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The art of charlie chan6/25/2023 ![]() This caused an uproar among the arts community and civil society groups and it was reported overseas as well. After the book was on sale for about a month in Singapore, NAC ‘degranted’ it, citing the politically sensitive content of the book and reclaimed the amount given out. ![]() Secondly, the book was originally given a publication grant of S$8,000 by the Singapore National Arts Council (NAC). France and Italian editions are to follow. Firstly, it was picked up by Pantheon Books for publication in the US and UK for 2016, the first Singapore graphic novel to have its rights bought by a major Western publisher. The Singapore graphic novel, The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Epigram Books, 2015), written and drawn by Sonny Liew, was reported in the news recently. ![]()
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