September 9, 2019Book launch: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Where: Lit Books, Petaling Jaya
When: Sept 10, 8pm (entrance fee RM15)
In 1985, the literary world saw the publication of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which gripped and shocked readers everywhere. The book returned to bestseller lists in 2017 when a TV series based on it...
September 8, 2019She knew it was blasphemous. If her writings were discovered, it would be deemed treasonous. After all, as an Egyptian priestess, it was expected of Hen-taui to follow the religious rituals as ordained by the gods.
But she knew, in spite of all the tradition passed down in the priesthood over centuries, there was something amiss....
September 3, 2019Learning to deal with the panic attacks Prof Steven C. Hayes experienced when he was a young man led to the creation of a new approach to treating mental health issues.
September 1, 2019For seven years, June HL Wong's column 'So Aunty, So What' has been a progressive voice about life for and as a Malaysian. Now, her articles have been compiled into a 400-plus page anthology, her first book titled 'So Aunty, So What? And Some More'.
August 30, 2019Dr Seuss is hitting the road this fall in north America with a large interactive exhibit that will immerse visitors in some of the most iconic books by the beloved children's writer.
August 29, 2019A group of vintage book vendors are banding up to present a treasure trove of rare books at Amcorp Mall's 'Book Street' this National Day weekend.
July 20, 2019Moka Mocha Ink, an indie publisher, is creating an impressive niche for itself in the local publishing scene and contemporary theatre community.
July 15, 2019The George Town Literary Festival (GTLF), Malaysia's largest international literary event, returns this November with the theme "forewords/afterwords".
July 4, 2019American comic book illustrator Michael Netzer once feted for a portfolio including Batman and Wonder Woman covers has found a new calling in the Holy Land - drawing the everyday good and bad guys he sees on all sides.
June 28, 2019The Gulf's largest book collection, Qatar's National Library, has enhanced ties with libraries outside the region and wooed younger readers in its first year, as an anti-Doha boycott drags on.
Scores of children weave in and out of the banked rows of shelves or sit on beanbags clutching books at the foot of the vast columns that...
June 1, 2019Get the Sunday Star paper tomorrow (June 2) for a 25% discount coupon on ‘1001 Books To Read Before You Die’, when you buy the book at Kinokuniya Bookstores, Suria KLCC. Look for the coupon in StarLifestyle.
In January 2019, I made a resolution to widen the diversity of my reading pool for this column. This meant that...
May 24, 2019British writer and illustrator Judith Kerr, whose death at 95 was announced on May 23, captivated young readers around the world with her tales of a fluffy tiger coming to tea, a trouble-prone cat and her own family’s flight from Nazi Germany.
With curly hair and a mischievous smile, the petite Kerr worked well into her 90s, saying...
May 12, 2019In honour of real-life mothers everywhere on Mother’s Day today (May 12), here are 10 literary guardians we admire for how determined they are that their charges will be the best they can be.
Caroline Ingalls from Little House On The Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1935)
Ever resourceful and eternally patient, this woman crafts...
May 10, 2019An author traces the fascinating history of the Catholic sisters who arrived in a strange land to mould strong young women (with perfect manners, of course).
May 9, 2019Malaysian writer Saras Manickam has been announced as the regional winner for the Asia category of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize competition.
My Mother Pattu, written by Saras, was picked over two other shortlisted stories - Miss Coelho, English Teacher by Indian author Kiran Doshi and Pengap, written and translated...
April 30, 2019The first Ipoh Zine Fest will be held at the Home Of Silveryouth space in Ipoh on May 1. It will feature an exhibition, distro booths and a talk on fanzine culture.
April 10, 2019Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, who scooped last year's Man Booker International Prize for fiction, was recently named among five female nominees for this year's prestigious literary award.
Six writers in total have been shortlisted for the British-based prize which celebrates the translated English-language versions of novels from...
April 2, 2019'The Principal Girl: Feminist Tales From Asia', Malaysia’s first feminist young adult publication, offers 18 stories about strong women who will inspire a new generation.
March 13, 2019Instead of a done-to-death dystopian future or typical romance, Malaysian author Hanna Alkaf offers a locally-set young adult novel that looks at one dark day in Malaysian history through the eyes of an unusual protagonist.
March 8, 2019Over 150 writers, artists, activists and performers from more than 30 countries will take part in the 16th Ubud Writers And Readers Festival in Bali from Oct 23-27.
January 14, 2019This book features short science-fiction stories written by children who took part in the seven-month Junior Writer’s Programme held by freelance editor and author Brigitte Rozario.
