A labour of love. That’s really the only way to say it right.
Last Wednesday I was invited to Dina Zaman’s official launch of her new book, I Am Muslim at the Central Market Annexe. My first experience of Dina’s writing was via her Dina’s Dalca column in The New Straits Times. She later wrote a column …
Ed. Just added a 3rd event, check it out below!
1. Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival 2007
You can find all you want to know about the Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival 2007 here, at the Silverfish Books site.
In short, though (from the Silverfish Books website):
The Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival 2007 is held this year in conjunction …
That caught your attention, didn’t it? What would it be like being in bed with Lydia Teh, you wonder? Now, before you let your mind get away with you, let me clarify — we (the avowed fans of Lydia Teh; maybe I should start another fan club, eh?) think it would be a fab title …
Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drown’d.
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson,
In Memoriam A. H. H.
YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE HIM
You will always be beautiful to him
You will never change
As tender as the sun
Your arms will always wrap around him
As constant as the moon
You will stand close and look over him.
They will always honour you
For you are honourable
A stronger …
Pat Low is directing a new play which will be staged this Saturday at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. What’s Three Fat Virgins Unassembled about? According to the synopsis on the KLPac website:
In Ovidia Yu’s play, an unnamed woman narrates and along with three other women, who call themselves ‘fat virgins’, act out a …
As some of you know, Xeus recently commissioned me to design the cover to her upcoming anthology Dark City 2. What you may not know was that I created three potential covers, and now it’s up to you, dear readers, to vote on which is your favourite cover!
I’ll showcase all three covers here, with a …
So what do you do when you have to play chaffeur and chaperone and dupe someone into her surprise birthday party? You call me and proceed to watch me get totally stressed out. In the end, it worked — Nisa was surprised, and so were the guests when we arrived 15 minutes ahead of schedule! …
