Background:  At the 2014 Singapore Writers Festival, I met Singaporean author  Audrey Chin by the coffee cart. This super-friendly petite...

Indie Spotlight   is a column by WWII historical fiction author  Alexa Kang . The column regularly features hot new releases and noteworthy ...

At so many uncertain points over the past year, I've found myself turning to poetry for its uncanny ability to cut through the chaos of ...

If you're in Singapore do come along to the Asia launch of Circumstance by Rosie Milne, editor of Asian Books Blog, at the Singapore...

500 words from is an occasional series in which novelists talk about their new novels. Joyce Bergvelt is about to publish her debut novel...

Paul French is a widely-published journalist and commentator on China. Previous books include a history of foreign correspondents in China...

500 words from is an occasional series in which novelists talk about their new novels. Wayne Ng is about to publish his debut novel Findin...

500 words from is an occasional series in which novelists talk about their newly-published novels. Clarissa Goenawan is an Indonesian-b...

500 words from is an occasional series in which novelists talk about their newly-published novels. Fiona Mitchell is British writer and ...

500 words from is an occasional series in which authors talk about their newly-published books. The Strike. Here, Harvey Thomlinson talk...

Trailing spouse is the dismissive name given to the non-working wives, and sometimes these days the house husbands, who trail along to exp...

John D. Greenwood is a Scot now transplanted to New York, who began his career teaching philosophy, including a stint at the National Uni...

Asian Books Blog is based in Singapore. Our regular column Lion City lit explores in-depth what’s going on in the City-State, lit-wise. ...

500 words from is an occasional series in which authors talk about their newly-published books. Todd Crowell is an American journalist....

You never know what will happen when you turn the page…UK-based Mulholland Books publishes crime, suspense and thriller novels you’ll find...

Chinese wallpaper has been an important element of western interior decoration for three hundred years. As trade between Europe and Chin...

Journey to the West: He Hui, a Chinese soprano in the world of Italian opera,  by Hong Kong-based author and journalist Melanie Ho, is the f...

Does the Ganges have a future? That’s the question posed by River of Life, River of Death: The Ganges and India’s Future  by journalist and ...

Not long before the outbreak of World War Two a young British woman, Nona Baker, sailed to Malaya to join her eldest brother, Vin, the tu...

500 words from is an occasional series in which novelists talk about their newly-published novels. Alice Poon, author of The Green Phoe...