Archive for the ‘READ’ Category

Monday Flying Giveaway: Ceriph Issue Two

• 30 May 2011 at 00:01AM by Matt
• Posted in READ

BooksActually is sponsoring three copies of Ceriph Issue Two, to be given away to three lucky winners this week.

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Things To Do This Weekend

• 26 May 2011 at 00:01AM by Sean
• Posted in READ

We’d like to alert you to the 20% storewide sale happening at BooksActually this weekend – book lovers, don’t miss out!

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Things To Do This Weekend

• 4 May 2011 at 00:01AM by Frances
• Posted in READ

This Polling Day weekend, celebrate and get excited with us as we plan our precious itinerary for this landmark week in Singapore’s history.

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BooksActually at Tiong Bahru

• 26 April 2011 at 00:01AM by Sean
• Posted in READ

A quick newsflash: BooksActually has moved into their Tiong Bahru premises and is now officially open.

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Penguin 50th Anniversary Mini Modern Classics Box Set

• 10 April 2011 at 00:01AM by Sean
• Posted in READ

Can you believe it? Penguin Modern Classics series is 50 years old this year! Penguin is releasing a limited edition box set with 50 special titles.

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A Collection of Quotes from Miss K

• 1 April 2011 at 12:49PM by Frances
• Posted in READ

We’ve interviewed all our friends on Facebook and it seems there is no other teacher in Singapore who can strike fear in our hearts the way Miss K of Saint Andrews Junior College can. Her students were brought up into such geniuses, they created a Tumblr site filled with her priceless quotes.

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Things To Do This Weekend

• 4 March 2011 at 11:19AM by Stephie
• Posted in READ

To celebrate the approaching weekend, the Monday Flying team gets excited about filling up our schedules with interesting events and parties to attend. We share what we’ll be doing this weekend.

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Cow Books

• 18 September 2010 at 00:01AM by Rebecca
• Posted in READ

Tokyo has many wonderful bookstores, but very few can match the cult status of Cow Books. Monday Flying’s writer, Rebecca, explains why.

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Birds & Co. Opening in Orchard

• 18 August 2010 at 00:01AM by Sean
• Posted in READ

Birds & Co., the papeterie and brocante arm of BooksActually, is opening a store in the heart of Orchard, Singapore’s main shopping district. For a local start-up, this development is exciting in many ways, for both loyal customers and the BooksActually team.

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Werk No. 17, Eley Kishimoto

• 10 August 2010 at 00:01AM by Frances
• Posted in READ

UK-based fashion & design company Eley Kishimoto has always been recognised for their innovation in print. Singapore-based advertising agency and design studio WORK, which publishes the global design magazine WERK, has paired up with Eley Kishimoto to produce an entire issue, Werk No. 17, based on archetypal fabrics from Eley Kishimoto prints.

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Plugzine #4

• 20 July 2010 at 00:01AM by Sean
• Posted in READ

Plugzine, an independent magazine of visual exploration, has released its fourth issue. Plugzine provokes global talents to work on their creativity and release their ideas in an unlimited space. This issue, revolving around the work of 12 photographers from different cities, is a feast of curated photography.

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The Oeuvre of Haruki Murakami

• 14 June 2010 at 00:01AM by Stephie
• Posted in READ

Singapore-based BooksActually is having a feature in June: each week, the bookstore is having a 20% discount off all books by acclaimed authors. You’ll have to take their word for it, seeing that this store on Club Street was just featured on Time Magazine. For the first week of June, the focus is on Haruki Murakami.

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Monocle Shops in Hong Kong & Tokyo

• 4 June 2010 at 00:01AM by Frances
• Posted in READ

Ever since Monocle was launched in February 2007, it has lit up our magazine racks so brilliantly that no other magazine came close. Monday Flying shares the location of Monocle’s latest space in Asia.

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BooksActually

• 30 May 2010 at 00:01AM by Stephie
• Posted in READ

American psychologist, author, inventor, social philosopher and poet, B.F. Skinner, preaches in his infinite wisdom: “We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.” In this age of digital haste and hurry, Monday Flying reminds you to always go back to the printed book: we showcase a Singapore-based bookshop which has been calmly going about their own business since 2006.

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