We’ve talked to and about authors in many neighbouring countries but have yet to speak to writers from Singapore. Not that the island state is short of writers - there’s Catherine Lim, Philip Jayaretnam, Stella Kon, and Alfian Saat to name a few. But the one that has had Marina most excited recently is Sharlene Teo. Sharlene's debut novel, Ponti released in 2018 and is now working on her follow-up. She chats with Marina about her first book and gives us the low-down on which Singaporean authors are hot right now.

Mentioned this episode:

• Amit Chaudary - Friend of My Youth
• Akhil Sharma - Family Life
• Sonny Liew
• Jeremy Tiang
• Jing-Jing Lee
• Daryl Qilin Yam
• Rachel Heng
• Balli Kaur Jaswal
• Theophilus Kwek
• Toni Morrison - Jazz
• Colleen Hubbard - Housebreaking (to be released)
• Anna Metcalfe - Weird Museum (to be released)
• Carson McCullers - The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• Duanwad Pimwana - Arid Dreams: Stories
• Donatella Di Pietrantonio - A Girl Returned
• Elena Ferrante
• Chen Chen - When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities