Books

Some books simply beg to be read by a cosy nook, with hot chocolate or mulled wine.

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s movingly laconic The Discomfort of Evening marks the return of the novel of the interior

The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste is a tale of war but the story is not about men

Veteran Anne Tyler’s latest work is one of the 13 titles on this year’s Booker longlist 

SINGAPORE (July 9): They say the stories that stick with us the most are the ones which truly happened.

Playwright and writer James Thoo had always wanted to be a father. His own complex relationship with his nononsense, tough-love father made him more determined to have children.

SINGAPORE (June 26): The final volume of Hilary Mantel’s fictional series on Thomas Cromwell has solid prose that resurrects past events, giving them a force that envelops readers

SINGAPORE (June 19): The stories of great romances have long titillated, teased and tantalised.

Author David Bobis has just released his latest book — a collection of humorous illustrations that is irreverent, in-your-face and (sometimes) unashamedly crude.