北岛：恢复汉语尊严殊不容易

"北岛为中国当代朦胧诗代表人物，曾经被提名诺贝尔文学奖。他在香港书展的名作家讲座系列中，谈到伟大的作家要对语言、时代和生活保持批判精神。他认为，汉语现代化转型不到­一百年，当中可谓多灾多难。受到商业化的冲击，又面临网络语言泡沬化，要真正恢复尊严殊不容易。

他认为，香港书展成为大中华地区建立名气，名作家讲座系列能聚集两岸三地的作家，让他们畅所欲言，也吸引很多听众，在别的城市是难以想象"

北岛简介

http://www.chinapoesy.com/xiandaiauthore9ce721c-74c1-4003-a9ba-3f3847ed3f05.html

北岛: 古老的敌意

" 旅居香港的中国诗人作家北岛，其作品被译成超过30种文字，并获得多种国际文学奖和荣誉。他出席香港书展名作家讲座，引用奥地利­诗人里尔克诗句「生活与伟大的作品之间，­总存在着某种古老的敌意」，指作家应离开文化主流，要对自己所处的时代、自己的母语以及­自己「过不去」和「维持紧张关系」，才能创作出好作品。"

书展2011:「名作家讲座系列3」古老的敌意  

A book holds a house of Gold

A BOOK HOLDS A HOUSE OF GOLD

书中自有黄金屋

The Arts House celebrates its 8th Anniversary, transforming into a House of Proverbs.

 

They named the theme 'A book holds a House of gold', and it encourages visitor to delve into the treasures of knowledge a book has to offer.

 

The information on the 2 days of exciting programmes is available at https://www.facebook.com/theartshouse and visitors will stand a chance to win iPads and Kinokuniya vouchers when you participate in the crossword puzzle competition!

 

Here are some interesting programmes I like:

 

PAPER SCULPTURES
The Arts House \ 26 - 28 Mar
Artist: Yenn Ang

Yenn Ang’s paper sculptures and installations address the absence and presence of our memories; the fragility of things and a loss of wholeness in our physical and mental space. Proverbs, commonly a form of one’s language, culture and identity tend to get lost through the generations. Through her sculptures, Yenn attempts to forge and awaken these strong memories within us.

Yenn was an artist-in-residence at Sculpture Square last October.

 

STAND-UP COMEDY
Blue Room \ 28 Mar \ 9.30pm
Comics: Fakkah Fuzz, Jinx

Come let your funny bone be tickled by two local up-and-coming comedians! Fakkah Fuzz is possibly the last Malay comic to ever come out of Singapore and contrary to his name, Jinx’s deadpan comedy is anything but bad luck.

Fuzz was featured last July as part of New Word Order discussing his comedy writing.

 

SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE
Chamber \ 26 - 28 Mar \ 8pm
Poet: Jay Bernard
Musician: Bani Hakyal

... In an improvised music and poetry performance based on the Mandarin proverb, “I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, I understand”, poet Jay Bernard and musician Bani Hakyal will explore the fluid relationship between teacher and student.

Jay is the first international recipient of the Creative Writing Residency jointly organised by the NUS University Scholars Programme and The Arts House.

 

UBS Inaugural Exhibition and Fair

It was new to me to attend UBS Inaugural Exhibition & Fair today at The Grassroots Club.

The Inaugural Exhibition and Fair is for librarians, academics and professionals in Singapore.

UBS run this exhibition to serves educators, information provider and individuals who is looking for up-to-date resources and quality services.

It is an opportunity for me who is doing LAS WSQ training to preview a wide range of publications and witness how scanner is being used to capture barc0de for acquisition purpose, the new method can be used for some sharing of acquisition experience in the LAS WSQ training in the near future.

Subject areas of this exhibition cover:
Asian Studies
Business
Computer Science
Engineering – Aviation, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electronic, Environment, Maritime, Mechanical
Life Sciences
Lifestyle & Self-Development
Social Sciences – Education, Psychology, Politics, Sociology & Social Welfare

Many prestigious local and overseas publishers participated in the exhibition. Books, magazines, audio-visual materials and electronic resources are offered for selection and recommendations. To me it is a min book trade fare that is exclusive for in-groups like us who are in the library fields

The new experience make me understand it is not easy to sell book if you want to do it in a way that touch your customer's heart and have it in a quality/value added manner.

Date & Time
2 Nov 2011, 11 am – 8 pm
The Grassroots Club, near Nanyang Polytechnic

Organized by:
UBS Library Services Pte Ltd
Block 1008 Toa Payoh North #03-18
Singapore 318996
Mobile: 65-9674 3737
Tel: 65-6353 6682 ext 119
Fax: 65-6353 6683
URL : http://www.ubspress.com/