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Sunday, January 08, 2012
Saturday, December 10, 2011
December Readings@Seksan
Date: Saturday 17th 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)
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
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.)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
October Readings@Seksan
Date: Saturday 29 October, 2011
Time: 3.30pm
Place: Seksan Gallery, 67, Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar
Place: Seksan Gallery, 67, Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar
(Map www.seksan.com)
Lineup :
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)
Monday, October 03, 2011
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.
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.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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,
8th 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.
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.
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