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SUMMARY:The Betel Nut Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu | Sing Lit Book Club
DESCRIPTION:This programme requires registration.\n\n \n\nAbout the 
 Programme  \n\nJoin 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!     \n\n \n\nAbout the Book \n\nSingapore 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. \n\n \n\nAbout the Author \n\nOvidia 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. \n\nIt 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. \n\nIn 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. \n\n \n\nAbout Singapore Literature Book Club     
 \n\nFrom 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.     \n\nTo find out more about NLB's literary art 
 events\, join our mailing list at https://go.gov.sg/la-edm!     \n\n 
 \n\nAbout LearnX Communities    \n\nThe 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.      \n\nInterested? Head over to 
 https://go.gov.sg/what-is-a-learnx-community to join an existing community 
 or start one of your own! 
LOCATION:Central Library at the National Library Building - Programme Room 1 (Basement 1)\, Central Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Maliah binte ZUBIR":MAILTO:maliah_zubir@nlb.gov.sg
CATEGORIES:Reading, Learning Community, English, General
CONTACT;CN="Maliah binte ZUBIR":MAILTO:maliah_zubir@nlb.gov.sg
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