EVENTS
2023
MARCH 2023 READINGS@SEKASAN ORGANISED BY SHARON BAKAR
Date: 25 March 2023
Place: Seksan Gallery, Bangsar, KL.
Time: 3.30-6.00pm

INAUGURAL READINGS SESSION ORGANISED BY RAJA AHMAD AMINNULAH
Date: 11 March 2023
Time: 3-5pm
Place: R A Arts Haven, Strand Mall, Kota Damansara


RAMBUTAN KISSES BOOK LAUNCH
Date: 18 February 2023
Time: 4-6pm
Place: Merdekarya, Petaling Jaya


MATHRUBHUMI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LETTERS’23, (MBIFL)
2-5 February 2023, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.



POETRY WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Date: 14 January 2023
Time: 9.30 – 12pm
Place: HELP University, Kuala Lumpur


2022
BANGALORE LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Date: 3 & 4 December 2022
Place: Lalit Ashok Hotel, Bangalore



ASIA PACIFIC WRITERS AND TRANSLATORS CONFERENCE & ASIA PACIFIC LITERARY FESTIVAL, 2022, BANGALORE, INDIA
RAMBUTAN KISSES BOOK LAUNCH
Date: 29 November 2022
Venue: School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University,
Bengalaru, India
Time: 1.30 – 3.00pm



GEORGE TOWN LITERARY FESTIVAL, 24-28 NOVEMBER 2022
GEORGETOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA



THE SEVEN O’CLOCK TREE BOOK LAUNCH
Date: 22 November 2022
Time: 10am
Place: Auditorium Sri KL



Teachers Workshop at Wawasan Open University, Penang
with Associate Professor Dr Too Wei Keong
Date: 3 September 2022
Time: 9-12pm
Place: Wawasan Open University, Georgetown, Penang.

BOOK LAUNCH AND MEET THE AUTHOR
Date: 2 September 2022
Venue: Hikayat Bookshop, Georgetown, Penang.
Time: 7.30 – 9.00pm



BOTTOMS UP: A POETRY JAM
Poetry Festival Singapore Edition
Online poetry reading session hosted by Lawin Bulatao & Serene
Date: 7 August 2022.

LOVE AND LOSS BOOK LAUNCH
Date: 18 July 2022
Venue: Kuala Lumpur Teaching Centre, University of Nottingham Malaysia
Time: 4-6pm




BOOK SIGNING AT KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR 2022
Date: 4 June 2022
Time: 3-5pm
Venue: Hall 3, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur




2021

My play ‘Lockdown’ has been shortlisted for the Short + Sweet Malaysia 2021 Competition. Do come and if you enjoy it, you can vote for it.
The tickets are on sale now.
https://www.cloudtix.co/shows/short-sweet-theatre
20 & 21 November 2021
Malaysian Writers Society presents
MYWRITERSFEST 2021
24 October 2021, 2pm – 3pm

World Thinkers’ and Writers’ Peace Meet:
Live poetry reading session
09 October 2021, 10pm (Malaysian time)

Poetry workshop with SMK Yong Peng Form 6 students.
24 September 2021, 12.30pm – 2.30pm

Celebrating Malaysian Poet, Wong Phui Nam’s 86th Birthday!
20 September 2021

Announcement of stories selected for The Best Asian Short Stories 2021 edited by Malachi Edwin Vethamani
19 September 2021 at 11am (Online Google Meet Event)

Forum Long Live Literature
Organised by University Book Store Malaysia and Ministry Education of Malaysia
28th July 2021 4.15pm – 5.15pm

Asia Pacific Writers and Translators (APWT) ISO Break V.10
6 June 2021 10am

Malaysian Poetry Writing Competition 2021:
Call for Submissions
April 2021

Anugerah Buku Nasional
Organised by Malaysian Publisher Association.
21 April 2021

29 – 30 March 2021
2-day workshop with Hin Hua High School, Klang students.

1 September 2020, 4pm Malaysian time.
Invitation to attend online lecture.

30 July 2020, 4-6pm
Online Creative Writing Taster Workshop.

If you are planning to do under-graduate or post-graduate studies in creative writing, this workshop will be of interest to you.
27 July 2020
Invitation to attend online lecture.

This presentation provides a brief introduction to the emergence of Malaysian English and its attendant literature Malaysian Literature in English. This young literary tradition is similar to many new literary traditions that have developed with the emergence and development of new Englishes. In multi-ethnic and multi-linguistic Malaysia, writing in English has become vibrant over the last few decades. Writers from various ethnic groups write in the English language. The focus of this presentation is the work of Malaysian Indian writers, their place in the Malaysian post-colonial literary landscape, the preoccupations in their writing and the recognition they have garnered over the last seven decades.
The event will be streamed live in this link:
https://youtu.be/eD9dtBQq0Xw
No need to register.