PENANG BOASTS a flourishing literary ecosystem filled with writers, poets, translators, booksellers, publishers and — of course — readers. With the annual George Town Literary Festival coming up in November, I am jumping on the bandwagon first (and taking you with me) as we talk to a few local writers whose works span across genres, mediums and languages.
What Writers Think About Writing
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Yee Heng Yeh
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The Making of A Literary Festival
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LATE IN 2019, I received a text message from Pauline Fan, the director of the George Town Literary Festival (GTLF), Malaysia’s largest literary festival. She ha...
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