BooksActually: May 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

BooksActually presents An Ode to Penguin

Born from their decade-long personal collection of Penguin books, BooksActually is proud to present the first-ever showcase in Singapore of over a thousand books from their private library featuring Penguin’s unique cover art that spans from its humble beginnings in 1935 to the present day. Embark on a visual and historical journey of the vision that made the world of literature accessible to the man on the street with BooksActually in An Ode To Penguin.

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Presented by BooksActually
The Arts House, Gallery | 8 July - 16 July 2011

v e n u e . s p o n s o r
The Arts House

p r i v i l e g e d . p a r t n e r s
1827, Arts House: The Shop, Beauty Emporium, Birds & Co.,
Earshot Café, Penguin Books Singapore,
Woods in the Books

t i c k e t s
$6 Concession – Students, NSFs & Senior Citizens (above 60 years old)
$9 Premium – ticket includes privileges from event partners
Tickets now available at BooksActually , Birds & Co. & selected venues islandwide (tba)

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Birds & Co. / Facebook page !

Birds & Co. is now a page on Facebook !

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BooksActually tote bags !

We got our hands dirty !

Hand silk-screened tote bags made with love
by the happy folks of BooksActually !

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

BooksActually presents GE 2011 : We Were There / launch

BooksActually

presents

GE 2011: We Were There

launch

D : Friday, 27th May 2011

T : 7 pm

V : BooksActually

(No. 9 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru. Singapore 168645)

Friday, May 27, 2011

GE 2011 : We Were There

BooksActually

presents

GE 2011 : We Were There

launch

D : Friday, 27th May 2011

T : 7.30 pm

V : BooksActually

(No. 9 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru. Singapore 168645)

Relive the moments that shaped the course of Singapore's history forever.

You don't wanna miss this.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Well-Informed Wednesday (with Yuni Hadi)

BooksActually

presents

Well-Informed Wednesday with Yuni Hadi

The Who, What, Why & How of Singapore Films

D : Wednesday, 25th May 2011

T : 7.30 pm

V : BooksActually

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Forever Fever + The Blue Mansion DVD Boxset !

Forever Fever + The Blue Mansion DVD Boxset

by Glen Goei

Now available at BooksActually !

Guess the Orange Prize winner !

Guess the Orange Prize winner !

Orange Prize (UK) celebrates the women who have been writing with excellence and originality throughout the world annually.

Guess the winner for this year.
3 winners, drawn at random, will each receive a pair of Premium tickets to BooksActually's An Ode To Penguin exhibition in July !
Submit your guesses to booksellers@booksactually.com with your Full Name, Mailing Address, Phone by June 6.
Winners will be announced on our Facebook Page, and prizes with be sent by postage.
Good luck !

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Everybody loves a sale !

Pre-GSS surprise !

20% off storewide
(except magazines)

Thursday - Friday
(26 & 27 May)

Saturday, May 21, 2011

BooksActually presents In the Company of Heroes / Launch

Math Paper Press
presents

「In the Company of Heroes: Selected Plays」

by Verena Tay
(published by Math Paper Press, 2011)

L A U N C H
+
P A N E L . D I S C U S S I O N
with Audrey Wong, Noor Effendy Ibrahim and Richard Chua

D : Saturday, 11th June 2011
T : 7.30 pm
V : BooksActually
(No. 9 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru. Singapore 168645)

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BooksActually presents A World in Transit / launch

BooksActually

presents

「A World in Transit」

by Eric Valles

l a u n c h

d : Friday, 10th June 2011
t : 7.30 pm
v : BooksActually
(No. 9 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru. Singapore 168645)

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Dispatches from Singapore by Dr Rigor Mortis

The Singapore Letters

This book is a collection of letters by Dr George Caldwell, most of which were published in the main newspapers in Singapore from the late 1960s till the late 1990s. The letters were an attempt by Dr Caldwell to try and prevent the destruction of whole streets as well as individual buildings in Singapore. Quite a number of points made in his letters were taken up by the authorities in Singapore, and much remains relevant today.

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Electric Flying Tram-Car

This book is a day-by-day catalogue of events and impressions covering the period from March to June 1958 by Dr George Caldwell, a Ship's Surgeon who travelled east from out of England, and who then spent the next 50 years of his life traveling and in the East.

The detailed documentation of these four months in 1958 gives a charming and important glimpse of life in the fifties.

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More or Less Rapid Transit

This book is a selected collection of letters by Dr Rigor Mortis to the newspapers and government bodies in Singapore from the late 1960s up to as late as April 2008. The letters reflect a deep concern with roads, the Mass Rapid Transit, road safety and mass transportation in Singapore that would be efficient, user friendly, and most important - convenient for commuters.

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Now available at BooksActually

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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Monday, May 16, 2011

Well-Informed Wednesday (with Yuni Hadi)

BooksActually
p r e s e n t s

Well-Informed Wednesday (with Yuni Hadi)
* The Who, What, Why, How of Singapore films *

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D : Wednesday, 25th May 2011
T : 7:30 pm
V : BooksActually
(No. 9 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru. +65 6222 9195)

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BooksActually Curated Session : The Third ☛ RGS

BooksActually
presents

BooksActually Curated Session: the Third
~ only the best make it through ~

D : 18th ~ 19th May 2011, Wed ~ Thur

T : 8.30 am - 3.30 pm

V : Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)

20 Anderson Road, Singapore 259978

BooksActually will once again be having another of their curated sessions at Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) with a selection of their finest local literature. Only the best make it through.

* N O T E *
Please be informed that this is a CASH ONLY event.

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