No Readgrets Book Club Discussion on 14 Sep 2024: Geng Rebut Cabinet (GRC)
Our next book club event of the year explores the Malay identity and racial relations in this third volume of the Collected Plays series by Alfian Sa’at.
Book Summary:
Alfian Sa’at explores the Malay identity and racial relations in this third volume of the Collected Plays series. This volume collects plays written and staged in Malay, and translated to English for the very first time.
In Nadirah, a young woman is shocked to find out her mother wants to marry a non-Muslim. In Parah, a group of students can no longer ignore the stereotypes and prejudices that divide the races, and the strain it puts on their friendship. In Geng Rebut Cabinet (GRC), we’re transported to an alternate reality where the Chinese are the minority in Singapore. And in Your Sister’s Husband, five sisters try their hardest to reckon with their superstitious, old-fashioned eldest to farcical ends, raising questions about black sheep, outcasts and sociopaths.
No Readgrets discussions are safe spaces to nurture conversations and connections over inspiring books and explorations beyond their pages.
This time, we will be discussing these plays from Collected Plays Three:
- Nadirah
- Parah
- Geng Rebut Cabinet (GRC)
- Your Sister’s Husband
Event Flow:
- 1100-1230: Book discussion
- 1230-1300: Stay around to chat if you’d like to!
This is a ticketed event – please feel free to grab a beverage and some bites to support our amazing venue partner Crane. Slots are limited so sign up soon!
The book for discussion, Collected Plays Three is available at NLB libraries and major bookstores.
PSST! Upon purchasing a seat to our book club session, you’ll receive a special 10% discount code to attend the staging of Geng Rebut Cabinet (GRC)by Teater Ekamatra that’s happening from 5 to 15 September! Get your tickets here, and enter the discount code upon checkout!
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About No Readgrets Book Club:
No Readgrets discussions are safe spaces to nurture conversations and connections over inspiring books and explorations beyond their pages.
About Crane:
CRANE is an open minded, collaborative, socially conscious community – free from prejudice – and built upon a foundation of idea-sharing and learning from one another. At the core, Crane is a global ecosystem with various dimensions spanning from community building to retail and hospitality. Crane redefines the concept of sociality by providing spaces and tools to encourage the sharing of skills and passions between people of all cultures and ages.
About Teater Ekamatra:
Teater Ekamatra is an established and exciting Singaporean arts company that spotlights artists of diverse ethnicities. We are living out our vision of being at the heart of theatre, by staging daring works that address socio-political issues.
Teater Ekamatra has been commissioned by notable international arts festivals and has also won numerous accolades, especially at Singapore’s highest platform for excellence in theatre, the Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards, where our trophies have included Best Director, Best Actor, Best Costume and Best Original Script several times.
National Day Conversations with No Readgrets Book Club on 03 Aug 2024
We Are Not The Enemy: The Practice of Advocacy in Singapore
Advocates and activists in Singapore contribute to policy discussions and positive change through a combination of deft manoeuvres and patient politics. Yet civil society is often unacknowledged, their skill and labour instead frequently misunderstood, even earning them the label of “troublemakers” or “enemies of the state.”
This collection of essays and interviews is a candid reflection on the intentions, beliefs and strategies behind the practice of advocacy across a spectrum of causes. The contributors come from varying backgrounds and include academics, artists, lawyers, journalists, non-profit and advocacy organisations, student and community organisers. They share practical insights into their aims and community-building work, and the tactics they employ to overcome obstacles, shedding light on how to navigate a city-state with shifting socio-political fault lines and out-of-bound markers.
With an introduction, “It is Time to Trim the Banyan Tree”, by Constance Singam, and a conclusion, “Their Struggle is Ours to Continue”, by Suraendher Kumarr.
N o Readgrets discussions are safe spaces to nurture conversations and connections over inspiring books and explorations beyond their pages.
This time, we are discussing the book We Are Not The Enemy: The Practice of Advocacy in Singapore. We’re thrilled to have several contributors join us at the session!
Join our next discussion as we delve into the essays 🗯️
Here’s the plan:
Venue: Monk’s Brew Club, 57 East Coast Road, Singapore, Singapore 428773
Time: 1100-1330
Book discussion of We Are Not The Enemy
Please note that this session is ticketed! Slots are limited so sign up soon! 🙂
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And learn more about our amazing partners:
Monk’s Brew Club is a modern coffee house and social club designed to bring people together over speciality brews, hearty food and ideas.
Ethos Books is a local independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry based in Singapore. Giving voice to emerging and exciting writers from diverse backgrounds, we help foster an environment in which literature and the arts not only survive, but thrive. In short, we nurture the growing literary community in Singapore and throughout the region. That’s why our authors and their ideas come first. By taking a collaborative approach to publishing, we bring each author‘s voice and vision to fruition. We are always open to new ideas: different ways of working and fresh ways of delivering the unparalleled satisfaction only a good book can bring. Established in Singapore in 1997, Ethos Books, an imprint of Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd, aims to create books that capture the spirit of a people and reflect the ethos of our changing times.