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🔎 A new mystery is about to unfold!

Introducing “A S.U.R.E. Mystery”: a four-part interactive detective mystery experience happening from October 2026 to March 2027, across selected libraries and online.

Your first case runs from 17 October 2026 to 15 November 2026. Explore the crime scene, follow the clues, question claims, and examine the evidence, and see if you can crack Mission 1.

Want to take your investigation further? 👀 Step into our upcoming interactive theatre experience to meet the suspects face-to-face and question them for yourself. 🎭

Think you can work out who’s telling the truth?

Find out more, discover upcoming programmes and join our mailing list:
https://go.gov.sg/asuremystery (link in bio)

#NLBsg #SURE by @nationallibrarysg

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What's on the minds of youths today? 👀

Discover “A–Z: The State of Youth”, a roving exhibition co-curated with youths that explores the issues they care about, brought to life through their creative works.

Explore what’s on youths’ minds, see their perspectives brought to life through their creativity, and add your own voice to the conversation. 💬

First Stop:
📅 15 Oct – 31 Oct 2026
📍 Lobby, Level 1, National Library Building

Catch it before it moves on — and stay tuned for the next stop!

Find out more: https://go.gov.sg/stateofyouthrovingexhibition-nl-ig (link in bio)

#NLBsg #OurLivingLibraryCollective by @nationallibrarysg

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Before anything reaches the shelf, and long before a reader or researcher even sees it, our collections are sorted, catalogued, and preserved in a permanent home.📚🔍

That work covers everything from old manuscripts to vintage phone cards once used on public payphones, each one donated as a small contribution to preserving Singapore's documentary heritage.

This episode looks at the quieter side of the National Library's work as Singapore's memory institution—the careful process behind every item that becomes part of Singapore’s documentary heritage. Yu Mei, NL Arts Librarian, shares what that process looks like, and the small details that quietly speak to Singapore's past.

There's a whole side of the library you don't normally see. Take a peek behind the scenes. 👀 by @nationallibrarysg

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After quitting her civil service job to become a pastry chef, Yeo Min decided to focus on preserving traditional Chinese candy when she realised the tradition was dying, even in the syllabus of the pastry school. In this episode, she talks about her journey to making traditional Chinese candy, writing the book Chinese Pastry School and founding the Museum of Food.

Listen to the episode on BiblioAsia Podcast: https://go.gov.sg/candy

#NationalLibrarySG #BiblioAsia by @nationallibrarysg

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Fish head curry is a popular (and expensive) restaurant dish today, but this wasn’t always the case. Spice queen Devagi Sanmugam remembers when only poor people ate it. She delves into how the dish came about, spells out why fish head curry uses different spices from meat curries, and explains how a clay pot makes all the difference.

Listen to the episode on BiblioAsia Podcast: https://go.gov.sg/fish-head-curry

#NationalLibrarySG #BiblioAsia by @nationallibrarysg

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A hawker centre favourite, Hokkien mee is making a comeback in Singapore, according to Dr Leslie Tay, author of the blog @ieatishootipost He also talks about the original guys who first made the dish in Singapore, what it takes to make a good plate of Hokkien mee and what is needed to ensure that hawker food continues to thrive in Singapore.

Listen to the episode on BiblioAsia Podcast: https://go.gov.sg/hokkien-mee

#NationalLibrarySG #BiblioAsia by @nationallibrarysg

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What can stories of magic reveal about Malay heritage, memory and identity? ✨📖

From "mantera" for healing and protection to supernatural trials and stories of spirits inhabiting forests, seas and rice fields, magic has long shaped the Malay literary imagination.

Discover how ideas such as "semangat" and the power of words offer glimpses into how generations of Malays understood health, nature, danger and everyday life and how these beliefs have evolved through cultural exchange, religious change and modernisation. 🌿✨

👉🏻 Register now via go.gov.sg/alw28oct-ig (link in bio)

🗓️ Wed, 28 Oct 2026
🕖 7 pm – 8 pm
📍 LAUNCH Programme Rool, Level 7, National Library Building

#NationalLibrarySG by @nationallibrarysg

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📚 A new space for youths has landed at the National Library Building!

Say hello to Book Nook — a space co-curated with youths, for youths.

Discover reads handpicked by fellow youths, find a comfortable spot to read and spend some time in the space to discover diverse perspectives.

Need a mini study break? Add to our Community Journal — share your thoughts, read what others have to say, and tell us how you’d like to shape the space!

Visit us at:
📍 Launch Resource Zone, Level 7, National Library Building

Discover here: https://go.gov.sg/ollc-booknook-ig (link in bio)

#NLBsg by @nationallibrarysg

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Did you know the former Poh Kim Quarry at Bukit Batok Hill was used to road test new cars? Former Cycle & Carriage quality inspector James Tann recalled sometimes driving new Mercedes-Benz cars along its rough gravel tracks to test for rattles and vibrations in the late 1970s.

Once a granite quarry, the site was left unused in the early 1970s and eventually became part of Bukit Batok Nature Park in the 1980s.

Do you have memories of Bukit Batok’s changing landscapes? It’s your last chance to contribute to Bukit Batok Memories before submissions close on 30 Sep! https://go.gov.sg/bbmemories (link in bio)

📸 Photo contributed by James Tann

#NLBsg by @nationallibrarysg

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What is commonly referred to as "kaya" belongs to a wider Malay repertoire of egg-based coconut confections known as serikaya. Award-winning writer and food historian Khir Johari tells the origins and meaning of serikaya, its common misconceptions and the different food he can concoct from the classic combination of eggs, sugar and coconut milk.

Listen to the episode on BiblioAsia Podcast: https://go.gov.sg/serikaya

#NationalLibrarySG #BiblioAsia by @nationallibrarysg

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24 days ago

Cookbook author and former restaurateur Dhershini Winodan tells us how she has adapted jackfruit payasam, a common Malayalee dessert, by using local elements like gula melaka. She also talks about growing up in the Telecoms quarters in Yio Chu Kang and how the Malayalee community in Singapore has changed over time.

Listen to the episode on BiblioAsia Podcast: https://go.gov.sg/payasam

#NationalLibrarySG #BiblioAsia by @nationallibrarysg

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Singapore once had an ancient Chinese city in Jurong. Dubbed "Singapore’s Disneyland", Tang Dynasty City was a theme park-cum-movie studio opened in 1992 to great fanfare, but closed in 1999. Read more in BiblioAsia, the National Library’s free quarterly magazine on Singapore history, culture and heritage: https://go.gov.sg/tang-city by @nationallibrarysg

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