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RACHEL TEY is a Singapore-based author of a novel, two children’s books and three short stories. She is a part-time university lecturer, where she teaches writing and communications-based courses. Rachel holds an MA in English (creative writing) from Nanyang Technological University, and obtained her BA in French and Sociology from the National University of Singapore. She is deeply inspired by fictions of memory, which informed her Master's research. Her latest novel, FINDING CHOPIN, was a finalist of the Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2025 and a Straits Times Weekly Bestseller (November 29, 2025). ...more

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	Finding Chopin 3.66 avg rating — 56 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea in Pajamas 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tea in Pajamas (Book 2): Beyond Belzerac 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A View of Stars: Stories of love by Anitha Devi Pillai (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Felix Cheong (Editor), Joyce Teo (Contributor) 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Tea In Pajamas it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Singapore Literature Book Club: Finding Chopin

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Singapore Literature Book Club session on Friday 14 May, where I was the featured author and my novel, Finding Chopin, the title in discussion. Not pictured are camera-shy attendees who were not at all shy off-camera in dissecting the novel from start to finish, keeping me on … Continue reading Singapore Literature Book Club: Finding Chopin → Read more of this blog post »

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Rachel Tey and 1 other person liked Priscilla's review of Finding Chopin: "“𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.”⁣ In #FindingChopin, a mother-son duo revisits their pasts for a final-year project on memories. Emer" Read more of this review »
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Rachel Tey and 1 other person liked Naaytaashreads's review of Finding Chopin: ""The sight of his mother's body rising and falling with her every breath filled him with deep consolation. She was in her bed, and he was by her door, but the comfort of her presence bridged the physical distance between them. This was the same woman" Read more of this review »
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