There's no question that songs can connect emotionally with us, which is one reason why music is often used along with other artistic mediums to create a tour-de-force of creative connectivity. But what about a soundtrack for books?
Stories About Stories is a series where authors bring you behind the scenes and reveal what goes into the creation of a book.
Atiqah Halim and Zafirah Idris are the authors of the new Rubiah from Semarang series. In What a Mix-up!, Rubiah, who is able to read people's minds, moves to Singapore to work as a domestic helper for the Tans.
The 10th and final volume of LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction has been released and it's a bumper issue featuring more than 30 short stories, poems and artwork.
Here, the series editor Jason Lundberg talks about what a long, strange trip it has been putting this series together.
Here is an interview with author Bernice Chauly, taken the BBC's The Cultural Frontline
In Bernice's book, Once We Were There — which won the Penang Monthly Book Prize 2017 — the Reformasi political movement of the 1990s was used as a backdrop to the story of a reporter navigating the underbelly of Kuala Lumpur.
Bernice was one of the interviewees for the episode ("Truth and Taboo from Malaysia to the Middle East") and in this excerpt, she talks about the results of the recent Malaysia election, the winds of change, and what it means to be a writer in this day and age...
Raising a toast to our dads! Spread from Emma and Ginger: Dad's At Home (Book 3) written by Lily Kong and illustrated by Jeanette Yap. Fathers – the ones we look up to, the definitive authority figure in the early,...
Not all dishes that we enjoy this festive period have to be particularly extravagant. Which is why Samsui Ginger Chicken always has a space on our Chinese New Year menu. “Could any book on Singaporean food be complete without this...
Want your children to have better grades in Mathematics? Or just wishing for a more prosperous year? Try making Abacus Seeds, using this recipe from Denise Fletcher’s How to Cook Everything Singaporean. Okay, these aren't real seeds at all. They're small yam-based...
Traditionally prepared with pounded glutinous rice and water, the New Year Cake, or nian gao (or leen gou in Cantonese) is one Chinese New Year treat that can be enjoyed either sweet or savoury form. This versatile dish can be...
Another of our fave snacks during Chinese New Year is bak kwa, sometimes called traditional hand-made sliced or minced pork BBQ or jerky. It seems it's one of those bites that both adults and children just can't get enough of. ...
There’s something about buttery treats that just hits the spot for us. And one of our recent favourites is cornflake cookies, like the one by Denise Fletcher in her new book, How to Cook Everything Singaporean. Although this is not...
One treat whenever we visit our relatives during CNY is kueh pie tee. As kids, we'd sometimes see how much filling we can heap into those cups before it became a big mess. Well, author-chef Pamelia Chia has taken this familiar...
Chinese New Year is approaching and you know what that means: It's time to treat our tastebuds to some festive eats. But this year, instead of racking your brain to find the “perfect” dish to order, why not do it yourself? We've selected eight delicious...
