Ms Josephine Chia won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2014 for her book Kampong Spirit Gotong Royong, Life in Potong Pasir from 1955-65. That book left off where her new book Goodbye Kampong starts in 1965. In Read with Michelle Martin, Ms Chia talked about how her early life in her kampong inspired her books.

<p>Ms Josephine Chia won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2014 for her book Kampong Spirit Gotong Royong, Life in Potong Pasir from 1955-65. That book left off where her new book Goodbye Kampong starts in 1965. In Read with Michelle Martin, Ms Chia talked about how her early life in her kampong inspired her books.</p>

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