2021-03-15 03:47
I picked up two magazines today which both contain articles I've written on Preeta Samarasan. And both also have a plenty more great book related stuff to read.Preeta is cover girl of MPH's… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
It's quite distressing that our our second book has been hit heavily by negative remarks and 1-star reviews on Amazon.As you might know, the book Readings from Readings 2: New Writing… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I’m thrilled to bits when author Tan Twan Eng asks me to moderate his meet-the author session at Kinokuniya on April 8th. The bookstore is in any case Tan’s home away… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
One of my course participants, Brigid Bose, wrote a piece for the newsletter of the Association of British Women In Malaysia about what goes on in my creative writing classes at Learning Wor… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
2016-03-17 14:27
A common stereotype of literary gatherings is that they are pretentious affairs: elderly professors in tweed and monocles smoking pipes as they discuss old classics that no one has picke… Read More
2013-05-02 04:53
My review which was in the Reads Monthly section of The Sunday Star yesterday :What actually happens when we read a literary novel? And what is in the mind of an author when he writes one?… Read More
2013-05-01 15:45
Amir Muhammad has plans to move into Bahasa Malaysia publishing with his new company, Fixi. This is a very exciting development, and it came about like this:... in August last year during a… Read More
2013-04-29 02:14
The Star has a feature today about the only local book awards - the Star-Popular Readers’ Choice Awards. Here are the nominations in the English fiction category, which interests me mo… Read More
2013-04-29 02:01
“In our country the importance of reading is still not being inculcated in homes or schools, and somewhere along the way of memorizing answers we have lost people who take pleasure i… Read More
2013-04-29 01:42
Writing a whole novel in 24 hours seems like an impossible task, let alone when there are 29 co-authors in 4 different parts of the world! But this is exactly what we did on Leap Year… Read More
2013-02-24 01:32
This review of appeared in The Star last week.Folktales hold a mirror up to our inner lives and provide us with a shared frame of reference, so it’s small wonder that many modern au… Read More
2013-02-24 00:51
My review of The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier appeared in The Star today. This is the original version which reads a bit better!Tracy Chevalier, best known for The Girl with a Pearl… Read More
2011-10-20 00:20
Exciting news for book lovers in Penang - the first George Town Literary Festival, organised by Bernice Chauly, features a line-up of Farish Noor, Tan Twan Eng, Shih-Li Kow and Iskandar Al-B… Read More
2011-10-17 10:18
My review in The Star today :Two renowned authors share insights into the future of the book.This Is Not The End Of The BookAuthors: Jean-Claude Carrière & Umberto EcoPublisher: H… Read More
2011-10-17 10:17
I was having lunch today with David T.K. Wong when he told me that my letter to MPH had been published in Quill some weeks before. Actually I had tried to obtain the magazine from the… Read More
2011-06-21 07:48
Bernice and I were interviewed for the I Love KL Show which was broadcast last Saturday 18th June. Here we are talking about the event and the book it spawned: BFM: The Business Radio Stat… Read More
2011-05-30 03:12
We're just a few days away from the Writer's Unlimited Tour - our mini lit-fest happening in June. Please click up to size the poster and the information about the writers taking part. Ple… Read More
2011-05-22 10:49
This is my letter to the editor in response to Alan Wong's piece in the current issue of MPH's Quill magazine. It is addressed to the editor of Quill, Vimala Seneviratne. Dear VimalaI am wr… Read More
2011-05-22 03:33
Poster by Lydia Chai! Read More
2011-05-21 11:58
Publishers in Malaysia/Singapore and of course the rest of SE Asia are invited to send in submissions for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. The 2011 Prize will be awarded to the best nove… Read More
2011-05-09 09:58
A review of Readings From Readings by Soon Heng in this month's Time Out Read More
2011-04-20 05:01
Date: Saturday 30 April, 2011Time: 3.30pmPlace: Seksan's, 67, Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar (Map)We have both established authors promoting new books, and several newcomers step… Read More
2011-04-03 07:59
Readings from Readings celebrates Kuala Lumpur's longest-running live literature event. Founded in 2005 by Bernice Chauly, Readings provides a regular space in which local writers and reader… Read More
2011-03-20 07:34
Join us for your monthly literary fix, featuring some of the writers from the book, and some new faces! Date: Saturday 26 March, 2011Time: 3.30pmPlace: Seksan Gallery, 67, Jalan Tempinis Sat… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Inventive insights into the cityBy SHARON BAKARAn enjoyable collection of short stories that provide a different view of Kuala Lumpur.Local publisher Fixi’s popular KL Noir s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I apologise for not having kept up this blog. I know quite a number of you were disappointed.A number of things happened. I was going through a bit of a rough patch and hit a bump in the ro… Read More
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