Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

The latest episode of this literary podcast by The Straits Times explores existential ennui in two books – Baek Se-hee’s therapy memoir I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki, and Ali Smith’s novel Companion Piece.

Highlights(click/tap above):

2:52 I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki, by Baek Se-hee

7:08 Companion Piece, by Ali Smith

Produced by: Olivia Ho, Toh Wen Li, Hadyu Rahim and Eden Soh

Edited by: Eden Soh

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Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li look at two novels about Asians in diaspora who know the rules and how to break them: Portrait Of A Thief by Grace D. Li, and Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen.

Highlights(click/tap above):

1:49 Portrait Of A Thief, by Grace D. Li

6:50 Counterfeit, by Kirstin Chen

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]), Penelope Lee and Teo Tong Kai

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Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times' journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li look at three romance novels whose characters fly in the face of stereotypes: Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic by Lauren Ho, You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi, and Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

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1:25 Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic, by Lauren Ho

7:45 You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty, by Akwaeke Emezi

10:50 Lessons In Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]) and Eden Soh

Edited by: Paxton Pang

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Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li take on six books shortlisted for the International Booker Prize – from Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s sweeping novel The Books Of Jacob to Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb Of Sand, the first Hindi-language novel shortlisted for the award.

Highlights(click/tap above):

01:31 The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk

09:10: Cursed Bunny, by Bora Chung

10:34 A New Name: Septology Six to Seven, by Jon Fosse

11:58 Heaven, by Mieko Kawakami

12:20 Elena Knows, by Claudia Pineiro

12:53 The Tomb of Sand, by Geetanjali Shree

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]), Paxton Pang and Eden Soh

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Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li go on a whistle-stop tour of books about travelling -- from the journeys of Rebecca Solnit and Sanmao, to the introspective musings of Italo Calvino and Robert Macfarlane.

Highlights (click/tap above):

01:53 Unfathomable City, by Rebecca Solnit and Snedeker

05:53 Stories Of The Sahara, by Sanmao

10:32 The Old Ways: A Journey On Foot, by Robert Macfarlane

11:52 Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]), Teo Tong Kai and Eden Soh

Edited by: Eden Soh

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Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode, The Straits Times' journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li delve into novels about romantic love in the 21st century, including Monica Ali's Love Marriage and Jane Pek's The Verifiers.

Highlights (click/tap above):

00:55 The Verifiers by Jane Pek

07:47 Love Marriage by Monica Ali

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]) and Teo Tong Kai

Edited by: Teo Tong Kai

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Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li look at a new wave of pandemic novels, including To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara and How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu.  

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]) and Penelope Lee

Edited by: Penelope Lee, Teo Tong Kai and Hadyu Rahim

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Bookmark This! Ep 27: The 50 greatest SingLit books

34:21 mins

Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li, along with a special guest, Senior Culture Correspondent Ong Sor Fern, discuss The 50 Greatest Works Of SingLit, a list published in The Sunday Times on Dec 12, and take listeners on a crash course through local literary history.

Read: 50 greatest works of Singapore literature written in or translated into English, from the 19th century to 2021 - https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/the-50-greatest-works-of-singlit

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]), Ong Sor Fern ([email protected]) Penelope Lee and Hadyu Rahim

Edited by: Hadyu Rahim and Penelope Lee

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Bookmark This! Ep 26: The worlds of Sally Rooney and Anne Carson

18:48 mins

Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li talk about new and old in the latest works by Sally Rooney and Anne Carson, from the millennial crisis of Beautiful World, Where Are You to the reworking of Greek myth in H Of H Playbook.

Produced by: Olivia Ho ([email protected]), Toh Wen Li ([email protected]) and Penelope Lee

Edited by: Hadyu Rahim and Penelope Lee

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Bookmark This! Ep 25: Hooked on the Booker Prize? Not quite

25:13 mins

Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

In the latest episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li lay down what they loved (and didn’t) about the six books on this year’s Booker Prize for Fiction shortlist, from heavyweights such as Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Powers and three-time Booker nominee Damon Galgut to shortlist debuts like Patricia Lockwood's social media-inflected No One Is Talking About This.

Produced by: Olivia Ho, Toh Wen Li and Muhammad Hadyu Abd Rahim

Edited by: Hadyu Rahim and Penelope Lee

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