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In this episode* we talk all things novel writing with fab author Ivy Ngeow. We hear how Ivy likens the process of writing novels to the process of building houses, that its OK when things go wrong its how you adapt. Plus a reading from Ivy's latest In Safe Hands.
*Apologies, we had some technical issues during this recording so you may need to adjust your sound.
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Ivy Ngeow was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. She holds an MA in Writing from Middlesex University, where she won the 2005 Middlesex University Literary Press Prize out of almost 1500 entrants worldwide. The American Boyfriend, published by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia in 2023, was longlisted for the Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize for Commercial Fiction Writers of Colour 2022 and the winner of the Singapore Book Awards 2024 for Best Marketing Campaign. Her debut, Cry of the Flying Rhino (2017), was awarded the International Proverse Prize in Hong Kong. Her novels include Heart of Glass (2018), Overboard (2020) and White Crane Strikes (2022). She is the commissioning editor of the Asian Anthology New Writing series. Her latest novel, In Safe Hands, was shortlisted for the Joffe Books Prize 2024 and published by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia in October 2025. She lives in London.
