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Straits Times
09-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Cartoonist Sonny Liew talks 10 years of The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye – and his 2026 book
SINGAPORE – Ten years after The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015) had its funding pulled by the National Arts Council (NAC), Singaporean cartoonist Sonny Liew hopes the fracas will be consigned to a 'minor footnote' in the book's history. On the brouhaha over the book, which went on to snag three 2017 Eisner awards in the United States – considered the Oscars of the graphic novel world – he muses: 'I can only guess that they made a stance back then and have seen no reason to revisit it. Maybe it remains a signal to book publishers or creators that some things remain off-limits, if they're hoping for public grants or funding.'
Straits Times
21-06-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
TBR (To Be Read): Should S'pore authors be paid each time their books are borrowed from the library?
Public Lending Right allows authors to receive some form of payment with library loans of their books, ensuring their labour is better rewarded over time with each. PHOTO: ST FILE SINGAPORE – Being an author is tough anywhere, but especially so in S ingapore, which has recently ranked among the most expensive cities. Local publishers cannot afford the six-figure advances doled out in larger markets. Floundering book sales hardly guarantee sufficient payment, unless one's name is Sonny Liew, author of all-time bestseller The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015). Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
