What We Read, And Why

Warren Fernandez

ISBN 10: 9819831369 / ISBN 13: 9789819831364

Published by World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, SG, 2026

About this Item

What We Read, and Why is for anyone who has wondered how to make sense of our bewildering, fast-changing world. How do we cope with the welter of information all around us? How do we tell fact from fiction, given the proliferation of misleading or fake news, videos, and content? The answer is simple: we must read and develop our ability to think critically. In this book, we will read from people who do so. In personal essays, business, political, media and community leaders, as well as parents, teachers and students who share what they read, and why - to learn and know, to grow, to go places, to feel and give, but most of all, to live!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What We Read, And Why
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, SG
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9819831369
• ISBN 13: 9789819831364
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

What We Read, and Why is for anyone who has wondered how to make sense of our bewildering, fast-changing world. How do we cope with the welter of information all around us? How do we tell fact from fiction, given the proliferation of misleading or fake news, videos, and content? The answer is simple: we must read and develop our ability to think critically. In this book, we will read from people who do so. In personal essays, business, political, media and community leaders, as well as parents, teachers and students who share what they read, and why — to learn and know, to grow, to go places, to feel and give, but most of all, to live!

About the Author

Warren Fernandez has loved reading and writing for as long as he can remember. From The Cat in the Hat to To Kill a Mockingbird, and favorites ranging from Murakami novels to works by Shakespeare, books have shaped the way he thinks, works, and leads. They sparked ideas that carried him from reporter to Editor-In-Chief of The Straits Times and President of the World Editors Forum. Today, as a Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, he continues to read widely to engage with ideas, issues and people, while serving on Singapore's Public Service Commission and as Deputy Chair of the National Library Board. The title for his essay in this volume sums it up simply: Reading Made Me.