The will of a woman
Whose mastery is fighting
Fighting anything life throws at her
My mother’s war
Susan Mallery’s new book Sweet Success is an irresistible piece of writing…
Susan Mallery is the New York Times’ number one bestselling author of novels about the relationships that define women’s lives—family, friendship, romance. She has sold over forty million copies of her books worldwide. Susan grew up in California and now lives in Seattle with her husband.
31st Gratiaen Prize is now open for submissions…
The 31st edition of the Gratiean Prize for Creative Writing, presented by veteran author Micheal Ondaatje, is now open for submissions.
Born a Muslim, a book worth one million books…
Ghazala Wahab started FORCE in August 2003 along with Pravin Sawhney. She co-authors Dragon on our Doorstep: Managing China Through Military Power (with Pravin Sawhney) and Born a Muslim: Some Truths About Islam in India. Apart from writing on issues like homeland security, terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, Left-Wing Extremism and religious extremism, Wahab is responsible for the overall production of the magazine every month.
Does poetry pay you well?
Can poets make money in today’s literary market? Everyone says ‘Well, no.’ We say ‘Yes, you can.’ Some poets make a living out of their verses today. There are hundreds of new markets that desperately need poets, surely not the traditional anthologies.
Reading fiction has more benefits than you would have ever imagined…
And it enhances your memory. It allows you to fight diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s. Reading is basically like doing a devil-lift for your mind. Reading fiction could be the ideal way to have fun and get away from the daily stresses of your life while giving a boost to your cognitive functioning at the same time.
Catherine Dellosa comes back with a new novel…
Eighteen-year-old Nathaniel Carpio has been having chicken inasal with his best friend Elena Dizon at their favourite sidewalk grillery for four years now, but when Lena whips out a silly ‘six-peso coin’ to comfort him on a bad day, Nat realizes that he’s fallen in love with her. Eager to spend the rest of his life with Lena,
What happens when one goes from obscurity to celebrity, overnight?
What happens when one goes from obscurity to celebrity, overnight? Thirty-year-old Arya Alvarez is a travel manager at Isle Z, a luxury travel company in Singapore where she creates bespoke trips for celebrities and influencers.
An addictive and intriguing piece of writing that swings between fact and fiction…
Penguin South East Asia introduces an array of page-turners this November. No Room in Neverland, by Joyce Chua, is one of them. It is an addictive and intriguing piece of writing that […]
Lusty Love
The day you deprive
Love of lust
It snarls the knell
Veins of Influence by Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra “A pioneering monograph that brings Sri Lanka into the global discourse of photography “
My affinity and love for ‘seeing’, whether it be art, built and natural environments has, in many ways, directed my vocational journey and also connected me to the various cultures and communities I have entered.
Marriage Wows
Pure lust or a touch of love
Warmth of another man
Tampering on the marriage wows
Dipika Mukherjee jets it into the future; You can’t escape the ride!
What an add to the list of penguin’s pageturners. This does not allow you to sip your tea in the present. It may deprive your sleep. You must read this; don’t miss this in your November list..
Gaza – A war Turkey will never Fight
He has no special love for the dying children of Gaza nor he cares about the civilian casualties and the destruction of the infrastructure. He only sees opportunity in all that carnage.
The Technical T(Error) by Rohit Ashok Kothari: A Tech Thriller with Future Warfare Concepts
Rohit shows us the way how technology, if not checked and observant properly, can bring us on knees in national security, personal commitments, and social welfare. Anyway, the novel is a combination of two aspects that are inevitably looking associated with it – error and terror. Let’s discuss the story at the forepart to grasp what we trying to juxtapose.
Global South, Gaza and West
Today the global south is more than convinced of a few truths. The International Court of Justice is meant to punish and prosecute only the nations of the Global South.
Today’s ‘Read & Pick’, Mami Suzuki: Private Eye…
Another page turner has come out to the world from the house known for decades for memorable books across all genre. Penguin Random House, South East Asia introduced this irresistible piece of writing by Simon Rowe. You must read this, don’t miss this in your November list.
The world in another Trump era…
By Dhanuka Dickwella American politics is more dramatic than that of Shakespeare’s magical work. While trying to beat the emotionally driven South Asian trends, the landscape is much deadlier and more competitive […]
Katie Goes to KL by Su-May Tan, Read & Pick
KATIE CHEN, 16, lives in the unremarkable suburb of Narre Warren in Australia with her somewhat reclusive Malaysian father. Coming to Australia when she was 5 and losing her mother at 7, she has always struggled with issues of identity.
Traditional publishing; worth the wait?
Do you have a book written and plan to publish it as quickly as possible? Like most writers, you are naturally eager to get your book out after spending so much time writing it. The hard part is not yet complete. First-time authors may underestimate the work required to produce a successful published work.
The Asian Review 