 3, Programme Area, Building a Dementia Crafters’ Club The LLiBrary Friendly Community 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Programme Zone, FRI Programme Zone, Sengkang Public Library 17 Pasir Ris Public Library THU 09 SUN 26

Have You Had the Talk of (Let’s Get Cooking!) Sunday Origami a Lifetime? 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm ARTS READ BUSINESS WELLNESS OTHER HERITAGE 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Programme Zone, HAPPENINGS Activity Room, Level 3, Programme Area, Sengkang Public Library Geylang East Public Library For more information and programme registration, The LLiBrary please visit www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary WWESESTTERERN REGIONREGION FRI 03 MON 13 SUN 19 FOR PARENTS

中医小儿保健 General Awareness – 21 November 偏偏头疼头疼 - 对对症下药效果好症下药效果好 (讲讲座座) Let’s Talk: Teh Tarik PIXEL Labs Equipment Safe and Effective TCM Visual Processing Disorder 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Briefi ng (3D Printer) Pediatric Care (Irlen Syndrome) Programme Zone, Radin Mas Hall, Programme Zone, 12.00 pm – 1.30 pm 2 November 18 November Pasir Ris Public Library Bukit Merah Public Library Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, PIXEL Labs@NLB, 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Bukit Panjang Public Library Jurong Regional Library Programme Zone, Programme Zone, 21 November Jurong West Public Library Sengkang Public Library 7.30 pm – 8.00 pm Level 1, Programme Zone, WED THU 15 23 Dental Care for Mummy Oh Help! Oh No! It’s a Gruffalo! Jurong Regional Library PIXEL Labs Equipment and Baby 22 November Briefi ng (3D Printer) 4 November 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 22 November 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm 2.00 pm – 2.00 pm Programme Room, 7.30 pm – 8.00 pm 交交流点读书会流点读书会 Organic Storytellers PIXEL Labs@NLB, Programme Zone, Bedok Public Library Activity Room (Interacting@BPPL) Meeting Jurong Regional Library Pasir Ris Public Library Ang Mo Kio Public Library 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm 18 November Parents Connect: Programme Zone, Programme Zone, 28 November SAT 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Peer Pressure 04 Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, Programme Room, 24 November 7.30 pm – 8.00 pm Bukit Panjang Public Library Bukit Panjang Public Library Bedok Public Library 11.00 am – 12.30 pm Programme Zone, Activity Room, Toa Payoh Public Library Nestlé Healthy Kids Choa Chu Kang Public Library Building a Dementia 5, 12, 19, & 26 November 28 November Friendly Community 11.00 am – 12.00 pm Healthy Parents, Healthy Kids 7.30 pm – 8.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm The Drawing Room Have the Talk of a Lifetime Programme Room, 25 November Everest Room, Activity Room, 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm Bedok Public Library 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Woodlands Regional Library Choa Chu Kang Public Library Radin Mas Hall, Programme Zone, Programme Zone, Bukit Merah Public Library Jurong West Public Library The Preschool Years: Marine Parade Public Library 29 November 3 Critical Habits of Mind and 7.30 pm – 8.00 pm SAT 18 FRI 24 How to Nurture Them How to Better Prepare our Stories Come Alive Room, 5 November Children for a Digital Future Children’s Zone, Community in Bloom 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 30 November Bukit Panjang Public Library 11.30 am – 12.30 pm Programme Zone, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Garden Area, 29 November Pseudo Book Club Heartlands Book Club: Sengkang Public Library Programme Area, Queenstown Public Library The LLiBrary 7.30 pm – 8.00 pm 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm Screening of Activities Room, Level 3, Synergy Room, “Together Apart” Playtime@Library Care to Go Beyond 5, 12, 19, & 26 November Bukit Batok Public Library Activity Booth Jurong Regional Library 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm JJIGGLE,IGGLE, RREADEAD & RRHYMEHYME 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm Activities Room, 7, 14, 21, & 28 November 2 November RREADEAD & BBONDOND Area beside Activity Room, Bukit Batok Public Library 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Stories Come Alive Room, 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm Jurong West Public Library Programme Zone, Rabbit Tales! Dollars & Sense SAT 25 Children’s Zone, 7 November Bukit Panjang Public Library Tampines Regional Library Art Jamming for Adults Learning Community 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm 11.00 am – 12.30 pm Storytelling Corner, Dyslexia Awareness Talk 4 November Multi-Purpose Room, Level 3, Synergy Room, 2.00 pm – 2.30 pm Bukit Merah Public Library Queenstown Public Library How to Stay Active – 11 November Jurong Regional Library 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm Multi-Purpose Room, For Life! Central Public Library Balloon Blast-Off! [PIXEL Labs@NLB] 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Programme Zone, 16 November Bishan Public Library Talk: Internet Security Programme Zone, 9 November 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Activity Room, Adults’ & Teens’ Zones, [Book Talk] “I Don’t Want 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm PIXEL Labs@NLB, How We Do Not Need Programme Zone, Choa Chu Kang Public Library Bukit Panjang Public Library To . . .” – Stories Children Jurong Regional Library to Depend on Jurong West Public Library Spectacles, Naturally! Want Parents and Carers Whale Tales Gardening for the Table 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm to Hear 13 November 19 November 18 November 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm Programme Zone, 3.30 pm – 4.00 pm Pete’s Dragon (PG) 11.30 am – 12.30 pm Activity Room, Activity Room, Programme Zone, Queenstown Public Library Programme Zone, Geylang East Public Library Queenstown Public Library 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Bishan Public Library Programme Zone, Serangoon Public Library Around the World in 80 Days SUN Queenstown Public Library 14 November 05 [Our 19th Birthday] 7.30 pm – 8.00 pm 21 November Community in Bloom All about Me Programme Room, 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Storytelling Corner, 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 18 November Sembawang Public Library 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Bukit Merah Public Library Garden Area, How Can Lean Muscle, Fat Activities Room, Queenstown Public Library 21 November Metabolism and Appetite Bukit Batok Public Library 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm Control Help in Weight Buying Your First Flat – Storytelling Corner, Management A Talk by HDB Bukit Merah Public Library 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Programme Zone, Activities Room, Jurong Regional Library Bukit Batok Public Library SAT 11 A Club HEAL Musical NNORORTTHHEERNRN REGIONREGION Performance by Mano Esperanza WED 01 SAT 11 SAT 25 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm IT Talk: Cloud Storage and Activities Room, Sharing Bukit Batok Public Library 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm 分分享阅读心得享阅读心得 Quality Sleep The Next Chapter Radin Mas Hall, Chinese Share Read to Quality Living Reading Club Bukit Merah Public Library Book Club 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm 11.30 am – 1.00 pm Herbie Fully Loaded (PG) 10.30 am – 12.00 pm Programme Zone, Tomato Room (Meeting Room), 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Everest Room, Woodlands Regional Library Ang Mo Kio Public Library Woodlands Regional Library Programme Zone, 德德士师傅与好友读书会士师傅与好友读书会 Queenstown Public Library WED 22 SAT 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm 04 Programme Zone, Ang Mo Kio Public Library FUNdaMENTALs I Am Not Rich, Why Do I Reading Club SUN 26 Need a Will? 10.00 am – 11.30 am 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Everest Room, Programme Zone, Woodlands Regional Library Sembawang Public Library Have the Talk of a Lifetime 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm WED Programme Zone, 08 Woodlands Regional Library Digital Art Club 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm Programme Zone, FUNdaMENTALs Sembawang Public Library Reading Club 10.00 am – 11.30 am THU Everest Room, 23 Woodlands Regional Library

SAT 11 故故事迷事迷 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Programme Zone, Ang Mo Kio Public Library Early Detection: Saves ARTS READ BUSINESS WELLNESS OTHER HERITAGE Lives, Saves Breasts HAPPENINGS 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm For more information and programme registration, Programme Zone, please visit www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary Ang Mo Kio Public Library MOVIE SCREENINGSEXHIBITIONS SUN 26 SAT 11 PG Interior Design Talk Series: Renovating Herbie Fully Loaded Your HDB Unit 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Programme Zone, Imagine, Queenstown Public Library library@orchard Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number Find out more about the different types of HDB flats and the common layouts you can 53 – the free-wheeling Volkswagen find. Interior experts are here to offer advice on bug with a mind of its own – puts the working around awkward spaces and the types car through its paces on the road to of permits required. becoming a NASCAR competitor. This is an interior design series organised in collaboration with Qanvast, a local renovation portal that connects homeowners with SAT PG trusted interior designers. 25 About the speakers: Pete’s Dragon Lee Chi Ho is the director of The Orange 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Cube and has over 27 years of experience in Programme Zone, architecture and interior design. He holds a BA Queenstown Public Library (Hons) in Architecture from the University of Manchester, and is a Registered Architect with For years, Mr Meacham has told stories of the Royal Institute of British Architects. the fierce dragon deep in the woods. To A senior interior designer at Weiken.com, his daughter, Grace, these accounts are Jessie Tan is a well-known celebrity little more than tall tales, until she meets consultant on Channel 8’s renovation Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no programme Please Be My Guest. Her family who claims to live in the wild with a innovative solutions stand out from a giant, green dragon named Elliot. career of four years and counting. Sunday Origami 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Activity Room, Geylang East Public Library What can you create by simply folding sheets of paper? Come join us every 4th Sunday to pick up origami folding techniques and learn about new styles. Get the opportunity to fold various interesting models to take home! This excellent family bonding activity is suitable for adults and those with children (aged 4 and above). Children aged 7 and below will need at least 1 accompanying adult. Materials are provided. This session is facilitated by Origami Singapore.

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SILVER INFOCOMM JUNCTION @ THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES iPAD COURSES FOR SENIORS NOVEMBER 2017 十一月份iPad班课程表

Register at our library e-kiosks today! You can also go to www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary and key in “SIJ” for more details. 现在就通过图书馆内的电子服务站报名吧！您也可浏览 www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 输入 “SIJ” 以搜寻更多详情。

BEDOK PUBLIC LIBRARY

苹果iPad平板电脑与网络社交 (共两堂课) 此课程让你学习使用 Facebook 的 流 动 平 台 应 用 程 序 。除 了 用它创建帐户与亲友分享您的最新动态之外，您还可学习 第一堂课: 07/11/17（星期二）,下午2点至5点 如何在亲友的脸书上留言、按赞和分享资讯，或者使用相关 第二堂课: 08/11/17（星期三）,下午2点至5点 的 Messenger 应用程序与他们通讯。此外，您也可以通过 图书馆在 Facebook 上的不同网页掌握图书馆的各项活动 与节目并与我们联系。 收费: $4

学员须具备基本使用 iPad 的知识、上网的经验及拥有个人 电 邮 账 户。 iKnow iPads & Internet Find out how to use Apple’s iPad device and access the Internet. Learn about the different parts and functions of an (3-session course) iPad, including the basics of the iPad’s operating system and downloading apps. Start surfing the Internet to search Part 1 of 3: 28 Nov (Tue), 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm for text, images and videos. Also hear pointers on evaluating Part 2 of 3: 29 Nov (Wed), 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm online information so that you can always be S.U.R.E. of Part 3 of 3: 30 Nov (Thu), 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm what you are reading.

Fees: $6

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WOODLANDS REGIONAL LIBRARY iKnow Computers & e-Entertainment Discover the world of online digital media using YouTube and Spotify! Get to know more about NLB’s various digital (2-session course) resources and read conveniently using our eNewspapers and eMagazines portals. Complete your afternoon by Part 1 of 2: 14 Nov (Tue), 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm picking up tips about Internet safety and copyright. Part 2 of 2: 15 Nov (Wed), 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of computers and Fees: $4 the Internet. iKnow电子娱乐与资源(共两堂课) 网络娱乐就在弹指间。除了教导学员如何使用网际网络搜寻 音乐、电影及网络游戏之外，您也能学习如何借阅NLB的电子 第一堂课: 21/11/17（星期二）,下午2点至5点 书和阅读电子报刊。 第二堂课: 22/11/17（星期三）,下午2点至5点 学员须具备基本电脑知识及上网经验。

收费: $4

Registration closes 2 days before the day of the course. You must read and agree to the following terms and conditions before registering for a course. 1. Participants must be Singapore citizens or Permanent Residents. 2. Participants must be 50 years old and above. 3. Maximum intake for each class is 15 participants at Bedok Public Library and 10 participants at Woodlands Regional Library. 4. Registration is only confirmed upon payment of the full course fee. 5. Fees paid are non-refundable. 6. NLB reserves the right to postpone the courses.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 27 Emergence Steven Johnson 2002 Penguin Books BOOK Call No. REVIEW

t has been almost 16 years since Johnson Next, the author comments on the subject wrote this book. Unlike many books on of the human brain. He reminds us that the Iscience and technology, this one, like human brain has millions of neurons. None fine wine, is best tasted after years of of them has any influence or impact by maturation. When this book was published itself. But by connecting with other neurons, in 2004, Facebook was not yet created. together they transform the human brain into Twitter was not created until 2006. Airbnb an incomparable thought machine. When arrived in 2008, and WhatsApp in 2009. Now we examine the neurons at work, it is like we are seeing the influence of Uber taxis watching the ants and the slime mould. We and how they are driving conventional taxi marvel at the swarm behaviour that, to us, companies to near panic. What do these seems to act as a whole with a single brain. companies have in common? They are all superstructures that are not driven top-down Moving onto an even larger subject, but bottom-up, seemingly headless and Johnson sees urban cities developing in leaderless but they grow rapidly and silently. the same way. He shows us that cities are not developed at one go. A city develops Johnson begins with the story of the slime gradually, house by house, street by street, mould. A slime mould appears like a ‘lowlife’ silently, and when the conditions are right entity not dissimilar to an amoeba. Yet when (which may include the aid of some urban scientists placed food at two of four exits planning) a giant community emerges of a maze, the slime mould was able to find before our eyes. the shortest route to the food. Individually, they are distinct single cell units that move Johnson believes that the secret behind separately from the others, but when units growing into a whole or moving as a conditions are right, they coalesce and swarm lies in communication among the move as a single whole. swarm’s individual units, whether the swarm is that of an ant colony or the dwellers in His next story is about ant colonies. Unlike a city. He cites Jane Jacobs extensively in the animated film Antz, ant colonies are not support. In her book, The Death and Life of ruled or directed by a leader top-down. It is Great American Cities, Jacobs writes: “Vital true they have a queen – but she does not cities have marvellous innate abilities for rule. Her job is to lay eggs. The colony has understanding, communicating, contriving ants with differentiated functions, but they and inventing what is required to combat work together such that they appear to have their difficulties.” But they “get their order a solitary brain directing them. from below”, as Johnson observed.

28 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary What if scientists and engineers were to political movements or systems explicitly learn from the social and innate behaviour model themselves after the distributed in biological entities? People like Oliver intelligence of the ant colony or the city Selfridge have used that knowledge to neighbourhood?” For those who did not read develop the computer brain in the same the book in 2002, now is a good (maybe an manner. Rather than build a single smart even better) time to read it. programme, Selfridge created a swarm of limited ‘miniprogrammes’. And eventually, to teach a machine to recognise letters, we simply keep adding more and more layers The Alexandrian of ‘miniprogrammes’.

There is, of course, more to this. Johnson explains that basically, such programmes work because they get innumerable ‘feedback’ so that the ‘brain’ (machine) learns to differentiate and associate. The machine and organisms utilising the feedback mechanism avoid burnout by having an inbuilt ‘fatigue factor’. A brain that does not stop reverberating, Johnson points out, is described as being in a state of an ‘epileptic fit’. The individual units, Johnson observed, must act within rules. Johnson says that such rules are not unlike rules in games (such as Monopoly). He says, “Rules give games their structure, and without that structure, there’s no game: every move is a checkmate, and every toss of the dice lands you on Park Place.”

That brings us to the present day. We can see some possible answers to some of the questions Johnson posed 16 years ago. “Will computers become self-aware?” “Will new

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Great Walks of the World Author: D. Larraine Andrews Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia: Rocky Mountain Books, 2014 Call No.: Adult Lending English 796.51 AND - [REC]

Few things are as popular as walking. From leisurely strolling to rigorous hiking, people all over the world walk for different reasons – to clear their minds, to improve their health, to get inspired, or simply to travel.

Great Walks of the World will give you ideas on where next your two feet can take you to. It covers places from almost all continents of the world and comes equipped with valuable hiking tips, historical insights, useful Internet resources and book recommendations. The bits of trivia will also help to amp up your knowledge of these places before you embark on your unforgettable journey. This book will bring you on a rich visual tour across the world – from Mount Sinai in Egypt to national parks in Australia, Europe, Canada, Chile and many more – even if you are only an armchair traveller.

Contributed by Nurfarahin Mohamed Amin

Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart Author: D. Lynne Cox Publisher: New York: Vintage Books, 2016 Call No.: Adult Lending English 797.21092 COX - [REC]

The book’s title Swimming in the Sink aptly sums up the ups and downs the author experienced after a series of personal tragedies. Considered one of the world’s most accomplished open-water swimmers, Lynne Cox went from conquering treacherous waters in the English Channel, the Bering Strait, and the coast of Antarctica to splashing herself in her kitchen sink, ironically, in an attempt to get back into swimming.

Cox’s memoir offers readers a glimpse into her extraordinary life as an elite athlete who not only braved through frigid waters but also put her body through extreme pain for scientific research willingly. However, what makes her story both compelling and inspiring is her honesty and humility in recounting the darkest tide that almost engulfed her. Diagnosed with a debilitating heart condition after her parents’ death, Cox recovered with the help of medication and the unwavering support of family and friends. Told in frank and unassuming prose, Cox’s story inspires one to celebrate life in every season.

So dive in and take a dip in this engaging read!

Contributed by Shirley Lim

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Inside Guides: Iceland Author: APA E-book

A paradise for nature lovers, Iceland is the perfect getaway from the busy urban lifestyle. It is well-known for its picturesque sceneries commonly seen in postcards. Iceland has a suite of activities for all types of nature lovers. Have a fantastic time as you lose yourself in the gorgeous views of mountains, waterfalls, the Northern Lights and glaciers. You can also challenge yourself by taking a dip in the geothermally-heated mineral waters of the Blue Lagoon in the chilly weather. Puffin-spotting and a stroll on black volcanic sands at the coastal areas are some activities suitable for families. For those who enjoy an adrenaline rush, fret not, thrilling hikes at Isafjordur and horse riding at farms are options to be explored. Last but not least, top off your holiday by learning more about the local culture and history at the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik.

Contributed by Sadidah Said

Bhutan Travel Guide Author: Lonely Planet E-book

Does the idea of an exotic vacation appeal to you? Well, Bhutan can very well be your next destination. As the world’s last remaining Buddhist kingdom which only began to open up to outsiders in the 1970’s, Bhutan never fails to leave a lasting impression on her visitors with her well-preserved culture and traditions. Perched high in the Himalayas, the country manages to attract hikers and trekkers all over the world who can’t wait to be captivated by its dramatic landscapes and breathtaking sceneries. When planning your trip, don’t forget to include the mouth-watering Bhutanese vegetarian dishes as must-try items on your itinerary!

Contributed by Eunice Anthonyraj

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21 Hari Cabaran untuk Kurus Penulis: Aizat Razak, Fatin Ayuni, Khairul Azuan Penerbit & Tahun Penerbitan: Kuala Lumpur: Grup Buku Karangkraf Sdn Bhd Nombor Panggilan: Malay Y 741.59595 WON

Ramai yang pasti mengeluh memikirkan cara untuk mengurangkan berat badan. Ada yang mengurangkan pengambilan kabohidrat dan ada juga yang memilih sayur-sayuran sebagai makanan utama. Namun tahukah anda ada cara berkesan dan mudah untuk menguruskan badan?

Buku ini mengetengahkan konsep “Dapur Eat Clean” yang menekankan mutu makanan sihat tanpa mengurangkan rasa. Pelan pemakanan untuk dua puluh satu hari turut dilampirkan. Saranan yang dikemukakan pula mudah untuk diikuti. Antaranya ialah mengurangkan jumlah yang dimakan, dan kerap meminum air sebanyak dua hingga tiga liter sehari.

Setiap pelan pemakanan mengandungi menu harian dan tunjuk cara memasak yang mudah diikuti. Terdapat maklumat mengenai khasiat jenis makanan yang digunakan dalam setiap menu.

Yang menariknya, buku ini ialah hasil gabungan usaha kaunselor pemakanan dan dua individu yang telah berjaya mengurangkan berat badan. Kededua mereka mempunyai paras obisiti yang tinggi dengan berat badan melebihi seratus kilogram. Semangat dan perubahan gaya makanan yang diamalkan membuat mereka berjaya mengatasi masaalah mereka.

Penulis menggunakan gaya bahasa yang mudah difahami. Pembaca boleh buat pilihan yang baik dan mengawal kalori dalam pemakanan. Sebuah buku yang sarat dengan panduan berguna untuk mengurangkan dan mengawal berat badan.

Diulas oleh: Zainap Osman

滑雪让我们人生更完整:两个热雪大叔的冒险之旅 作者：李李仁,史丹利 出版社与年份：台北市:圆神出版社有限公司,2016 索书号：Chinese 796.93 LLR - [REC]

凭着一股热血和冒险精神，两位知名媒体工作者与畅销作家李李仁和 史丹利，联手写了一本有关他们在北海道和长野六大雪场的滑雪历险 记。看两位大叔如何克服开始学习滑雪时的挫折感，从中发现滑雪的 乐趣，以及亲身体验之后领悟到的人生心得。除了形容滑雪的乐趣，这 也是一本兼具实用性的滑雪旅行游记。读者可以进一步了解有关寻找适合的滑雪教练，滑雪 旅行所须的装备，如雪鞋、雪板、防摔衣裤等，还有其它必须注意的准备事项。除了在雪场滑 雪，作者们也不忘告诉读者可以在哪里找到好吃的食物和适合促进亲子交流的活动。

看了此书，说不定真会激发您到雪地探险的瘾头。

编 写 ：史 哲 源 (Felix Ser)

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ힿக்ரம் எ폁鏍தாள쏍: 毁ஜாதா பதிꯍபாள쏍: / வெளி뿀翍羿ꟍ ெ쏁ட믍: பாரதி ꯁ鏍தகாலய믍: வெꟍனை., 2014 : Tamil SUJ ힿக்ரம்埁றி뿀翍翁 எ/迍 : : .,2014 எ폁鏍தாள쏍 : 毁ஜாதா : Tamil SUJ பதிꯍபாள쏍அண்மம뾿ல் / வெளி뿀翍羿ꟍ அ玿த் 鏁ப்பாக்垿 ெ쏁ட믍: பாரதி~ கத்鎿뿁டன் ꯁ鏍தகாலய믍 ힿவேகமான: வெꟍனை., 2014ஒ쏁 ரக殿ய 埁றி뿀翍翁ரா迁ே ퟀஎ迍ரராக: Tamil 鎿மர뾿ல் SUJ ககாஞ்சம் அ鎿கமாகவே ேளம் ேந்தமத நீங்கள் பார்த்鎿쏁ப்ꯀர்கள். கதாமல뾿யக்垿뾿ல் கே羿க்埁ம் 埁ண்翁கள் ~ அண்மம뾿ல்ힿண் 埁மட뾿ல் அ玿த் ோனில் 鏁ப்பாக்垿 뮿தக்埁ம்~ கத்鎿뿁டன் சண்மட ힿவேகமானகாட்殿கள் ~ ‘翁காட்羿 ஒ쏁 ரக殿ய’ ரா迁ேவமாட்டார் ퟀர ேண்羿뾿ல்ராக 鎿மர뾿ல் சாமலமய ககாஞ்சம் வதய அ鎿கமாகவே மேக்埁ம் சாகசங்கள் ேளம் ேந்தமத என நீங்கள்எண்ணத்鏁க்埁 பார்த்鎿쏁ப்ꯀர்கள் இல்லாட்羿னா쯁ம். கதாமல뾿யக்垿뾿ல் கண்迁க்埁 ힿ쏁ힿ쏁ப்பான கே羿க்埁ம் 埁ண்翁கள் 殿ல ~ ힿத்மதힿண் 埁மட뾿ல்கள் காட்翁ேமத ோனில் 뮿தக்埁ம்தமலயாய சண்மட கடமம காட்殿கள்யாக மேத்鎿쏁ந்தார்~ ‘翁காட்羿’ அப்படத்鎿ன்வமாட்டார் ேண்羿뾿ல் இயக்埁னர். சாமலமய வதய மேக்埁ம் சாகசங்கள் என எண்ணத்鏁க்埁 இல்லாட்羿னா쯁ம் கண்迁க்埁 ힿ쏁ힿ쏁ப்பான 殿ல இமதப்கபாலவேힿத்மதகள் காட்翁ேமத ஆந்鎿ராힿல் தமலயாய~ கண்迁க்埁 கடமம எட்டாதயாக மேத்鎿쏁ந்தார் இயந்鎿ரங்கமள நகர்த்鎿அப்படத்鎿ன் உயர் இயக்埁னர். கதா펿ல் ꏁட்பத்மத மகயா쿁ம் உளோளியாக ‘சமபடரில்’ வதான்잿னார் மவகஷ் பாꯁ. இமதப்வபான்ற ஒற்றர் கமதக்ககல்லாம்இமதப்கபாலவே ஆந்鎿ராힿல்எ ன் மனக்埁ம்~ கண்迁க்埁 உதாரணமாக எட்டாத இ쏁ப்ப鏁 இயந்鎿ரங்கமள ‘கஜம்ஸ் பாண்ட்நகர்த்鎿’ உயர்அமத கதா펿ல் அ翁த்鏁 ꏁட்பத்மதநம் ஊரில் ரக殿யமகயா쿁ம் வபா쮿ஸ்காரமர உளோளியாக ꮿரமாண்டம்‘சமபடரில்’ வதான்잿னார் 埁மறயாமல் மவகஷ் 믁폁மமயாக பாꯁ. இமதப்வபான்ற 鎿மரக்埁 ககாண்翁 ஒற்றர் ேந்த鏁 நம்கமதக்ககல்லாம் கபரிய 믁தலாளி எ ன், மனக்埁ம்கமல்ஹாசன் உதாரணமாக-தான். 80-களி இ쏁ப்ப鏁ல் கேளிேந்த ‘கஜம்ஸ் ힿக்ரம் 鎿மரப்படபாண்ட்’ அமதத்鎿 ன் அ翁த்鏁 鎿 மரக் நம்கமத ஊரில் நம் இலக்垿யரக殿ய வபா쮿ஸ்காரமர உல垿ன் சகலகலா ேல்லேர்ꮿரமாண்டம்~ 毁ஜாதாힿன் 埁மறயாமல் நாே쮿쮿쏁ந்鏁 믁폁மமயாக உ쏁கே翁த் 鎿மரக்埁த鏁. ககாண்翁 அே쏁க்埁 ேந்த鏁 உரிய இயல்ꯁநம் கபரிய 埁மறயாத 믁தலாளி ோர்மதஜாலம், கமல்ஹாசன்~ நமகச்毁மே-தான். 80-களி~ மல் நகேளிேந்த ய ா ண் 羿 ~ வசார்ퟁ ힿக்ரம் தராத鎿மரப்பட ஒ쏁 த்殿쟁鎿 ன் ச믁தாயக் 鎿 மரக்கமத க쏁த்鏁 நம் என இலக்垿ய எல்லாம் உல垿ன் கலந்த சகலகலா ஜனரஞ்சக கமததான்ேல்லேர்~ 毁ஜாதாힿன் ힿக்ரம். நாே쮿쮿쏁ந்鏁 உ쏁கே翁த்த鏁. அே쏁க்埁 உரிய இயல்ꯁ 埁மறயாத ோர்மதஜாலம்~ நமகச்毁மே~ ம ந ய ா ண் 羿 ~ வசார்ퟁ இவததராத ힿக்ரம் ஒ쏁 殿쟁~ நம் ச믁தாயக் மணிரத் 鎿க쏁த்鏁னத்鎿ன் என இயக்கத்鎿ல் எல்லாம் கலந்த ேந்鎿쏁க்க ஜனரஞ்சக வேண்羿யகமததான் 믁தல் ힿக்ரம். படம் என்ப鏁 பல쏁ம் அ잿யாத தகேல். படத்鎿ன் கசலퟁ அ鎿மாக இ쏁ந்ததால் இளம் இயக்埁னரிடம் அமத ஒப்பமடக்க அஞ்殿யஇவத ힿக்ரம் தயாரிப்பாளர்~ நம் மணிரத் கமட殿鎿னத்鎿ன் த쏁ணத்鎿ல் இயக்கத்鎿ல் நம் மணிமய ேந்鎿쏁க்க வேவேண்羿யமல뾿쮿쏁ந்鏁 믁தல் படம் 鏂க்垿னார் என்ப鏁 பல쏁ம் அ잿யாத தகேல். படத்鎿ன் கசலퟁ அ鎿மாக இ쏁ந்ததால் இளம் இயக்埁னரிடம் அமத ஒப்பமடக்க ஒ쏁வேமளஅஞ்殿ய தயாரிப்பாளர் மணிரத்னம் கமட殿 மகப்பட்羿쏁ந்தால் த쏁ணத்鎿ல் த뮿ழ்நம் மணிமய 殿னமாퟁக்埁 வேகரா쏁வேமல뾿쮿쏁ந்鏁 பாணி 80 鏂க்垿னார்-களிவலவய 垿மடத்鎿쏁க்埁ம். நம் 毁ஜாதா இன்ꟁம் இ쏁ந்鎿쏁ந்தால் ힿவேகத்鎿ல் ககாஞ்சம் வேகம் வசர்ந்鎿쏁க்埁ம். நல்ல எ폁த்鏁ஒ쏁வேமள ககாண்ட மணிரத்னம் 殿னிமா மகப்பட்羿쏁ந்தால்மேப் பார்க்க 鏁羿க்埁ம் த뮿ழ் நம்殿னமாퟁக்埁 தாகம் ககாஞ்சம் 鏀ர்ந்鎿쏁க்埁ம்.வேகரா쏁 பாணி  80-களிவலவய 垿மடத்鎿쏁க்埁ம். நம் 毁ஜாதா இன்ꟁம் இ쏁ந்鎿쏁ந்தால்  ힿவேகத்鎿ல் ககாஞ்சம் வேகம் வசர்ந்鎿쏁க்埁ம். நல்ல எ폁த்鏁  ககாண்ட 殿னிமாமேப் பார்க்க 鏁羿க்埁ம் நம் தாகம் ககாஞ்சம் 鏀ர்ந்鎿쏁க்埁ம்.   வதா埁ꯍபாள쏍 – 鎿쯀ப் 埁மார் (Dilip Kumar) 

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 33 வதா埁ꯍபாள쏍 – 鎿쯀ப் 埁மார் (Dilip Kumar) FROM NOW UNTIL 25 FEBRUARY 2018 LEVEL 10, GALLERY NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING

FREE ADMISSION

Step into the world of Malay stories – fantastical adventure tales of kings and heroes, founding myths of sultanates, and romantic poetry. Koleksi Manuskrip Melayu dan Percetakan Awal Melayu di Amerika dan Eropah CURATOR’S TOUR 25 November 2017, 2.00ptg – 3.00ptg 3 November 2017, 7.00pm – 8.00pm Tingkat 5, Possibility Room Meeting Point: Level 10, Gallery entrance Penceramah: Profesor Madya Hadijah Rahmat Ceramah ini akan disampaikan dalam Conducted in English. Free admission bahasa Melayu Register at www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary Profesor Hadijah Rahmat akan membincangkan PUBLIC TOURS tentang manuskrip dan buku-buku awal Melayu 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 November 2017, yang ditemui di Amerika Syarikat (AS) dan 1.00pm – 2.00pm Eropah, yang mengandungi koleksi berharga Meeting Point: Level 10, Gallery entrance tentang budaya kesusasteraan Melayu. Bahan-bahan ini dikumpul oleh para mubaligh Conducted in English. Led by docents Kristian, sarjana dan pegawai kolonial Eropah Free admission, first-come first-served basis dan Amerika. Ikuti pengalaman Profesor Hadijah menyemak manuskrip dan percetakan awal Melayu ini yang diadakan di institusi-institusi Malay Manuscript Collection and Early seperti Perpustakaan Kongress (AS), Universiti Malay Printing in America and Europe Leiden (Netherland) dan Universiti Cambridge 25 November 2017, 2.00pm – 3.00pm (United Kingdom). Level 5, Possibility Room Speaker: Associate Professor Hadijah Rahmat Shared Stories: This talk is conducted in Malay Malay Movies And Manuscripts 18 August 2017 – 25 February 2018 Professor Hadijah Rahmat will explore the 10.00am – 9.00pm | Level 1, Lobby manuscripts and early Malay books found in the United States of America (USA) and In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Singapore Europe, where there are precious collections was the hub of Malay film production. on Malay literary culture. These were gathered Some of these films feature stories similar FROM NOW UNTIL 25 FEBRUARY 2018 by Christian missionaries, scholars as well as to those in Malay manuscripts. This display European and American colonial officers. LEVEL 10, GALLERY features snippets of seven such films, Learn about her experiences in examining including Sultan Mahmud Mangkat NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING these artefacts held at institutions such as di-Julang and Dang Anom, with the Library of Congress (USA), Leiden University accompanying film magazines. (Netherlands) and the University of Cambridge FREE ADMISSION (United Kingdom).

For more information on our current and new programmes, please visit www.nlb.gov.sg/exhibitions/ Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Seats are limited, Step into the world of Malay stories – on a first-come first-served basis. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary fantastical adventure tales of kings and heroes, All programmes will be held at the National Library Building (100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064). founding myths of sultanates, and romantic poetry. THU 02 THU 09 The Social Intelligence Advantage Have You Had the Talk of a Lifetime? 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Level 3, Programme Area, Level 3, Programme Area, The LLiBrary The LLiBrary

The Social Intelligence Advantage programme Have the Talk of a Lifetime is designed to progressively transform you into with your family about a socially intelligent, self-confident individual. It your memories, lessons seeks to address how you can uniquely be learnt, life stories, values, brilliant, regardless of your circumstances. Find interests and experiences. out how to wield a competitive advantage Every story deserves to be told, shared and in interpersonal communications and remembered. In this talk, learn how you foster winning relationships. can start the conversation and the various questions to ask. Pick up tips on how to find out more stories from our loved ones and how they want to be remembered. MON 06 National Library Prominent Speaker

Series – Liew Mun Leong, Changi SAT PROGRAMMES 11 Airport Group [Sharing by Mark Chan] Different 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm Level 16, The Pod Dreams – Choosing to Colonise My National Library Building Own World 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Join Liew Mun Leong, Chairman of Changi Level 5, Imagination Room, Airport Group, as he traces the development National Library Building of Changi Airport from the beginning in 1975 to the completion of Terminal 4 in 2016. Mr Liew One of Singapore’s pioneering artistes, National Library Presents: will also share about the other achievements Mark continues to push boundaries with of Changi Airport, now one of Singapore’s his distinctive East-West, Classical-Pop, proudest national icons. Contemporary-Traditional Music and Writing. For access to the Pod, please proceed In this talk, Mark looks back at the four decades to the lift lobby opposite the information of his artistic career, the riverine course counter at Level 1. of his music and words and, in an honest confessional, marks out the surprising and definitive choices he had to make (and was sometimes forced to make).

36 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary THU 16 THU 23 Communicate Effectively Using Jet-setting and Tour Leading – Personality Diversity Awareness A Career in the Travel Industry 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Level 3, Programme Area, Level 3, Programme Area, The LLiBrary The LLiBrary

Be introduced to personality Ever wondered about the life diversity awareness and find of a tour leader who leads out more on how to effectively groups on a packaged tour communicate with people taking Singaporeans all over whose personality styles differ the world for holidays? How from your own. From ways to give feedback to about his or her roles and responsibilities National Library Presents: Library National how to compliment and show appreciation to on the road? Discover the real stories others, we’ll go through some of the common behind being a tour manager, find out the forms of communication catering to the true challenges of the job and see the fun various personality types. that can be had as a tour leader who jet- sets around the globe meeting and working with different nationalities in different environs. WED 22 Alt Screen: IN TRANSIT PROGRAMMES 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm SAT 25 Level 16, The Pod, National Library Building [Guided Tour] Treasures of the Rare Gallery and Lee Kong Chian The “Alt Screen” series features Asian Reference Library cinematic stories that offer critical perspectives and interpretations of 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm Meeting Point: global issues. Level 11, Entrance of Lee Kong Chian In this second edition, “Alt Screen: IN Reference Library, TRANSIT” explores the mental, physical, National Library Building and spiritual journeys taken by modern man, Go on a tour with our librarians and through stories that examine the notions of discover the treasures that lie within the travel, transience and transition. National Library.

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 37 THU 30 How Children Can Be Creative Critical Thinkers 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Level 3, Programme Area, The LLibrary

Do you know that creativity and critical thinking are two qualities that your child’s future employer will expect from him or her? As the world becomes increasingly digital, children of today need to develop these qualities to stand a better chance of landing a job that maximises their potential. In this talk, Joseph Wong offers a simple habit that parents can adopt to turn their children into creative critical thinkers. A Librarian’s World PROGRAMMES 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm Level 5, Possibility Room, National Library Building

Ever wondered what librarians do? In this series of monthly talks, find out what makes our librarians tick as they share highlights of their work from the collections of the National Library. National Library Presents:

38 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary DEC NOV 01 – 31 A National Library Book Display: Mark Chan: Music Without Borders Level 8, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, National Library Building

With an illustrious career spanning more than 40 years, Mark Chan is one of the pioneers of Singapore music.

A man of many talents, Mark’s oeuvre includes poems, librettos and music for theatre, orchestra, film, as well as contemporary dance and arts festivals in Singapore and worldwide. His works comprise well over 30 theatre productions, seven solo albums, numerous arts festivals, music festivals, experimental pieces as well as seminal large productions. Mark released his seventh album, Blue Guitar last year and is currently working on an original film score for the latest film by respected Indian art film director Dr Biju Kumar. In 2016, Mark received the Artistic Excellence Presents: Library National Award from COMPASS. He is currently completing his first novel, a magical fantasy set in three cities, one of which is, of course, Singapore!

Explore his world of music with our curated book display on pioneering Singaporean composer- musician-singer Mark Chan. EXHIBITIONS

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 39 ONGOING Law of the Land: Highlights of Singapore’s Constitutional Documents Ongoing 10.00 am – 7.00 pm (Sun – Thu & Public Holidays) 10.00 am – 10.00 pm (Fri, Sat & Eve of Public Holidays) Chief Justice’s Chamber and Office, National Gallery Singapore

“Law of the Land: Highlights of Singapore’s Constitutional Documents” explores the history and development of Singapore’s constitution from Singapore’s founding as a British settlement in 1819 to its emergence as a sovereign republic in 1965.

The exhibition features rare constitutional documents from the collections of the National Archives of Singapore and the National Library, Singapore. The documents capture key moments in Singapore’s constitutional history and also throw light on milestones in our island-nation’s history.

The exhibition is organised by the National Archives of Singapore and the National Library Board, and is held at the historic former Chief Justice’s Chamber and Office at the National Gallery Singapore. EXHIBITIONS

Join our curator-led Insights Tours and docent-led Highlights Tours. All tours are free and conducted in English.

Insights Tour 2nd & 4th Fri of the month (10 & 24 Nov), 6.30 pm – 7.15 pm Meeting Point: Level 1, Information Counter, Padang Atrium

National Library Presents: There are 20 places available on a first come, first served basis.

Highlights Tour 1st & 3rd Sat of the month (4 & 18 Nov), 4.30 pm – 5.15 pm Meeting Point: Basement 1, Tours Desk Registration opens 20 min before each tour

There are 20 places available on a first come, first served basis.

Visit www.nas.gov.sg/nas/Outreach/Exhibitions.aspx for more information.

40 NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary ONGOING Surviving the Japanese Occupation: War and its Legacies Ongoing 9.00 am – 5.30 pm (Mon-Sat) 12.00 pm – 5.30 pm (Sun) *Open on Public Holidays except for first day of Chinese New Year Former Ford Factory, 351 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 588192

“Surviving the Japanese Occupation: War and its Legacies” is a permanent World War Two exhibition presented by the National Archives of Singapore at the historic Former

Ford Factory. This is the place where the British forces surrendered unconditionally Presents: Library National to the Imperial Japanese Army on 15 February 1942. The exhibition presents the events and memories surrounding the British surrender, the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, and the legacies of the war. Through oral history accounts, archival records and published materials, the exhibition highlights the diverse experiences of the people in Singapore during this period in our history.

Free admission for citizens, Permanent Residents, children aged 6 and below, Singapore student pass holders, Museum Roundtable members, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and

one caregiver. Admission for non-citizens and non-Permanent Residents at $3 per entry. EXHIBITIONS

Daily Guided Tours

Join our walk in tours led by volunteer guides to learn more about war and its legacies, and discover the stories behind the rich collections on display.

English Guided Tour (60 min) Meeting Point: Level 1, Information Counter

There are 20 places available on a first come, first served basis.

Mandarin Guided Tour (60 min) 1st & 3rd Sat of the month 4 November, 11.30 am – 12.30 pm 18 November, 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Meeting Point: Level 1, Information Counter

There are 20 places available on a first come, first served basis.

Tours are not available on Public Holidays. Visit www.nas.gov.sg/formerfordfactory for the latest tour schedules.

Admission to programmes is free and open to all unless otherwise stated. Please register at library eKiosks or www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary.

NOVEMBER 2017 // www.nlb.gov.sg/golibrary 41 ONGOING From Books to Bytes: The Story of the National Library Ongoing Level 5, Promenade, National Library Building

“From Books to Bytes: The Story of the National Library” tells the story of the National Library of Singapore as an integral part of Singapore’s cultural and social fabric. The exhibition traces the history of the National Library of Singapore from 1823 till present. Learn interesting snippets of the library’s rich history and how its function has evolved with the learning needs of the nation.

The Donors Gallery Ongoing Level 10, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, National Library Building

The Donors Gallery was set up to display a sample selection of items donated to the National Library with the hope of creating a sense of rootedness through the

EXHIBITIONS preservation of local heritage content and fulfilling the library’s function of being the national memory and repository of Singapore heritage materials in all formats. It is also hoped that more Singaporeans will be encouraged to donate their heritage collections to the National Library.

Singapore Literary Pioneers Ongoing Level 11, Promenade, National Library Building National Library Presents:

The gallery displays the books, letters, calligraphic works, manuscripts, photographs and portraits of Singapore’s literary pioneers. Some prominent writers have also donated their pens, typewriters and literary awards. In addition, visitors can appreciate audio and video recordings of the writers in two multimedia screens.

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WRL Woodlands Regional Library 900 South Woodlands Drive Woodlands Civic Centre, #01-03 Singapore 730900 Straits Times Building, 1900

This 1900 photograph shows the Straits Times building, at the corner of Robinson Road and Cecil Street. The oldest newspaper in continuous operation since 1845, the Straits Times appeared on 15 July of that year as a weekly and grew into a daily newspaper in 1858.

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Credit: © Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board Singapore, 2017

ISSN 1793-5431 (Print) ISSN 2010-0027 (Online)