25 MAR 2024 · Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . . Hello booknerds!  We're so excited to share our interview with the fabulous Yangsze Choo on her new book The Fox Wife! It has a bit of everything; spirits, mystery, vengence, longing, all the good stuff!  We really enjoyed this book and we got to talk to Yangsze (thank you Definitely Books) about it. Listen on about a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection. Cheers!

24 FEB 2024 · Hello book nerds! We're back with a whole new season and we're kicking it off with our anticipated reads for the first quarter of 2024! It's an eclectic list filled with family drama, witches, crime, tea, and all sorts. It's going to be an interesting reading year and we hope you'll join us. Books mentioned: - You Only Call Me When You're In Trouble by Stephen McCauley - You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique, translated by Natasha Wimmer - Good Material by Dolly Alderton - Illium by Lea Carpenter - The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland - The Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal - Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino - Butter by Asako Yuzuki - The Book of Love by Kelly Link - Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton - Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden - The Searcher by Tana French - Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland

15 DEC 2023 · Hello booknerds! It has been some time but we're back from the ether to bring you our last episode of the year. Publishers usually hold out till the end of the year to release the good stuff and in this episode, we're talking about some anticipated reads that came out during the autumn season and year end. We would like to take this time to thank all our listeners for sticking with us and for all the support and love we have received. We appreciate you and we will be back in 2024 with all new bookish episodes and content. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from ours to yours!

17 NOV 2023 · Spooky greeting booknerds. We know we're late but better late than never right? In this episode, we got to talk to the mysterious Kopi Soh, author of Looking After the Ashes. The book is a semi-biographical fiction of Kopi Soh’s childhood stories from growing up in a Peranakan family filled with "wisdom". We talked about strange taboos (pantang larang), spirits, ghosts, and everything in between. We definitely learnt some new ones and relived some taboos we heard growing up. We hope you enjoy this episode and do pick up Kopi's book! Cheers!

20 SEP 2023 · Hello booknerds! We're talking to Tokyo-based Malaysian writer Florentyna Leow in this episode about her debut book How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart. The book is tender time capsule of her time working as a tour guide in Kyoto and the heartbreak that followed the end of a friendship. We absolutely loved reading her book and we obviously had to talk to her about it. She's a kindred spirit and we hope you'll enjoy this episode (and pick up her book!). Cheers!

30 AUG 2023 · We know it's rather late in the day to release this episode but we've came across some titles that are just too good not to share. The promt for our August #tbntbookchallenge2023 is to read a book set in an ancient city or about an ancient civilisation. Eventhough these are some recommendations for our August challenge, we do hope some of these titles have piqued your interest and that you'll pick it up in your own time. We had so much fun researching and recording this episode and of course, our own TBR pile just got bigger. Cheers!

16 AUG 2023 · Hello booknerds! We got to talk to award-winning short story writer Saras Manickam back on 15 July 2023 live at our favourite indie bookshop Lit Books, PJ. We get into her short story collection My Mother Pattu and it was such a lovely conversation. Saras writes with much empathy and understanding of human complexities, tackling difficult issues like racism, mistreatment of migrant workers, and domestic abuse. Her short story collection is filled with violence, tenderness, and hope. We hope you enjoy this episode and do pick up My Mother Pattu! Cheers!

26 JUL 2023 · “We're here to make magic with words” ― R.F. Kuang, Babel: An Arcane History Step into the world of dark academia with us in this book chaser episode. We talk about Babel by R.F. Kuang and I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai; both set in institutions of learning and all the dark stuff that happens behind the scenes. Murder, colonism, dark secrets, word nerdery: all the good stuff can be found in these books and of course, we did our best to not spoil anything for you. Cheers!

3 JUL 2023 · Hello booknerds! We took a short break after all the Aesop Women's Library excitement and we're back! We got to speak to THE Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree, about her latest book, A Day of Fallen Night. A Day of Fallen Night is the prequel to Priory and it’s set just shy of five centuries before Priory and covers the period known as the Great Sorrow, or Grief of Ages. We had such a great time talking to Samantha and we feel that it has come full circle. In case you didn't know, we actually have a podcast episode on Priory in https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18453308 so you can check that out of you have not heard that episode. We really geeked out talking to Samantha cause we're both huge fans of fantasy books (especially Diana) and we hope that you enjoy this chat. Cheers!

23 MAY 2023 · This is the third special episode brought to you by Aesop Malaysia in conjunction with the Aesop Women's Library: Malaysia Edition. In this episode, we got Hanna Alkaf, Viji Krishnamoorthy, Alina Rastam, Qurratul ‘Ain, and 梁靖芬 Leong Ching Foon aboard to talk to us about being a woman writer in Malaysia. It is such an illuminating episode and we think we can confidently say that our women writers are forces to be reckoned with. — The Aesop Women's Library: Malaysia Edition is happening on the 26th till 28th May 2023 at Aesop Pavilion KL and Aesop The Gardens Mall, and 2nd till 4th June 2023 at Aesop Gurney Plaza, Penang. https://malaysia.aesop.com/blogs/the-athenaeum/aesop-womens-library https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0593/8970/6407/files/Aesop_Women_s_Library_2023_MY_Digital_Booklist_FA1.pdf?v=1684742372