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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 30 MIN

Hilarious rom-com writer Cynthia Timoti talks about wedding season, romance tropes and much more!

from Skip to the Good Part · host Cara Tanamachi and PJ Benoit

Send us Fan MailCynthia Timoti is a bilingual, fourth-generation Chinese-Indonesian who was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She lives in Melbourne, the best city in all of Australia (no, she’s not biased) with her non-reader husband and two fantasy-and-dystopian-reader sons, who are both now taller than her. Her new book, How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings is out NOW! It’s 27 Dresses meets Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List in this delightful romcom where she doesn’t believe in love…he’s determined to prove her wrong -- by being her matchmaker!Follow her:InstagramThreads​Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Cynthia Timoti is a bilingual, fourth-generation Chinese-Indonesian who was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She lives in Melbourne, the best city in all of Australia (no, she’s not biased) with her non-reader husband and two fantasy-and-dystopian-reader sons, who are both now taller than her. Her new book, How to Find a Guy in Five Weddings is out NOW! It’s 27 Dresses meets Sonya Lalli’s The Matchmaker’s List in this delightful romcom where she doesn’t believe in...

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Hilarious rom-com writer Cynthia Timoti talks about wedding season, romance tropes and much more!

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Send us Fan MailCynthia Timoti is a bilingual, fourth-generation Chinese-Indonesian who was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She lives in Melbourne, the best city in all of Australia (no, she’s not biased) with her non-reader husband and two...

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