The READ!Singapore 2009 Short Stories are now available for download.
Simply click on the following links below.
READ!Singapore 2009 Short Stories for Download
Published by January 11th, 2010 in Downloads. 0 CommentsNominate A Book And Win!
Published by January 11th, 2010 in Books - English and Book Nominations. 0 Comments
It has been an amazing year for READ!Singapore. We have seen close to 30,000 participants last year and we will be starting this year off with a bang! We have attractive prizes to be given away. If you have an English fictional book in mind, we’d like to know as there are iPhones and iPods up for grabs if your nominated title is chosen!
Here’s how..
You might have heard this quote which was made famous by an American poet-
“Two roads diverged in the woods, and I - I took the road less travelled by and that has made all the difference” - Robert Frost
Simply share with us a tale that has captured your imagination under this theme “Roads Less Travelled”.
Send in your nominations now to read@zocard.com or sms “READ” <space> name <space> Title of the books <space> NRIC <space> email <space> Zo to 9342 7379.
Criteria for book recommendation
Titles recommended should be international bestsellers or award-winning titles written by an author who has published more than one book.
The book should be moderate in length, between 50,000 to 75,000 words (less than 380 pages), and should reflect the theme of READ! Singapore 2010.
To get regular updates about the campaign join the Read! Singapore group in Facebook now!
Background
NLB launched its first ever nation-wide reading initiative, READ! Singapore 05 on 24 May 2005. This initiative, adapted from the highly successful reading programmes around the world like the “One Book, One City” project in the US, Australia and others, was conceived in alignment with the Government’s strategic outcome of “Community”, READ! Singapore 05 was held over a 10-week period from 24 May to 6 August 2005, to encourage communal reading, flowed by facilitated discussions on the selected story.
To promote a culture of reading fiction in our country, it was aimed at encouraging more Singaporeans to read and share the joy of reading. To promote local creative literature, at least one book by a local author was included in each official language out of the 12 titles selected.
Objective
The key objective of the READ! Singapore initiative is to promote a culture of reading among Singaporeans as it aims to provide Singaporeans with an opportunity to rediscover the joys of reading, by creating a common topic of discussion and conversation amongst people. Hopefully, this nation-wide reading initiative will have an “infectious” quality and energy of its own, with people all over the island reading the same books and discussing them
READ! Singapore also aims to help develop Singaporeans’ critical thinking skills, creativity, expressions and imagination through the varied activities such as story dramatisation and book discussions.