Don’t be afraid
Theophilus Kwek
Summoning terror in two new novels from Singapore
From sea to mulberry fields
Son Nam
Translated fiction from southern Vietnam
Southern Son
Anthony Morreale
The voice of the Mekong Delta
Death and life
Mark Robinson
Death and life in a Tokyo neighbourhood
Splice unbound
Peter Guest
The future of Asia’s newsrooms
Dark snaps
Nic Dunlop
Having fun on the Death Railway
The lost city
Aedeen Cremin
France’s enduring love affair with Angkor
Painting by subtraction
James Jennings
The evolution and appeal of Vietnamese lacquer paintings
Wandering souls
Joseph Mai
Rithy Panh buries the ghosts of the Killing Fields
The compulsive reader
Kate Mayberry
A quirky bookstore in downtown Kuala Lumpur
Tsunami, Family photoshoot & Spooky action at a distance
Maung Day
Poetry from Maung Day
Notes on a scandal
Clare Rewcastle
How Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal was exposed to the world
Like mother, like daughter
Nic Dunlop
How Aung San Suu Kyi’s mother played a pivotal role in her political upbringing
Hot water
Bill Hayton
It should be obvious by now what China wants in the South China Sea
Bao Ninh’s wars
John Fuller
An interview with the author of The Sorrow of War
Street spirit
Abby Seiff
Political protests, once common in Phnom Penh, have all but disappeared
Facing justice
James Jennings
Has the Khmer Rouge Tribunal been a waste of time and money?
The clock’s wink
Catriona Knapman
Poetry from Catriona Knapman
Adulation
Carl Vadivella Belle
Mahathir’s right-hand man gets away scot-free in this biography
Faith and facts
Ninus Andarnuswari
Muslim journalists seek the truth as part of their faith
Warcraft
Geoffrey Cain
The war on diplomacy in the US started before Donald Trump
Winging it
Nick J. Freeman
The dangers of development on the cheap
Milton’s Indochine
Philip Coggan
The calm before the end in French Indochina
Wounded queen
Michael Freeman
Hieu Minh Nguyen anatomises the wounds and scars of his identity
Capturing Hanoi
Christopher Goscha
Hanoi before capitalism
One day, there is Mother and Radian
Avianti Armand
A short story from Avianti Armand
‘Trail’ & ‘Mane of sadness’
Acep Zamzam Noor
Poetry from Acep Zamzam Noor
Keys to chaos
Quinn Libson
A hotel in Phnom Penh unlocks a violent past
Escape
Rupert Winchester
Kirsten Chen leads the SingLit charge
Underground
David Scott Mathieson
Myanmar’s civil war on canvas
Art and context
Peter Yeoh
T.K. Sabapathy opens up a world of art
A country is family
Bryan Thao Worra
Poetry from Bryan Thao Worra
Remembering Channthy
Scott Bywater
The musician broke down musical and cultural barriers
King Krishen
Marina Tan
The legacy of Malaysia’s king of theatre
Tales from tomorrow
George Wright
Independent filmmakers are thriving in repressive Cambodia
Literary town
Kate Mayberry
A literary festival with a political message
Humble pies
Joseph Mai
Bourdain returned to Cambodia to atone for his sins
Made in Hong Kong
Graham Earnshaw
How Bruce Lee made Hongkongers proud of their Chinese heritage
Lost in Gokanosho
Wayne McCallum
Gokanosho is not just a place; it’s also a state of mind
Kafka in Saigon
Connla Stokes
A bookshop in Ho Chi Minh City