Resisting the Post-Print Era
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The Tai Tong restaurant on Lebuh Cintra is an unusual place for a literary discussion, but it is where a friend insists on introducing me to a website that host...
A Discourse on Birds – and Biodiversity
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BIRDS POPULATE literature and folklore as symbols of transit and freedom, embodying fleeting moments of beauty.[1] In Farid-ud-din Attar’s The Conference of the...
The Evolution of Food Discourses in Malaysia
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SOME LESSONS MAY be gleaned from the past at a time when we have become more conscious about food security, self-sufficiency and sustainability, even while traw...
Crafting Voices: An Interview with BFM’s Lee Chwi Lynn and Sharmilla Ganesan
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MANY YEARS AGO, an unnamed German programme director, in conversation with Walter Benjamin, recalled how his first foray into broadcasting did not quite go acco...
The Decade-old GTLF Migrates Online During Covid-19
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THE INITIAL PLANS for the 2020 George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) were for it to be celebratory – to look back on 10 years of work, while also looking f...
A Very Brief History of Malaysian Physics
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About the 14th of February [1929] two expeditions are proceeding to Malaya to observe the eclipse… the plans of the two parties have been worked out in c...
Labouring for Sustainable Space in Literary Creativity
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“SUSTAINABILITY”, “SOLIDARITY”, “MEANINGFULNESS”. These terms are especially pertinent when it comes to discussing the creat...