Events

We will be discussing his highly-acclaimed book Amazing Malaysian, which opens the door to more than a 100 Malaysian dishes that can be cooked in your own home with ingredients available at any supermarket. These are healthy, vibrant recipes with dazzling flavours and textures. Try, for example, an authentic satay, an aromatic curry, a laksa, or […]

Hannibal Jones, a troubleshooter and fighter of evil, is an apt balance to English cosy crime where the dogged investigator finds himself up against lethal organised crime and city corruption, usually with the sick and most vulnerable held hostage to their greed.  Austin straddles the world of security and the military, handling media relations for […]

Namita’s latest novel The Blind Matriarch is a family saga told from the viewpoint of a blind grandmother living on the top floor of a rambling house, shared with her large extended family. This timely novel explores the clamour and complexity of multi-generational households in India and is described as “a clear-eyed chronicle of the […]

Where would you find The Day of the Jackal’s Frederick Forsyth, Game of Thrones’ George R. R. Martin, Rambo’s David Morell, and Jack Reacher’s Lee Child chatting together under one roof with a glittering array of authors, agents and publishers. The place would be the International Thriller Writers’ annual conference in New York hosted by […]

Why is it so easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who oppose us. We tear down our statues, forgetting that what begins with the destruction of statues, often leads to the killing of people. In A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues, Dr. […]

Harlan has worked with American Secretaries of State and Defense, members of Congress, NATO commanders and governments in Asia and Europe. He created the famous phrase ‘Shock and Awe’ that many of us have heard surrounding America’s foreign wars. His new book ‘The Fifth Horseman and the New MAD’ is out on Thursday and Harlan […]