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Phil Whelan speaks to Philip Kim about his brand new novel "Nothing Gained". It is a gripping financial thriller set in Asia – Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, and more.

Phil Whelan meets the boss of the Man Asian Literary Prize, Professor David Parker and ask him for the latest on the prize. Author and former Editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, Michael Vatikiotis, and Kelly Falconer of the Asia Literary Agency ...

Dr Martin Williams joins Peter King on Morning Brew to discuss environmental issues here in Hong Kong, and he also introduces his latest book "Enchanting Hong Kong". He's also the man behind HK Outdoors.

On Morning Brew, Peter King meets Betty Hung to discuss her latest book, "Hong Kong Unveiled". Betty has written a dozen books and some of those are related to Chinese language and culture.

We welcome back author of the tantalizing "Midnight in Peking" Paul French who attempts to bring closure to a seventy year old Chinese murder mystery. We'll find out what he's up to these days.

John Garnaut joins Phil Whelan to talk about his latest book 'The Rise and Fall of the House of Bo'. A very timely work that which sheds light on, and breaks down the rather complex story of the Bo Xilai "scandal" and his family's recent history. Ian J...

Author and former forensic scientist, David Clarke talks to Phil Whelan on his new novel "Rare Traits". David was involved in the solving of some of Hong Kong's most infamous crimes, including the "Braemar Hill murders" in 1985.

Dr Ko Wing Man talks to Angie Man about his favourite book 1434.

Dr Ko Wing Man introduces us to a novel by his favourite author Hermann Hesse, 'Knulp', a book about the life of a German wanderer in the 1910s.

Jay Oatway talked about how social media has changed our reading experiences in the Hong Kong Book Fair 2012.

Lam Woon Kwong, Convenor of the Executive Council and Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission joins Angie Man in Bookmarks to talk about "The Magic Mountain" the book he recommmends to people who care about humanity and contemporary Hong Kong...

Reenita Malhotra Hora took a trip to the Hong Kong Book Fair to scope out some of the English language authors who presented to audiences. Among them was India's top author Chetan Bhagat who wrote "Five Point Someone." The book that was the basis for t...

Chetan Bhagat, author of the book "Five Point Someone", held a talk in the Hong Kong Book Fair. The talk was about his jounery from being a Hong Kong investment banker to an Indian best-selling writer. This podcast is a collection of questions asked in...

Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, explains to Angie Man why she likes M.F.K Fisher so much and how the book has become her all time favourite.

Ahead of the Hong Kong Book Fair 2012 , English author Justin Hill, joins Phil on Morning Brew to talk about his books. Justin's novels have been nominated for the Man Booker Prize three times.

What is quite possibly mankind's most asked question: what's it like to die? Phil chats to Professor Howard Storm, also an author of the book "My Descent Into Death", about his credible accounts of a "near death experience".

A French ethno-historian and Tibetologist Francoise Pommaret talks about Bhutan, which she has been living there for more than 30 years. She is in here with her publisher Magnus Bartlett of Odyssey Books & Guides.18-6-2012

Phil Whelan meets former Beijing correspondent for the BBC World Service, Tim Luard, who among many other achievements is the author of "Escape From Hong Kong". It's his account of Admiral Chan Chak's dash to freedom on Christmas Day 1941, of which for...

Phil Whelan on Morning Brew has a chat with author and solicitor Robert Wang. His book "Walking The Tycoons Rope" is Dymocks Book Of The Month for May and is his incredible story of starting with nothing, working his way up to everything, falling and g...

Journalist and author Mark O'Neill has lived and worked in Asia for many years and he joins Phil to talk about his fascinating new book; "Frederick: The Life of My Missionary Grandfather in Manchuria". 7-6-2012