Bibliophobia...!

first published in Malay Mail , 10 July 2018 Much has been said of novels about Malaya written by foreigners, not all of which are good. ...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 07 September 2017 n my search for healthier eating places, I heard about this soup-centric des...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 27 August 2017 Oh, the ripples that were created when the rights for Felicia Yap's debut n...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 24 March 2017 Abandoned by her mother when she was little and orphaned after her father and br...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 06 March 2017 The third instalment of Ovidia Yu's Aunty Lee crime series begins with an a...

One afternoon in a café and a couple of flavoured lattes later, a first draft I like. It's been a long time since I felt anything like t...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 30 November 2016 Comic and talk show host Trevor Noah's memoir about growing up in South A...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 24 August 2016 About two years ago, makan kaki Melody brought me news of Butter + Beans' ...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 01 August 2016 I was one of many who skipped the balik kampung exodus during Raya — wisely, a...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 06 June 2016 I was slurping beef noodles at a neighbourhood shop when the phone buzzed. ...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 26 May 2016 One evening at Silverfish Books in Bangsar, I joined a small crowd to hear Rehman ...

first published in The Malay Mail Online , 13 May 2016 The skies poured as makan kaki Melody and I arrived at Gee & Geek. Earlier, o...

I'd read this novel during the Chinese New Year break. Months ago, I'd gone into the A Curious Indian Cadaver , which was published ...

I'd planned to have a shorter title and reveal the name of the place only at the very end. And someone pointed out that there's no c...