Author of short stories to speak at book fair tomorrow

Shanmughalingam says many of his stories were inspired by gossip he overheard as a young boy.

AT THE Popular-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards (RCA), Datuk M. Shanmughalingam’s debut collection of short stories, Marriage And Mutton Curry, won third prize in the fiction category.

Published by Singapore’s Epigram Books, nine of the stories were published previously, while the remaining six are new.