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Catherine Lim's Biography

Catherine Lim (simplified Chinese: 林宝音; pinyin: Lín Bǎoyīn) is a best-selling Singaporean fiction author known for writing about Singapore society and of themes of traditional Chinese culture. Hailed as the "doyenne of Singapore writers", Lim has published nine collections of short stories, five novels, two poetry collections and numerous political commentaries to date. Her social commentary in 1994, titled The PAP and the people - A Great Affective Divide and published in The Straits Times criticised the ruling political party's agendas.

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  • News Source: The Jakarta Post | about 1 month ago
    The exterior of The Arts House, a 182-year-old building that was formerly Singapore’s first court house, as well as the former parliament house, and the main venue for the 2009 Singapore Writers’ Festival, which took place between Oct. 24 and Nov.
  • News Source: The Electric News Paper | 2 months ago
    So when she bumped into the driver near a shopping mall seven months later, she refused to let him escape a second time...That's when the chance meeting led to a dramatic chase on foot. She chased him for about half an hour...It may seem like a
  • News Source: The Age | 2 months ago
    In a straitlaced country, Catherine Lim takes repeated jabs at her government, writes Seth Mydans in Singapore. IT IS the dress, she said, that catches the eye, the long silk sheath with the slits in the sides that offers what she calls ''a

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  • Blog Source: intricatemelody.blogspot.com | about 1 month ago
    Friends are the best thing that ever happened to m... Not the way I want it · Romeo, Save Me. ► October (7). ► September (21). ► August (4). About Me. My Photo. Catherine Lim. View my complete profile.
  • Blog Source: pinkblessings.blogspot.com | about 1 month ago
    I was banking on something to the likes of Catherine Lim or Amy Tan, my all-time favourite Asian writers. Unexpectedly, I picked this up instead: This book is written by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, who grew up in Malacca. ...
  • Blog Source: merlincheng.blogspot.com | about 1 month ago
    The Leap Years is base upon Catherine Lim's Leap of Love. It was supposed to be release on late-2005 but was eventually pushed to 29 February 2008. It tells the story of Li-Ann, over an unbelievable 16 years of waiting for her “blue and ...

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