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.
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.
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