Thea Lim's guest appearances

Thea Lim

Books and Boba

Little Atoms

Griefcast

The Writerly Bites Podcast

Simon Stephenson

Ruth Ozeki

Kathryn Mannix

Lillian Li

Sara Seager

Celeste Ng

Mohsin Hamid

Kamila Shamsie

Caitlin Doughty

Paul Robeson

George Saunders

John Joseph

William Golding

Jia Tolentino

Ben Smith

OwlTail

On this episode, we discuss our July 2021 book club pick, An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim, a Sci-Fi time travel novel about a woman who journeys to the future as an indentured worker to save the life of the man she loves in the midst of a global pandemic. The story follows her struggles as a temporally migrant worker as she tries to find her way home while dealing with the aftermath of a devastating pandemic where she no longer has any legal status or citizenship.Content Warning: Discussion of a scene regarding attempted sexual assault at  45:31 - 47:17*Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow our guests:Jess Ju (@jessjutweets)Hanh Nguyen (@hanhonymous)Check out their pop culture podcast w/ Marvin at goodpop.clubFollow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books &amp; Boba August 2021 pick is Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy RibayThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective Mentioned in this episode:Books &amp; Boba started a Patreon!After 6 and a half years, Books &amp; Boba has started a Patreon! Our little podcast has been a wonderful labor of love and we’ve been proud of the book discussions and author chats that we’ve been able to bring to you all, but we want to do more! We’ve got big dreams for Books &amp; Boba and so we’re asking our community for support. Help us grow the book club so we can support more books written by Asian diaspora authors!  The Books &amp; Boba Patreon has 2 membership tiers, our “Regular Boba” tier at $3 a month which gives you access to the brand new Books &amp; Boba members-only discord server, and the “Honey Boba” premium tier which comes with discord access as well as access to our new “Boba Chat” podcast where Marvin and Reera chat about non-book related things as well as answer member questions.  Check out our patreon at patreon.com/booksandbobaPatreon

On this episode, we discuss our July 2021 book club pick, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42202089-an-ocean-of-minutes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Ocean of Minutes</a> by Thea Lim, a Sci-Fi time travel novel about a woman who journeys to the future as an indentured worker to save the life of the man she loves in the midst of a global pandemic. The story follows her struggles as a temporally migrant worker as she tries to find her way home while dealing with the aftermath of a devastating pandemic where she no longer has any legal status or citizenship.Content Warning: Discussion of a scene regarding attempted sexual assault at  45:31 - 47:17*Support the podcast by <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/booksandboba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">purchasing books at our bookshop </a>*Follow our hosts:<ul><li>Reera Yoo (<a href="https://twitter.com/reeraboo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@reeraboo</a>)</li><li>Marvin Yueh (<a href="https://twitter.com/MarvinYueh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@marvinyueh</a>)</li></ul>Follow our guests:<ul><li>Jess Ju (<a href="https://twitter.com/jessjutweets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jessjutweets</a>)</li><li>Hanh Nguyen (<a href="https://twitter.com/Hanhonymous" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@hanhonymous</a>)</li><li>Check out their pop culture podcast w/ Marvin at <a href="https://goodpop.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goodpop.club</a></li></ul>Follow us:<ul><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/booksandboba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/BooksandBoba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/197124-books-boba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads Group</a></li></ul>The Books &amp; Boba August 2021 pick is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41941681-patron-saints-of-nothing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patron Saints of Nothing</a> by Randy RibayThis podcast is part of <a href="http://podcastpotluck.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective</a> Mentioned in this episode:Books &amp; Boba started a Patreon!After 6 and a half years, Books &amp; Boba has started a Patreon! Our little podcast has been a wonderful labor of love and we’ve been proud of the book discussions and author chats that we’ve been able to bring to you all, but we want to do more! We’ve got big dreams for Books &amp; Boba and so we’re asking our community for support. Help us grow the book club so we can support more books written by Asian diaspora authors! The Books &amp; Boba Patreon has 2 membership tiers, our “Regular Boba” tier at $3 a month which gives you access to the brand new Books &amp; Boba members-only discord server, and the “Honey Boba” premium tier which comes with discord access as well as access to our new “Boba Chat” podcast where Marvin and Reera chat about non-book related things as well as answer member questions. Check out our patreon at <a href="http://patreon.com/booksandboba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/booksandboba</a><a href="https://booksandboba.captivate.fm/patreon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>

#146 - An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim

Cariad talks to writer Thea Lim (An Ocean of Minutes, Soctiabank Giller Prize Nominee) about her Father-in-Law who died of Liver cancer. As ever they talk grief, micro-management + faraway losses.You can follow Thea on twitter @thea_lim and you can buy An Ocean of Minutes in paperback now from all good bookstores. You can follow the Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast and you can email thegriefcast@gmail.comGriefcast won Gold (always believe in your soul) in Best Entertainment, Best Interview + also Podcast of the Year 2018 at the British Podcast Awards and Best Podcast at the ARIA's. It is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cariad talks to writer Thea Lim (An Ocean of Minutes, Soctiabank Giller Prize Nominee) about her Father-in-Law who died of Liver cancer. As ever they talk grief, micro-management + faraway losses.You can follow Thea on twitter @thea_lim and you can buy An Ocean of Minutes in paperback now from all good bookstores. You can follow the Griefcast on twitter and instagram @thegriefcast and you can email thegriefcast@gmail.comGriefcast won Gold (always believe in your soul) in Best Entertainment, Best Interview + also Podcast of the Year 2018 at the British Podcast Awards and Best Podcast at the ARIA's. It is hosted by Cariad Lloyd, edited by Kate Holland, recorded at Whistledown Studios and the music is provided by The Glue Ensemble. And remember, you are not alone.Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/griefcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 77 Thea Lim

Thea Lim’s novel An Ocean of Minutes is out now from Quercus/Hachette in the UK, Viking/Penguin Random House in Canada, and Touchstone Books/Simon &amp; Schuster in the US. Her writing has been published by the Paris Review, the Guardian, Salon, the National Post, LitHub, Electric Literature, the Millions, the Southampton Review, GRIST and others. She has received multiple awards and fellowships for her work, including artists’ grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. Her novella The Same Woman was released by Invisible Publishing in 2007. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston and she previously served as nonfiction editor at Gulf Coast. She grew up in Singapore and lives in Toronto, where she is a professor of creative writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thea Lim’s novel An Ocean of Minutes is out now from Quercus/Hachette in the UK, Viking/Penguin Random House in Canada, and Touchstone Books/Simon &amp; Schuster in the US. Her writing has been published by the Paris Review, the Guardian, Salon, the National Post, LitHub, Electric Literature, the Millions, the Southampton Review, GRIST and others. She has received multiple awards and fellowships for her work, including artists’ grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. Her novella The Same Woman was released by Invisible Publishing in 2007. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston and she previously served as nonfiction editor at Gulf Coast. She grew up in Singapore and lives in Toronto, where she is a professor of creative writing. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Little Atoms 553 - Thea Lim's An Ocean of Minutes