Every School a Good School by Ng Ziqin | Singapore Literature Book Club

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About the Programme 

Join us at Singapore Literature Book Club as we discuss Every School A Good School. As this will be an interactive session, please come prepared to discuss the book and share your thoughts!    

About the Author 

Ng Ziqin is the author of Every School A Good School, which was shortlisted for the Epigram Books Fiction Prize in 2022 and longlisted for the Spirit of Singapore Book Prize in 2023. She is currently an undergraduate law student at the National University of Singapore and runs an ad-hoc book club on campus! Ziqin is also the fiction editor of a forthcoming anthology on heartbreak, Perks of Being Dumped.

About the Book 

When the eccentric new education minister unveils a radical local exchange programme called INSTEP, two Secondary Three girls find themselves uprooted from their lives and transplanted into unfamiliar new surroundings. Rowena, a mediocre student at one of Singapore’s top girls’ schools, and Janice, the overachieving pride of a “heartland institution”, must each find a way to survive one term at the other’s school.
But just when they think they have it all figured out, a rash of misfortune threatens to shut INSTEP down. How will the girls fare? Will INSTEP survive past its pilot phase? Can the girls save the day?

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