Gallop into 2026 with love and prosperity! 🐎 This Lunar New Year and Valentine's season, don't horse around with ordinary gifts. Pick out something special from our exclusive merchandise collection – now featuring the newly-launched Laptop/Document Bag in festive Maroon shade – and spread around good fortune and literary joy to all!

🎁 Shop now: https://bit.ly/4bwo60R

Proceeds will go to The Library Fund (TLF), a registered charity under the National Library Board that has been conferred the status of an Institution of Public Character ("IPC") by the Commissioner of Charities. The fund supports initiatives that advance NLB's efforts to serve as a social leveller.

🤔 How did people in the past stay connected? Before emails, texts, and social media 📱, people wrote letters ✉️— carefully crafted messages that travelled across distances to keep relationships, ideas, and emotions alive.

Today, these letters offer rare insights into everyday lives, cultures, and moments in history.

Join Senior Librarian Ong Eng Chuan as he uncovers old letters from the National Library’s Rare Collection and discover what they reveal about our past. 📚✨

👉🏻 Register now via go.gov.sg/alw25feb-tele

📅 Wed, 25 Feb 2026
⏳ 7 pm – 8 pm
📍 Zoom

🏛 Revisit a pivotal moment in history at the Former Ford Factory as we mark the anniversary of the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942. Join our curated selection of guided tours and talks to explore the story of World War II and the Japanese Occupation of Singapore.

🗣 Delve into personal stories and wartime artefacts and gain deeper insight into the resilience and survival that shaped this defining chapter of our history.

👉 Register now via go.gov.sg/bsf26

🗓 28 Feb – 8 Mar 2026
🕖 Various timings
📍 Former Ford Factory

Beginning in the 60s, libraries-on-wheels were already a familiar sight as they travelled around Singapore bringing books to schoolchildren and residents in rural and suburban areas.

➡️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/hd_CVAY3n84

As we gear up for the reopening of Bukit Batok Library on 27 March, don’t forget to drop by the Browse-n-Borrow kiosk at West Mall (Level 2) to experience our convenient self-service library, available until 24 February (last day of operations). 📚

Browse up to 700 titles and borrow instantly, or collect your reserved books at your convenience!

Tired of being tired? 😴 Biological shifts when you age mean your old habits don't work anymore. Here's how to to stop the mid-day crashes and the "brain fog" cycle.

➡️ Read here:
https://bit.ly/4abjQBl

What does it take to transform a barren hillside into a biodiversity hotspot that is now home to more than 350 plant and 250 animal species? 🪴🦋

Join Ganesh Kumar, founder and chairman of the Woodlands Botanical Garden, to learn what it takes to build a biodiversity garden and the vital role pollinators play in nature.

Woodlands Botanical Gardens & Pollinators | Down to Earth
👉🏻 Register now via https://go.gov.sg/dte-21febtg

📅 Sat, 21 Feb 2026
⏳ 1.30 pm – 3 pm
📍 Programme Room 1, Central Library

🌿 Join us for a talk on Bukit Batok’s transformation — from kampongs and plantations to a bustling town and nature sanctuary. Journey through its colonial and wartime past, quarrying era, and its evolution into a modern housing estate from the 1980s. 🏘 ⛏️

In our fast-paced lives, everyday memories are often overlooked. Through NLB’s Bukit Batok Memories campaign, discover how residents can help document and preserve their neighbourhood’s rich heritage — uncovering the hidden stories that turn ordinary spaces into places of identity and belonging.

👉 Register now via go.gov.sg/au26feb-tele

🗓 Thu, 26 Feb 2026
🕖 7 pm – 8 pm
📍 Zoom

History books taught us that Singapore's Separation from Malaysia in 1965 left little room for negotiation, but newly declassified documents paint a different picture. The Albatross File exhibition explores these documents and more, filling gaps in an important chapter of our nation's past.

➡️ Watch here:
https://youtu.be/foCZZByRh50

💼🤝 Expand your network at Entrepreneurship Connect @ NLB!

Meet fellow aspiring entrepreneurs, startup founders, bootcamp alumni, ecosystem partners and members of the public for a morning of meaningful connections.

👉🏻 Register now via https://bit.ly/4rziiII

📅 Sun, 8 Mar 2026
🕖 10.30 am – 1 pm
📍 The Pod, Level 16, National Library Building