Names Have Been Changed by Yu-Mei Balasingamchow | Sing Lit Book Club
About the Event Join us at Singapore Literature Book Club for an exclusive discussion of the featured book with the author present. As this will be an interactive session, please come prepared to discuss the book and share your thoughts! About the Author Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
时间: 11月24日 周二 · 19:00
地点: National Library Building - Visitors Briefing Room (Level 1)
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About the Event Join us at Singapore Literature Book Club for an exclusive discussion of the featured book with the author present. As this will be an interactive session, please come prepared to discuss the book and share your thoughts! About the Author Yu-Mei Balasingamchow is the author of the novel Names Have Been Changed. Her short stories have received a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, won the Mississippi Review Fiction Prize and been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She is originally from Singapore and now lives in Boston. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University, teaches at the creative writing centre, GrubStreet, and is an editor at Gaudy Boy, a New York City-based independent press publishing Asian voices. About the Book Ophir’s tale begins in Singapore, where a petty crime spins out of control, estranging her from home and family. Resorting to false identities and forged passports (being mixed-race helps), she crisscrosses the globe from a Paris-themed hostess bar in Tokyo, to a bustling Chinese restaurant in London, to a snowbound mountain town in Colorado and beyond. Broadcasting from an undisclosed location, Ophir is funny, prickly, tough, and vulnerable, entrancing her listeners with an irresistible, no-holds-barred recounting of not only her crimes (plural) but also her deepest secrets and regrets. Even as she moves seamlessly across class lines and continents, she grapples with the shock of relentless dislocation, a painful reexamination of identity, and a deep yearning for home. She tries to find comfort in new lovers and ill-gotten luxury goods, but she can’t help attracting trouble, and she soon faces an unexpected, high-stakes choice that could change her fate forever. Names Have Been Changed is a stylish, fast-paced debut novel that reveals the complicated paths we take to build a life and a home. Filled with danger and twists, it’s ultimately a story about immigration and belonging—one unlike any you’ve seen before. Copies of Names Have Been Changed will be sold at this event, and the author will be signing any books purchased. About Singapore Literature Book Club From NLB’s Singapore collection comes a book club with a unique local flavour. Discuss books by both well-known and emerging Singaporean authors touching on topics close to home. Get acquainted with local literature and discover national literary treasures right here at the libraries. To find out more about NLB's literary art events, join our mailing list at https://go.gov.sg/la-edm! About LearnX Communities The Singapore Literature Book Club is one of NLB’s many LearnX Communities that connect like-minded people to create a modern kampong of communal learning. These communities cover a wide range of topics and can be found in libraries all over the island. Interested? Head over to https://go.gov.sg/what-is-a-learnx-community to join an existing community or start one of your own! Registration and Attendance Registration is required for this programme. Please register one ticket per person. Attendance will be taken using the NLB Mobile app. Please download the app (https://go.gov.sg/nlbmobile-attendance) or update it to the latest version. Then, scan the QR code at the venue to take your attendance upon entry. Please arrive 10 minutes before the session starts. Seats may be released to walk-in participants if you arrive late. Photography and Videography Notice Please note that photos and/or videos of this programme and its participants may be taken. By participating in this programme, you agree that NLB may take photographs and/or videos of you (or your child as applicable) and use the images and/or videos including to archive, exhibit and publish them for publicity or any other NLB purposes. Wheelchair-friendly Routes and Social Stories To access our wheelchair-friendly routes (bus and MRT) and social stories, please visit https://go.gov.sg/wheelchair-friendly-routes-social-stories and select the respective library to access the information.
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