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Page Turners - S1E16: Tackle a personal crisis step-by-step with Dr Perpetua Neo

Do you dread small talk at parties? Is decluttering your idea of hell on earth? Get workable tips from Dr Perpetua Neo a Singaporean psychologist and leadership coach. Dr P - as she likes to be known - wrote "This Is What Matters". She tells Page Turners' host Melanie Oliveiro about her own personal crises she's had to work through.

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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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