Our resident literary critic Umapagan Ampikaipakan not only blows dust off books by dead white men, he also roams among more current writers of all hues, often finding links between the written word and the word made film. After all, he's also a courter of the cinema.
Latest episodes
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22 min
Shanghai Noir
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to author Paul French about his latest book - City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir - and about the city's seedy and sordid past.
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18 min
Asian Waters
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to journalist and author Humphrey Hawksley about his latest book Asian Waters that chronicles the ongoing struggle over the Asia Pacific and the…
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22 min
The End of UMNO?
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Bridget Welsh, professor of political science at John Cabot University, about what's next for Malaysia's former dominant political party.
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19 min
The State of Freedom: George Town Literary Festival 2018
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Bernice Chauly and Melizarani T. Selva about the gargantuan task of curating Malaysia’s largest literary festival. You can find more inf…
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29 min
Small Fry: A Conversation With Lisa Brennan-Jobs
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Lisa Brennan-Jobs about her memoir - Small Fry - in which she chronicles the complex coming-of-age story of a young girl caught between a stru…
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16 min
Ponti
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Singaporean author Sharlene Teo about her critically acclaimed debut novel, Ponti. Sharlene Teo is one of the featured authors at this year's…
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19 min
Apple and Knife, Feminism and Horror
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Indonesian author Intan Paramaditha about Apple and Knife - her wonderful collection of short stories that seamlessly weave together feminism…
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48 min
A Murakami Party
On Saturday, the 13th of October, we hosted a Murakami book party over at Lit Books in Tropicana Avenue where we celebrated the launch of Killing Commendatore. On the show today, w…
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17 min
Killing Commendatore
This week, Uma welcomes special guest Fong Min Hun for an in-depth discussion about all things Haruki Murakami. The both of them also give you their verdict on his latest magnum op…
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41 min
Bookmark x Airbnb - Portable Worlds: Around the World in Eight and a Half Books
On Saturday, the 29th of September, we held a special edition of “Bookmark Live!” in collaboration with our friends over at Airbnb - where Uma, Kam, and Sharmilla took…
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29 min
Fire and Snow: Climate Change and Popular Culture
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to author Marc DiPaolo about his latest book which is a broad exploration of climate fantasy and science fiction, from The Lord of the Rings and…
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20 min
Billion Dollar Whale
This week, on Bookmark, Uma is joined by BFM's very own Melisa Idris and Keith Kam for an in depth look at Tom Wright and Bradley Hope's epic expose on the secret life of Jho…
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24 min
Peter Mayle's Provence
This week, on Bookmark, Uma and special guest Azura Rahman, take a look back at literary oeuvre of the late, great Peter Mayle.
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49 min
Bookmark @ Lit Books: Science Fantasy
Every month, the good folks over at Lit Books in Tropicana Avenue lend us their gorgeous bookshop for an evening of literary indulgence. This week's podcast features the conversati…
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45 min
Bookmark @ Lit Books: Life Changing Reads
Every month, the good folks over at Lit Books in Tropicana Avenue lend us their gorgeous bookshop for an evening of literary indulgence. This week's podcast features the conversati…
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31 min
The Fay Khoo Award 2018
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Bettina Chua Abdullah about the 2018 edition of The Fay Khoo Award.
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42 min
Bookmark @ Lit Books: Sexy Reads
Every month, the good folks over at Lit Books in Tropicana Avenue lend us their gorgeous bookshop for an evening of literary indulgence. This week's podcast features the conversati…
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19 min
The Concubine's Child
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Australian author Carol Jones about her debut novel, about what it's like writing from the outside looking in, and about the many ghosts that…
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21 min
Mythmaking for Beginners
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to another one of his comic book heroes - writer and editor Paul Levitz - about his almost four decades in the industry.
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22 min
Holidaying with Coffee
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet about our global obsession with coffee.