BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Evening Edition  >  By The Book  >  By the Book: Nadia Mikail Wins The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

By the Book: Nadia Mikail Wins The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

Nadia Mikail, author

04-Apr-23 20:00

By the Book: Nadia Mikail Wins The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

Malaysian writer Nadia Mikail recently hit the headlines when she was announced the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize as well as the older readers’ category, for her debut book, The Cats We Meet Along The Way - a tale of a Malaysian family that goes on a road trip as the wait for the world to end. We speak with Nadia about her inspirations for the book, and how she infuses warmth and sweetness into an inherently bleak premise. We close off the show by reviewing the book. 

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  Literature/PhilosophyFamily/Parenting

Tags:  Nadia MikailWaterstones Children’s Book Prizechildren's bookapocalypseroad trip





Play / Pause

Listen now : BFM 89.9 -- The Business Station

Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

7:45 AM

Top Story

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

9:35 AM

The Property Show

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Goh Chee Hau, Co-Founder and Managing Director, TheLorry.

11:00 AM

The Workplace

Sruthi Nambiar, Director of Sales & Marketing, Randstad Malaysia

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

EPF on Akaun Fleksibel and New Structure with Balqais Yusoff, Head, Strategy Management Department, EPF

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Dr. Michael Barr, Associate Professor, Flinders University and Author of “The Ruling Elite of Singapore"

2:05 PM

Beyond the Ballot Box

3:05 PM

Earth Matters

What A Waste (Problem We Have), Ashley Leong, Environmental Journalist, Macaranga | Wong Siew Lyn, Editor and Co-founder, Macaranga | Geetha P Kumaran, Environmental & Waste Management Consultant

4:05 PM

Health & Living

Healthy Ageing: Building Digital Literacy Among Seniors, Dr Tan Yun Yi, Founder, Bengkel Teknologi Senior

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Inside Story

7:00 PM

Front Row [REPEAT]

8:00 PM

Cruise Control

10:00 PM

The Pulse