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Bookmark This! Ep 11: Booker breakdown - Atwood, Rushdie or the 1,000-page sentence?

27:30 mins

Synopsis: A monthly podcast by The Straits Times, where we talk about titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

Life journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li break down the Booker Prize shortlist and weigh Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie's chances against Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport, which is more than 1,000 pages long.

00:51 The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
05:15 Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
07:30 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World by Elif Shafak
12:26 An Orchestra Of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
15:26 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
19:27 Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

Produced by: Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li

Edited by: Penelope Lee

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Bookmark This! Ep 11: Booker breakdown - Atwood, Rushdie or the 1,000-page sentence?
27:30 mins
Synopsis: A monthly podcast by The Straits Times, where we talk about titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.
Life journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li break down the Booker Prize shortlist and weigh Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie's chances against Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport, which is more than 1,000 pages long.
00:51 The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 05:15 Quichotte by Salman Rushdie 07:30 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World by Elif Shafak 12:26 An Orchestra Of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma 15:26 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 19:27 Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Produced by: Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li Edited by: Penelope Lee
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Thank you for your support! ST &amp; BT Podcasts picked up a silver medal for Best Digital Project to engage younger and/or millennial audiences at 2019 Asian Digital Media Awards by Wan-Ifra:&nbsp;<a href="https://str.sg/Jw5T">https://str.sg/Jw5T</a>&nbsp;
Watch a video of Podcasts on the rise in Singapore:&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ">https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ</a>

Synopsis: Almost every weekday, our ALL-IN-ONE channel showcases discussions on Singapore youth perspectives and social issues, geopolitics through an Asian lens, health, climate change, personal finance and career.

Follow our shows on your favourite audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify or even ST's app, which has a dedicated podcast player section.

Produced by podcast editor Ernest Luis & The Straits Times, SPH Media.

Synopsis: Almost every weekday, our ALL-IN-ONE channel showcases discussions on Singapore youth perspectives and social issues, geopolitics through an Asian lens, health, climate change, personal finance and career.
Follow our shows on your favourite audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify or even ST's app, which has a dedicated podcast player section.
Produced by podcast editor Ernest Luis &amp; The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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