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By the Book: Our Best Reads of 2019

31-Dec-19 20:00

By the Book: Our Best Reads of 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, we look back at our year of reading and pick out the books that have stood out as our highlights of the year. We follow this with a bit of a discussion on what we hope to read more of in the coming year.

Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  Literature

Tags:  2019 books,  best of 2019,  Amanda Lee Koe,  Zen Cho,  Tash Aw,  Bernice Chauly,  Daphne Lee,  diverse books, 


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