Edinburgh Book Festival
We wish we could be in Scotland now. For the Edinburgh Book Festival has swung into action. The event, which promotes the love of reading and writing, runs from 13 to 29 August and [...]
View ArticleThis Week in Digital Publishing
Here’s a roundup of this week’s developments in digital publishing. Book clubs go digital with Skype Book clubs are no longer just middle-aged women with cups of tea in a dainty little living room....
View ArticleMichael Hart’s Publishing Legacy
If you have ever downloaded any eBook, you have Michael Hart to thank. eBook creator and Project Gutenberg founder, Michael Hart has changed the way books are read and distributed through his lifelong...
View ArticleBanned Books Week
Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and focuses attention on the censorship of books in schools and libraries. The event started in 1982 and takes place every last week of September. Molly...
View ArticleFrankfurt Book Fair
“You are what you read. You read, therefore you are.” That’s this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair tagline. The event opens today, October 12 and runs until the 16th. The annual event is a meeting place [...]
View ArticleHere’s a Story of a Man Who Destroyed Books
It used to be that books were burnt and destroyed because of heretical, unrepentant, malicious and political content. Book burning images remind us of the Nazi regime, Pol Pot’s agragrian dystopia in...
View ArticleSpecial Guest: Oliver Staiano
Greetings! This month’s Special Guest is a university student who studies design and has a keen passion for taking photos. His name is Oliver Staiano. We wanted to ask him many questions but since he...
View ArticleWhat Was That Book?
So many books, so little time. Books about crazy horses. Runes and fantasy. A journalist with post traumatic stress disorder. Teen surviving in post alternate universe. We all have faint recollections...
View ArticleCatch no ball about ebooks vs print books?
All the Lion City folks around us are in the mood of celebrating the nation’s 47th birthday this week. At Tusitala, we are definitely doing our part as well. Presenting to you our Unofficial National...
View ArticleBook Cover Designs: Everyday Stationery Used Creatively!
When it comes to book cover designs, the designers and book lovers in the house all agree that it has a huge unspoken power determining whether we buy the book or not. When I saw [...]
View ArticleEbook or App: the difference between them and which is ‘write’ for you
After much procrastination and sleepless nights fuelled by seas of coffee, you’ve finished writing that book you’ve always meant to write. What’s more, in your moments of coffee-induced clarity, you’ve...
View ArticleHow and Why you should Ebook your Blog
Let’s talk about your blog for a minute. Yes, the blog you’ve been meticulously updating, and have spent stolen hours on. It’s safe to say that you’re passionate about it —you invest a lot of [...]
View ArticleDate a girl who reads – not just pretends to
Single this valentine’s day? Don’t fret. There’s nothing to fret about. The way I see it, you could curl up in bed with a good book, or you could spend your time writing. I chose [...]
View Article3 Tips for Writers, Courtesy the AP Writer’s Conference
The AP Writer’s Conference ‘Bridging Cultures: Creative Writing and Literary Translation in Asia today’ was a blast! Really, we aren’t just saying that because we got to eat a lot. Hosted by the Arts...
View ArticleOf stories and words: in conversation with Verena Tay
With the Singapore International Storytelling Festival 2014 just around the corner, we wanted to get behind the scenes and into the creative process behind telling compelling, memorable stories. What...
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