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Page Turners - S1E23: The Luck of the Irish? More like "Pluck of the Irish" says 'The Colony' author Audrey Magee

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What does it mean to be Irish, the colonised and/or the coloniser? Booker Prize nominee Audrey Magee delves headlong into this topic with Page Turners' Melanie Oliveiro. Magee's second novel 'The Colony' not only mirrors this question but also takes the reader on a multifaceted, multilayered tale of island life set against the IRA bombing campaign of the late seventies.

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Page Turners - S1E4: Uncovering closely guarded family secrets with author Teresa Lim

Do your relatives have skeletons in the closet? Well, the family of British-based Singaporean author Teresa Lim did, and she wrote a book all about it. She talks to Page Turners host Melanie Oliveiro about her debut book, "The Interpreter’s Daughter".

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Page Turners - S1E3: Murder mystery author Alice Clark-Platts dissects her novel "The Cove"

Alice Clark-Platts, a former Singapore-based expatriate and human rights lawyer, discusses "The Cove" a murder whodunnit novel. It's about a bunch of expats who go on an island getaway - but soon things get violent and deadly. Clark-Platts discusses "The Cove" with Page Turners' Melanie Oliveiro.

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Page Turners - S1E2: Putin nemesis and political activist Bill Browder details a bitter feud with the Russian President | Ep 2

What’s it like being one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sworn enemies? Political activist and financier Bill Browder – the man behind the Magnitsky laws – tells Page Turner's Melanie Oliveiro about his adrenalin-filled life, as detailed in his book “Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath”.

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Page Turners - S1E1: Bertha Henson discusses her book about Singapore's spymaster George E. Bogaars

Until recently, not much was known about George E. Bogaars - a pioneer civil servant and corporate honcho who was also nicknamed Singapore's spymaster. ‘Not For Circulation: The George E. Bogaars Story’ aims to fill the gaps, as Page Turner's Melanie Oliveiro finds out from author Bertha Henson who's also a veteran journalist and blogger. 

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