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".
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.
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”.
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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Page Turners presents conversations with bestselling authors - from Singapore and the world - discussing their latest novels. Every week Melanie Oliveiro finds out what inspired them to put out their latest works, and how a writer’s life has shifted in a fast-changing world.
