新加坡出版

'OTHERS' IS NOT A RACE (3RD PRINTING)
by Melissa De Silva
published by Math Paper Press
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What is a Eurasian? Are Eurasians Singaporean? What does it mean to be a Eurasian living in Singapore?

While having existed in Singapore as long as any other community, Eurasians, who comprise less than one percent of the population, still remain a fairly obscure group to many Singaporeans.

'OTHERS' IS NOT A RACE is a tapestry that weaves together the multiple genres of narrative fiction, creative nonfiction, literary food writing and family memoir, to offer insight into the micro-minority Eurasian community through the intensely personal lens of the writer's own experience living and growing up as a Eurasian in Singapore. Throughout are interwoven the themes of memory, loss, language, identity and cultural reclamation.

Similarly, it is a reflective and provocative journey of self-discovery; a journey the reader may also take to explore what it means to exist at the confluence of being Singaporean and being Eurasian, and to interrogate the liminal space between two cultures, Asian and European, occupied by this community

　　楊榮文先生從1988年至2011年5月，從政23年，先後擔任新聞及藝術部、衛生部、貿工部及外交部長。焦點出版推出《楊榮文：凝思集》中文版，收錄了他對世界、歷史、政治、經濟、華文華語和哲學等廣泛課題的看法。

　　全書分三輯，第三輯除了梳理新加坡邁向文化藝術都會、醫藥樞紐以及與世界經濟接軌的歷程；與建國總理李光耀共事的點點滴滴，也談他對智慧生命的看法、人生感悟：

　　我偶爾覺得自己仿佛浮木，在歷史長河中，隨着大大小小的歷史浪潮漂流。其實，人人都是生命大河上的浮木，有的較大，有的更靈巧，但多少都能掌控身邊的一些人和事。不過，我們終究無法左右這河的奔流方向。儘管如此，我們至少能選擇在哪個河段漂流，朝着心之所向前行。

　　在為期半年、每周兩三個小時的對話中,新加坡前外交部長楊榮文與資深媒體人云大篪和研究助理葉思誠廣泛思考了不同課題。楊榮文回答時參考筆記，以自己和對新加坡的期許為起點,再跨越時空山海,廣泛討論各種主題——從人類多 元化的重要性以及新加坡的內省和對世界的反思。到歷史、政治、經濟、哲學、太極功和宗教。

　　他闡述了對印度、中國、東協、歐洲、美國和世界其他地區的看法，以及新加坡的歷史和命運與這些國家的關聯。全書採用對話體，穿插了不少逸聞趣事。

　　楊榮文說:《凝思集》如其名，就是凝想與思辨。《凝思集》共三輯，本書為第一輯。有些主題貫穿全書，反映了楊榮文的人生觀，但並不是什麼高深理論。他並不期待人人對他的所有反思都感興趣，但希望大家都能從中發現一些趣味。

　　《飛虎情緣：何永道回憶錄》是一本史詩級的二戰故事,也是一本記錄親情、友情、愛情、同儕生死情誼的巨著。一名來自南洋的男孩,在二戰東方主戰場——中國——參與抗日的任務。爾後，他先後在上海、馬來亞、新加坡從事民航飛行的工作，至1980年，以新航B-737客機的隊長的身份告別翱翔萬裡的飛行生涯。這位百歲飛虎老將的真實經歷,宛如電影般的情節跌宕起伏，扣人心弦。儘管二戰硝煙已遠，今日讀來仍能叫人反思和平的代價。

　　新加坡前藝人、電影《戰狼2》執行導演沈傾掞,和他的妻子以及四隻貓,一家六口在烏克蘭​​首都基輔過著小日子,卻突然陷入一場世紀大戰,在砲火中掙扎求存,一路西逃。他在書中敘述了他日復一日地躲空襲、在路上遭遇砲彈衝擊波、 駕跑車和砲彈賽跑、驚險斷油,以及患上創傷後應激障礙（PTSD）。驚險三週,除了戰情友情甘榜情,還有深刻的反思。

作者簡介

　　土生土長的新加坡人，喜歡極限運動。完成國民服役後加入了當時的新加坡報業控股集團，當一名攝影記者。1995年在才華洋溢新秀比賽勝出後，成了影視藝人。2020年冠病疫情爆發之前一直在中國大陸從事電影幕後工作，包括劇本創作、專案開發和影視拍攝。俄烏戰爭爆發時，和妻子身在烏克蘭，臨危受命充當了新加坡的戰地記者，為關心俄烏局勢的新加坡人現場報道最新戰情。

“We obsess about who they look like - the papa, the mama, a cousin, one or other of grandparents.

Mostly, they look like each other. Or like bugs. Or burritos.”

What does it truly mean to be a grandparent — to care for and nurture young life as you look back on your own, and experience the world afresh through their eyes?

The Art of Being a Grandmother: An Incomplete Diary of Becoming is an honest and heartfelt exploration of self — as a mother, grandmother, visual artist and writer. Following her acclaimed autobiographical play, Still Life (2019) with Checkpoint Theatre, Dana Lam invites you into her world as she chronicles the process of becoming a grandparent through her art and writings. The careful interweaving of candid, meditative journal entries with stunning watercolour and ink renderings of scenes of her daily life deftly captures the unique pleasures and challenges of grandparenthood. Poignant, tender, and funny all at once, this volume will delight readers of all ages with its warmth and wonder.

“Being a mother is, arguably, a choice for some.

Being a grandmother is a decision made for you by someone else.”

A 200-page visual journal by Dana Lam; edited by Huzir Sulaiman, with curation, design and layout by Marc Gabriel Loh.

Author's Bio 

Dana Lam is a visual artist and writer, and an Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre. In 2019, she performed her play Still Life, which she developed with Huzir Sulaiman and Claire Wong of Checkpoint Theatre over three years. It included a year of exploration and painting in her studio.

She most recently wrote and performed the erotic monologue Why Not Sex in Not Grey: Intimacy, Ageing and Being as part of the Festival of Women: N.O.W. 2021, directed by Noorlinah Mohamed for T:>Works.

Dana has performed in Jerome Bel’s Gala (TheatreWorks, 2016), Joavien Ng’s Incarnation of the Beast (TheatreWorks, 2015) and Dream Country – A Lost Monologue (Singapore Arts Festival, 2012). Her writing credits include the book Days of Being Wild: GE2006 Walking the Line with the Opposition (Ethos Books, 2006). Her visual art has been shown in the Singapore Art Museum and the Substation Gallery. Her 500-piece installation work When Bellies Speak: You Are Your Own Work of Art was held at Hong Lim Park on 8 March 2015.

Outside of performance, Dana has worked as a newspaper reporter and volunteered with AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research), serving as its President from 2000-2002 and again, from 2009-2011.

女孩聽到聲音，抬起頭，咦，周圍沒有人啊？

她正在疑惑著，突然見到海裡有一個陌生男孩正在向她揮手。

男孩從海面上躍起後，又撲入水里，不見了。

小海迅速潛入水中，從海底揀起了一個漂亮的海螺貝殼，再冒出水面，說：「哈羅！這個送給你！」

他用力一拋，貝殼劃出一道拋物線，落到女孩面前的軟沙上。

女孩的眼睛瞬間一亮。哇，好漂亮的貝殼啊！

「這是送你的。」小海問，「你怎麼一個人在海邊？我們可以做朋友嗎？」