TBR (To Be Read): Broader implications of NUS book-dumping incident
Recent images of the National University of Singapore dumped books from the Yale-NUS College library were disheartening for book lovers in Singapore. PHOTO: ST READER
SINGAPORE – It has been a roller-coaster month for book lovers in Singapore.
There was good news with indie bookshops banding together to launch an online bookstore on May 14 and Epigram Books, led by its indefatigable founder Edmund Wee, changing tack to become a non-profit entity in an effort to keep publishing Singapore voices.
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