About the Programme
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!
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About the Book
Singapore is agog with the news of King Edward VIII’s abdication to marry American heiress Wallis Simpson. Chen Su Lin, now Chief Inspector Le Froy’s secretarial assistant in Singapore’s newly formed detective unit, still dreams of becoming a journalist and hopes to cover the story when the Hon Victor Glossop announces he is marrying an American widow of his own, Mrs Nicole Covington, in the Colony. But things go horribly wrong when Victor Glossop is found dead, his body covered in bizarre symbols and soaked in betel nut juice.
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About the Author
Ovidia Yu was born in, lives in and writes about Singapore. She spent her schooldays in the science stream and it was only after she found herself in medical school that she became aware she didn’t want to spend her life as a doctor.
It was after dropping out of college that Ovidia entered her first writing competition. Her short story ‘A Dream Of China’ won first prize in the Asiaweek short story competition that year. Although she had been writing her own stories almost as long as she had been reading, it was only then that she dared to think about becoming a writer.
In addition to short stories, she has also written plays, novels and a children’s book, The Mudskipper. But now Ovidia is focusing on trying to figure out how to write the kind of books that made her fall in love with reading in the first place—traditional mysteries.
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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.
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📍Venue: Central Library at the National Library Building - Programme Room 1 (Basement 1)
🏢 Address: 100 Victoria Street, National Library Board, Singapore 188064
🗓️ Date: Thursday, 16 April 2026
🕛 Time: 7.00 pm - 8.30 pm
🎟️ Registration: https://go.gov.sg/slbc-ovidiayu