Suchen Christine Lim Singapore

Bio
Inaugural Singapore Literature Prize winner, Suchen Christine Lim, returns to this year’s SWF with two new children’s books and a new edition of her landmark first novel, Rice Bowl. Her fourth novel, A Bit of Earth, is also out in a new edition. Rice Bowl, Fistful of Colours and A Bit of Earth have established her as Singapore’s foremost writer in historical fiction. Her children’s books, written for the Ministry of Education, are immensely popular with children and widely used in schools.


Who or what book would you like to snuggle under covers with, and why?
"I would snuggle UnderCovers with two, not one, authors. Keep awake with Ma Jian for his epic novel, Beijing Coma, his remembrance of Tiananmen, a significant moment in Chinese history, which the state seeks to erase. Then let John Banville’s The Sea lull and disturb me gently as the sea always does with his beautifully crafted sentences and evocation of a childhood love."

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