BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS  COVID-19 Pride of Malaysia Budget 2022
Podcast  >  Evening Edition  >  By The Book  >  By the Book: William Tham's The Last Days

By the Book: William Tham's The Last Days

William Tham, author

15-Sep-20 20:00

By the Book: William Tham's The Last Days

Communism, a handover of power, the importance of journalism, frustrated love, and a central familial mystery. All these threads are woven together in William Tham's novel, The Last Days, which is set under the shadow of the Malayan Emergency. We discuss the research and process of putting this work together, and the pressure of writing about this particular time in history. And then in Footnotes, we review the book!

Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


Download the BFM mobile app. Stay at home and stay up-to-date.

Tags:  Malaysian author,  Malaysian literature,  history,  historical fiction,  Malayan Emergency,  Culture, History, Heritage,  Book Reviews


Life
Dan Lain-Lain

Share this podcast

Latest Podcasts




Play / Pause

Listen now : The Property Show (REPEAT): Property Legal Clinic November 2021 - Bankruptcy; Chris...

Today’s Shows



10:00 AM

Pick of the Pops (REPEAT)

12:00 PM

Bar None (REPEAT)

1:00 PM

Ringgit and Sense (REPEAT)

How Do Malaysians Save And Invest?; Aaron Tang, Country Manager, Luno Malaysia | Hann Liew, Co-founder and Director, Jirnexu

1:30 PM

The Property Show (REPEAT)

Property Legal Clinic November 2021 - Bankruptcy; Chris Tan, Lawyer, Chur Associates

2:00 PM

Cruise Control (REPEAT)

The 2006 Mercedes-Benz ML is A Suburban Family Icon

3:00 PM

By the Book (REPEAT)

Book Club November 2021 - The Windup Girl; Kenneth Chai, Co-founder of Parti Aspirasi Sains Malaysia

4:00 PM

The Bigger Picture (REPEAT)

Betty Yeoh on Fighting For Women’s Rights For Four Decades; Betty Yeoh, Co-Founder, All Women’s Action Society (AWAM)

5:00 PM

TED Radio Hour

6:00 PM

Earth Matters (REPEAT)

Missing Voices - Why COP26 Failed Women from the Global South; Ana Celestial, Member, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, and Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)

6:30 PM

Earth Matters (REPEAT)

The Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve - Just Regazette It, Already!; June Tan and Suresh Kumar, Members of the Pertahankan Hutan Simpan Kuala Langat Utara (PHSKLU) coalition

7:00 PM

Take Five (REPEAT)

8:00 PM

The Flow (REPEAT)

9:00 PM

The Selector