Why do people read comics or graphic novels? Is there a distinction between the two? Who reads comics? This episode delves into the world of comic reading to explore why comics hold such attraction for not just children and teens, but adults and seniors. We make a case that comics have a place for the entertainment, education, and edification of children and adults.

Episode Guests
Ms Felicia Low-Jimenez, Children’s Book Author and Founder of Difference Engine
Mr CT Lim, Educator and Country Editor for International Journal for Comic Art
Ms Teo Xing Zhi, Associate Librarian, NLB
Ms Sarah Mounsey, Director of Libraries at Dulwich College (Singapore)
Mr Tay Tze Ern and Ms Tay Min Ern

To find out more about the National Library Board comic and book offerings, you may refer to the following websites:
https://childrenandteens.nlb.gov.sg
www.facebook.com/publiclibrarysg/

To read more about comics, you can explore the following links curated by Teoh Yong Qin:
A Brief History of Comics and Graphic Novels
The Power of Comics
How Comics Help Students Learn Better
comix.sg, an online database of Singapore comic creators

Why do people read comics or graphic novels? Is there a distinction between the two? Who reads comics? This episode delves into the world of comic reading to explore why comics hold such attraction for not just children and teens, but adults and seniors. We make a case that comics have a place for the entertainment, education, and edification of children and adults.
Episode Guests
<ul>
<li>Ms Felicia Low-Jimenez, Children&rsquo;s Book Author and Founder of <a href="https://differenceengine.sg/">Difference Engine</a></li>
<li>Mr CT Lim, Educator and Country Editor for International Journal for Comic Art</li>
<li>Ms Teo Xing Zhi, Associate Librarian, NLB</li>
<li>Ms Sarah Mounsey, Director of Libraries at Dulwich College (Singapore)</li>
<li>Mr Tay Tze Ern and Ms Tay Min Ern</li>
</ul>
To find out more about the National Library Board comic and book offerings, you may refer to the following websites:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://childrenandteens.nlb.gov.sg">https://childrenandteens.nlb.gov.sg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/publiclibrarysg/">www.facebook.com/publiclibrarysg/</a></li>
</ul>
To read more about comics, you can explore the following links curated by Teoh Yong Qin:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/publiclibrarysg/a-brief-history-of-comics-and-graphic-novels-de096c09b8b3">A Brief History of Comics and Graphic Novels</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2018/12/20/the-power-of-comics">The Power of Comics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://differenceengine.sg/how-comics-help-students-learn-better/">How Comics Help Students Learn Better</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.comix.sg/">comix.sg</a>, an online database of Singapore comic creators</li>
</ul>

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education (NIE) discusses all things related to reading. Series 1, supported by the NIE Incentivising ICT-Use Innovations Grant (I3G), explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from childhood to adolescence and adulthood. Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why and how reading and infrastructures for reading matter in this age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.

For show transcripts, please visit https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2.

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education (NIE)&nbsp;discusses&nbsp;all things related to reading. Series 1, supported by the NIE&nbsp;Incentivising&nbsp;ICT-Use Innovations Grant (I3G),&nbsp;explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from childhood to adolescence and adulthood. Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why and how reading and infrastructures for reading matter in this age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
For show transcripts, please visit https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2.

How We Read Podcast

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education discusses all things reading. Series 1 explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from children to adolescence and adults Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why it matters and how it matters. 

For show transcripts, please visit https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2 

In this educational podcast series, Associate Professor Loh Chin Ee from the National Institute of Education discusses all things reading. Series 1 explores the complex issue of learning to read across life stages, from children to adolescence and adults Series 2, supported by the Singapore Book Council, focuses on the technologies and cultures of reading, asking why it matters and how it matters.&nbsp;
For show transcripts, please visit <a href="https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2">https://www.lohchinee.com/hwr-s2</a>&nbsp;

How We Read

S1E4 - Comic Relief

Rent and raising costs are a perennial issue for bookstores who have to compete with e-books and online vendors. How will physical bookstores survive? What forms of technology and tricks of the trade can they turn to improve profits and for sustainability? And do we still need physical bookstores?   

Episode Guests:
Ibrahim Tahir, Founder of Wardah Books  
Alex Chua, co-founder of Book Bar 
Sung Yuen Ling, Manager of Maha Yuyi  

Recommended Reads:
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
“Book City” in Two Streets: The Chinese Bookstore Scene in Postwar Singapore
Passage of Time: Singapore Bookstore Stories 1881-2016

Rent and raising costs are a perennial issue for bookstores who have to compete with e-books and online vendors. How will physical bookstores survive? What forms of technology and tricks of the trade can they turn to improve profits and for sustainability? And do we still need physical bookstores?  &nbsp;
Episode Guests:
<ul>
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</ul>
Recommended Reads:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201751300-the-bookshop">The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-18/issue-4/jan-mar-2023/postwar-chinese-bookstores/">&ldquo;Book City&rdquo; in Two Streets: The Chinese Bookstore Scene in Postwar Singapore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/about/Passage_of_Time.html?id=_4yDnQAACAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y">Passage of Time: Singapore Bookstore Stories 1881-2016</a></li>
</ul>

S2E1 - Do We Still Need Physical Bookstores?

In this bonus episode, Professor Tommy Koh speaks about why reading literature is vital for understanding technology, mastering a language and comprehending the world. A top-notch negotiator and seasoned diplomat, Professor Koh believes that the study of literature is one of the best investments he has made.

Episode Guest
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore and Chairman of the National Heritage Board

Recommended Reads
Humanities at the heart of a holistic education in a tech-driven world by Professor Tommy Koh.
Literature in the 21st Century
Professor Tommy Koh’s Recommended Reads for Understanding America

In this bonus episode, Professor Tommy Koh speaks about why reading literature is vital for understanding technology, mastering a language and comprehending the world. A top-notch negotiator and seasoned diplomat, Professor Koh believes that the study of literature is one of the best investments he has made.
Episode Guest
<ul>
<li>Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore and Chairman of the National Heritage Board</li>
</ul>
Recommended Reads
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/tommy-koh-humanities-education-fourth-industrial-revolution-10522334">Humanities at the heart of a holistic education in a tech-driven world</a> by Professor Tommy Koh.</li>
<li><a href="https://singteach.nie.edu.sg/issue47-people01/">Literature in the 21st Century</a></li>
<li>Professor Tommy Koh&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9odhjz6vxzgqc8/Professor%20Tommy%20Koh%27s%20Recommended%20Reads.pdf?dl=0">Recommended Reads for Understanding America</a></li>
</ul>

S1E7 Bonus - Professor Tommy Koh on the Importance of Reading Literature

This episode re-imagines the future of reading. We examine whether reading in print or digitally has an impact on the way we read, and on the evolution of our species as a learning species. We ask, what does the skills future of reading look like? And how do we ensure we embrace all the different complexities and elements of reading as parents, educators, learners, and citizens?

Episode Guests
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the National Heritage Board
Dr Angelia Poon, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education
Dr Victor Lim Fei, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education
Ng Kah Gay, Publisher, Ethos Books

Recommended Reads

Links
7 ways the printing press changed the world
What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation
Reading literary fiction improves theory of the mind
EU Common Framework for Intercultural Digital Literacies
Mark Pegrum Overview of Digital Literacies

 

This episode re-imagines the future of reading. We examine whether reading in print or digitally has an impact on the way we read, and on the evolution of our species as a learning species. We ask, what does the skills future of reading look like? And how do we ensure we embrace all the different complexities and elements of reading as parents, educators, learners, and citizens?
Episode Guests
<ul>
<li>Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the National Heritage Board</li>
<li>Dr Angelia Poon, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education</li>
<li>Dr Victor Lim Fei, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education</li>
<li>Ng Kah Gay, Publisher, Ethos Books</li>
</ul>
Recommended Reads
Links
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance">7 ways the printing press changed the world</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-my-students-taught-me-about-reading-old-books-hold-new-insights-for-the-digital-generation-127799">What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6156/377">Reading literary fiction improves theory of the mind</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eumade4ll.eu/common-framework-of-reference-for-intercultural-digital-literacy/">EU Common Framework for Intercultural Digital Literacies</a></li>
<li>Mark Pegrum <a href="https://markpegrum.com/overview-of-digital-learning/e-learning-with-web-3-0/">Overview of Digital Literacies</a></li>
</ul>
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