BiblioAsia Apr–Jun 2024

Yip Yew Chong’s 60-metre-long work, “I Paint my Singapore”, melds memories and research to produce stories about Singapore.

Hippie culture was seen as a risk to Singaporean society in the 1960s and 1970s, and efforts made to reduce its influence eventually led to a campaign against men with long hair.

Lured by good money and adventure, local performers braved the dangers of the Vietnam War to bring entertainment, escape and respite to war-weary American troops.

The history of the Singapore Speedway was as fast and furious as the races it hosted.

During the Japanese Occupation, local photographers worked under challenging conditions.

From the melting pot of cultures and languages in postwar Singapore emerged the search for a Malayan identity, negotiated and presented through the lens of multilingualism in Malayan literature.

Joseph Conrad’s visits to Singapore in the late 19th century are immortalised in some of his novels, such as Lord Jim, The End of the Tether and The Shadow-Line.

Singapore’s National Library is collecting new forms of documentary materials today for the sake of future generations.

David Lim led the first Singapore team to successfully summit Mount Everest in 1998. This is an excerpt from his book, Mountain to Climb.

One of Singapore’s oldest martial arts associations donated its unique collection of photographs and materials to the National Library, Singapore.

New books available in the National Library’s collection.