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Million Dollar Mom
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/04/23/million-dollar-mom.html Rebecca James never intended to be a writer. She spent her 20s experimenting, from teaching English overseas and waitressing to starting and stopping several university degrees. But she is being touted as the next big literary sensation. Sara Veal … Continue reading
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Turning the page on the Asian mystique
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/31/turning-page-asian-mystique.html Between the covers of countless books lurks a mystical creature with multiple masks. Submissive and beautiful. Cunning and domineering. Shy virgin. Adventurous lover. She is the Asian woman. Or rather what passes for her in fiction. Sara Veal lifts … Continue reading
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Author Notes: Chris Cleave
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/28/author-notes-chris-cleave.html Sara Veal Chris Cleave has been a barman, a long-distance sailor, a teacher of marine navigation, an internet pioneer and a Guardian columnist. Now the 36-year-old is an acclaimed novelist, as well as a proud husband and father-of-three. Incendiary, … Continue reading
Sweet, stinging look at a swarm of issues
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/28/sweet-stinging-look-a-swarm-issues.html Sara Veal In this information age, we are all aware of the world’s horrors. Villages razed to the ground, in the name of oil. Starving, swollen-bellied children too frail to brush away the flies that feast on them. We’ve … Continue reading
Mona Sylviana: Challenging ‘Chick’-Lit
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/26/mona-sylviana-challenging-’chicklit’.html Sara Veal Think of women writers, and the phrase sastra wangi (fragrant literature or “chick-lit”) is likely to come to mind. Authors like Mona Sylviana aim to dispel such dismissive and sweeping stereotypes, and their non-chick-lit writings will be … Continue reading
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Return to the rabbit hole
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/14/return-rabbit-hole.html Sara Veal Adapting books for the screen is tricky, even with big bucks and star power there is no guarantee of getting it right. Time and time again, audiences excited to see their favourite story brought to life have … Continue reading
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Unravelling an embroidered puzzle
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/24/the-lace-reader039-unravelling-embroidered-puzzle.html Sara Veal Brunonia Barry’s The Lace Reader, a delicately crafted mystery about generations of women in Salem, Massachusetts, is deceptively light, yet intricately patterned, much like lace itself. A mesmerizing first novel, it casts a powerful spell with its … Continue reading
O Thiam Chin : Writing away life’s mysteries
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/24/o-thiam-chin-writing-away-life039s-mysteries.html Sara Veal O Thiam Chin writes stories because no one else can tell the stories he wants to tell. “As in the story in my head, how I feel about things,” the Singaporean author says, remarking he sees stories … Continue reading
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Author Notes: Brunonia Barry
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/24/author-notes-brunonia-barry.html Sara Veal Born and raised in Massachusetts, Brunonia Barry’s passion for storytelling has taken her all over the world, from Dublin to Hollywood. She currently lives in Salem with her husband and her dog Byzantium, who lent his name … Continue reading
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Life and death beyond the looking glass
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/10/life-and-death-beyond-looking-glass.html Sara Veal Audrey Niffenegger’s literary smash debut The Time Traveler’s Wife is a hard act to follow, but her second novel proves she’s not a one hit wonder. Her Fearful Symmetry, a modern ghost story involving twins and family … Continue reading
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