Kuala Lumpur at War captures the impact and effects of the Japanese Occupation on KL and the people. The author, Andrew Barber, speaks on what motivated him to write on this subject. Click on the image to read.
Everybody loves a good secret. Whether it’s a trivial matter such as a secret crush or something grand like an international conspiracy, people often get a kick out of discovering the unrevealed.
With this in mind, author Malcolm Mejin decided to play on the themes of secrets and revelations in his debut novel, Cool Diary.
“Secrets and revelations sound like good ingredients in a book to me. As human beings, we have a tendency to be very curious and I think revelations can actually teach us real-life lessons,” says Kuching-born Mejin.
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Search Inside Yourself is not another recycled, run of the mill, self help book. It has strong scientific foundation and is endorsed by former President Jimmy Carter of the United States, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Eric Schimdt of Google and many other top political, spiritual and business leaders.
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Since its debut in May this year, When I Was A Kid by Boey Cheeming has done well at local bookstores. The Singapore-born Johor artist turned out to be one of those Malaysian talents hidden overseas.
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15-year-old twins Josh and Sophie Newman discovers that their friends Nick and Perry Fleming, a seemingly quirky older couple who own a bookstore, are none other than the legendary medieval alchemist Nicholas Flamel and his wife Perenelle.
By trying to help the Flamels, Josh and Sophie find themselves involved in a magical battle against the powerful Dr John Dee, also from Nicholas’ time, and the Dark Elders, who are beings from a time before humans.
The series has also been slated for the big screen, with Scott himself penning the screenplay. Read the rest of the interview here. Check out the books here.
Veronica Roth, author of bestselling young adult fiction series Divergent shares how she came to create her intriguing dystopian world.
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A pair of wheels is all you need to discover the beauty of Peninsular Malaysia. Read more here.
Why does Sophie Kinsella write about women who are obsessed with handbags? And should women be offended?
Read what Kinsella has to say about it here.
There is an awkwardness about Levitt. He is the ultimate geek gone mainstream. The genius that has successfully bridged that gap between academia and popular culture. He is self-depreciating and is unfamiliar with his newfound rock star status.
Read the rest of the interview with Levitt here.
