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Author Event with Kam Raslan
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaTHE ANATOMY OF A PICARESQUE HERO. Join us for an evening of witty banter with writer and broadcaster Kam Raslan, who will talk about the provenance and make-up of Dato' Hamid, the roguish protagonist of his famously funny Confessions of an Old Boy at 8pm, Saturday, 27 January 2024. Kam will be chatting with Min […]
Author Event: Hafiz Noor Shams
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaEconomists Hafiz Noor Shams and Ooi Kok Hin will discuss the central thesis of Hafiz’ book, The End of the Nineteen-Nineties, which links the resurgence of extreme conservatism in Malaysia with the bursting of the Asian economic bubble at the end of the last millennium. Moderated by Fong Min Hun, the session will cover recent historical […]
Author Event with Yeoh Jo-Ann
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaCatch award-winning Malaysian author Yeoh Jo-Ann at Lit Books on 27 April! She’ll be talking about her new book, Deplorable Conversations with Cats and Other Distractions, and how she’s evolved as a writer since her first book, Impractical Uses of Cake, which won the 2018 Epigram Books Fiction Prize. Tickets are RM10, and you will receive a voucher to […]
Author Event with Edwin Malachi Vetahamani
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaJoin us (8pm, May 18) for a scintillating evening of conversation with writer and poet Malachi Edwin Vethamani who will be talking about his new collection of stories Have I Got Something to Tell You. Malachi, a luminary Malaysian poet and writer, interrogates the interstices of contemporary lives to uncover cloistered lived experiences in contemporary […]
Author Event with Erica Eng
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaJoin us (8pm, June 1) for an intimate conversation with Erica Eng, who will be talking about her debut graphic novel Fried Rice. Erica is Malaysia's first Eisner award winner and will be talking with Lit Books' co-founder Fong Min Hun about the genesis of the book, her work, and just how autobiographical semi-autobiographical really means. […]
Empowering Malaysia’s Future: Conversations with Liew Chin Tong
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaDeputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗴 will be at Lit Books on 20 July, 2024 to talk about his book, 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙤𝙛𝙛. Join us for an insightful session about the vision and ideas that Chin Tong puts forth in his book on economic development and nation-building. The Malaysian economy is at […]
Author Event with Zen Cho
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaZen Cho is no stranger to our bookshop and we are pleased to welcome her again to talk about her latest book, The Friend Zone Experiment, a London-set contemporary romance inspired by the romance, humour and drama of K-dramas. Come join us for an intimate evening where Zen and Min Hun will discuss the genesis […]
Author Event with Dina Zaman
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaWe are pleased to welcome Dina Zaman to Lit Books to discuss the re-issue of her collection of short stories, King of the Sea. Join us at 8pm on Sept 7, 2024 where Lit Books co-founder Elaine Lau will be in conversation with Dina on the re-edition of her book, as well as share her […]
Author event with Amy Leow
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaAmy Leow will be at Lit Books at 8pm on Oct 5, 2024 to discuss her amazing debut novel, The Scarlet Throne. Moderating the session will be Lit Book’s Fong Min Hun, a self-declared recovering fantasy junkie, who will be speaking to Amy about her inspiration for the book, characters and plot line. Join us to find […]
Author event with Hanna Alkaf
Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaWe're thrilled to once again welcome Hanna Alkaf to Lit Books to discuss her latest YA offering, The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette’s. In conversation with Hanna during the session at 11am on Oct 12 will be none other than Devina Sivagurunathan, one half of the Sivagurunathan & Chua Literary Agency, a Malaysian-based literary agency which […]
