Books I Read: Everything and more about the two sides of our brains

Posted by Audrey Chin on December 30, 2021 · 2 Comments 

The reality of vascular damage and gradual dementia raised urgent questions. It was time to learn more. Hence, The Master and the Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist; the first quarter of which I found instructive and well worth reading.

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All about lingering at damyanti’s

Posted by Audrey Chin on October 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment 

It’s coming up to the end of October, to Halloween and all things ghostly and lingering. What better time to share some scary good tips about writing haunted house stories, gleaned from the best haunted house classics.

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On The Dirt Road to Dystopia with Nadeem Aslam and Kim Young Ha

Posted by Audrey Chin on November 4, 2013 · 2 Comments 

What is Dystopia? Does the Road to Dystopia need to be made of dirt? Are our modern and comfortable societies already on the road to Dystopia? These were the weighty questions thrown at a panel I was featured on at a Singapore Writer’s Festival, together with literary eminents Nadeem Aslam and Kim Young-Ha, and moderated by experienced Hong Kong journalist Steven McCarty. http://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/author-details/nadeem-aslam … Continue reading →

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