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Friday, 29 September 2023

Pulitzer finalist Vauhini Vara launches her short story collection This is Salvaged.

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Courtesy of W.W. Norton and Author Synopsis This is Salvaged  (W.W. Norton & Company, 2023).   A young girl reads the encyclopedia to he...
Thursday, 24 August 2023

Award-winning writer Saras Manickam dishes about authorial ego, complicated women and race discrimination in Malaysia in My Mother Pattu

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  Courtesy of Author About the Book My Mother Pattu  (Penguin SEA, 2023).   Deeply humane, in turn wry and humorous, the stories in this col...
Tuesday, 22 August 2023

The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng

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Devika Misra reports on a conversation between Rachel Heng, and some of her readers.  Rachel Heng was born and raised in Singapore. She wri...
Friday, 18 August 2023

Once Our Lives, by Qin Sun Stubis

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Qin Sun Stubis speaks to Devika Misra about the power of literature and story- telling. Born in a Shanghai shantytown and brought up during ...
Wednesday, 16 August 2023

The Peking Express by James M. Zimmerman

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In 1923, the Blue Express, a luxury train also known as the Peking Express, departed from Shanghai, chugging northward to Peking. On the nig...
Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Tan Twan Eng discusses The House of Doors

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Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng’s latest novel The House of Doors has just been included on the longlist for the Booker Prize. Devika Misra r...
Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Food glorious food – a feast of stories from Read Paper Republic

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Nicky Harman writes: Paper Republic is a registered  charity/ non-profit website dedicated to promoting enjoyment and understanding of Chin...