January Readings@Seksan

December Readings@Seksan

Date: Saturday 17^th December, 2011

Time: 3.30pm

Place: Seksan Gallery, 67, Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar

(Map www.seksan.com)

Lineup :

Mano Maniam

Commander Ian Anderson

Megat Ishak

Marc White

Jacqueline Ann Surin

Ram Anand

Admission free and everyone very welcome. Please pass on the invitation to anyone else you think might be interested.  

 
(For enquiries contact Sharon 017-2644956, sharonbakar@yahoo.com)

George Town Literary Festival

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-Bakri.  You can read more on the festival blog.

Paul Spencer Sochazewski Lecture Tour

This might be of interest to book lovers in Penang and KL. Author Paul Spencer Sochaczewski will be doing a Malaysia lecture tour, organized by US Embassy in Malaysia.

Penang

Monday, Oct 17

10:00 –

Topic:  “My Peace Corps Years in Malaysia: A Naïve Suburban Kid Takes on the Not-So-Terrifying Jungle” and “Secrets of Effective Writing”

Venue: The Lincoln Corner in the Penang State Public Library, Jalan Perpustakaan, in Seberang Jaya on the mainland

Monday, Oct 17

20.00 –  

Topic:  “The Sultan and the Mermaid Queen”.  Readings from my new book and discussion. Moderator: Himanshu Bhatt, director, Cape Poetics

Books will be available for sale, for book info:   http://www.sochaczewski.com/2010/04/02/the-sultan-and-the-mermaid-queen/

Venue:  Gallery Seni Mutiara, 118 Lebuh Armenian in George Town.  Host: Cape Poetics

Kuala Lumpur

Tuesday, Oct 18

14:30 –

Topic: Topic:  “My Peace Corps Years in Malaysia: A Naïve Suburban Kid Takes on the Not-So-Terrifying Jungle” and “Secrets of Effective Writing”

Venue: The Lincoln Corner in the KL (City) Library, No. 1 Jalan Raja, KL.  (This is not the “national” library but the city library within the Merdeka/Independence Square vicinity, adjacent the Selangor Club.)

October Readings@Seksan

Date: Saturday 29 October, 2011

Time: 3.30pm

Place: Seksan Gallery, 67, Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar

(Map www.seksan.com)


Lineup :

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

Zan Azlee

Rumaizah Abu bakar

Adib Zaini

Julian CH Lee

And with music from Reza Salleh

Admission free and everyone very welcome. Please pass on the invitation to anyone else you think might be interested.  

(For enquiries contact Sharon 017-2644956, sharonbakar@yahoo.com)

Writing Workshop with Kee Thuan Chye

Kee Thuan Chye just sent me news of a workshop he is running and I know some of you will be interested :

WRITING CREATIVELY

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman through its Centre for Extension for Education (CEE) in Petaling Jaya will be conducting a two-day workshop called "Writing Creatively" on 9-10 November 2011. It is open to those who want to learn how to sharpen their imagination in order to write better, express themselves creatively and use the art of telling stories for work or pleasure.

This highly interactive workshop will be conducted by Kee Thuan Chye, a writer who has has worked in genres ranging from poetry to playwriting to short fiction to journalistic writing and creative nonfiction for almost 40 years.

For details, please call Ms Jennifer/Mr Sia at Tel: 03-7957 2818 / H/p: 016 223 3563, Fax: 03-79573818 or Email: cee@utar.edu.my.

Big Bad Wolf is Coming to Get You!

I'm sticking up this press release from Andrew and Jackie at BookXcess.  Sadly I'm not going to be around during this ginormous book sale but hope those of you who go enjoy yourselves!

BOOKXCESS GEARS UP FOR THE

BIGGEST BOOK SALES IN THE WORLD!

Kuala Lumpur, 8^th September, 2011:    The fourth edition of the Big Bad Wolf book sale is back – and it’s touted as the world’s biggest book sale ever with more than 1.5 million books sourced from various points across the world.The event, scheduled to run from 7 – 16 October at MAEPS (Malaysia Agro Exposition Park, Serdang), is organised by BookXcess, a one-stop remainder book retail outlet, located at Amcorp Mall in Petaling Jaya. BookXcess previously organised three highly successful book sale events.

“Organising the world’s biggest book sale has always been a personal ambition,” says Andrew Yap, CEO, BookXcess. “After almost a year of scrupulous planning, long hours of painstaking work, and travelling to major global capitals to source for the best-value books, the event is a reality.”

The book sale, affectionately dubbed ‘the Big Bad Wolf sale’, attracted more than 80,000 fans last year. The organisers expect to attract more than 500,000 fans this year.

All books in every category will be sold at discounts ranging between 75 – 95 per cent of the usual retail price. Avid readers and collectors will be spoilt for choice with a wide selection ranging from latest paperbacks, coffee table books, box sets, pop-up art books, and backdated imported magazines – and something for everyone.

“We love books and it’s a passion for us,” says Yap, who runs the business together with his wife Jacqueline Ng. “Our greatest satisfaction comes from selling books at unbelievably low prices and making them available to the widest cross-section of book lovers.”

The husband-and-wife team behind BookXcess has spared no effort to ensure that this year’s Big Bad Wolf sale is an unqualified success.

“Our goal is to revive the joy of reading and make books available to all Malaysians at bargain prices,” Yaps states.

OCBC Bank is a partner for this year’s book sale. The bank will host a number of promotional activities in support of the Big Bad Wolf sale. OCBC credit cardholders will also enjoy an additional 5 per cent discount during the sale.

For more information on the venue for Big Bad Wolf Book Sale 2011, log on to www.bigbadwolfbooks.com or its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/bbwbooks

Thanks MPH

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 MPH store, but the assistants said that it had gone online, and then I couldn't find the website.

Now I have, (see page 8 for a clearer version) and I consider that things have been put right.

 
 Meanwhile, there's lots of other good stuff to read in the magazine and, if you want even more, the 105th Anniversary issue of Quill can be found here.