What's going on: prologue, Popular's new lifestyle-concept bookstore in Orchard Turn that opened last month, is home to a cafe called Jams that sells ice-cream desserts, organic coffee and other treats.

Apart from fiction bestsellers, non-fiction and educational books, the 16,500 sq ft store also retails English-language comics and manga, alongside general collectibles. True to its Chinese roots dating back to 1924, prologue also has a Chinese section.

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