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50 authors in running for Singapore Literature Prize (via The Straits Times)

SINGAPORE – First-time nominations dominated the shortlist of the Singapore Literature Prize, which will involve the public for the first time in the biennial award’s history. It was also the first time a publisher filled an entire category, with Epigram Books getting five nominations for English fiction. The shortlist was revealed on Tuesday (June 19) …

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Someone to say ‘stop it, this is too much’: Raka Maitra and T Sasitharan on collaboration

Dancer-choreographer Raka Maitra, 46, and dramaturg T. Sasitharan, 59, have been constant collaborators. He is the director of the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), while she is the founder of 10-year-old dance company Chowk, known for its contemporary expressions of the traditional Indian dance form of Odissi. When asked, the two recall a disagreement with some mirth, like …

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