Author Event: Shih-Li Kow

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Come listen to award-winning Malaysian writer Shih-Li Kow discuss Bone Weight, her new collection of stories, with publisher and literary raconteur Amir Muhammad on 18 Nov, 2023 at 8pm. Following the discussion will be an audience Q&A as well as a book signing. This is an event that should interest all lovers of Malaysian literature, so […]

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Author Event: James Chai (POSTPONED)

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

We regret to announce that our scheduled event with James Chai on 13 January 2024 has been postponed until later on in the year. The postponement is due to an issue with book logistics, which means that we won't be able to get his books in time for the event. As such, we decided, together […]

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Author Event with Kam Raslan

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

THE 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 […]

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Author Event: Hafiz Noor Shams

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Economists 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 […]

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Author Event with Yeoh Jo-Ann

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Catch 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 […]

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Author Event with Edwin Malachi Vetahamani

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Join 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 […]

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Author Event with Erica Eng

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Join 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. […]

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WVC Jazz Plays the MRB (First Night)

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Join us for a celebration of Malaysia's rich and diverse musical heritage, performed by one of the country’s finest jazz ensembles, WVC Jazz. Led by bandleader and pianist Tay Cher Siang with AJ Popshuvit on bass and Adriel Wong on drums, WVC will be performing a selection of music from The Malaysian Real Book, a comprehensive […]

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WVC Jazz Plays the MRB (Second Night)

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Join us for a celebration of Malaysia's rich and diverse musical heritage, performed by one of the country’s finest jazz ensembles, WVC Jazz. Led by bandleader and pianist Tay Cher Siang with AJ Popshuvit on bass and Adriel Wong on drums, WVC will be performing a selection of music from The Malaysian Real Book, a comprehensive […]

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Empowering Malaysia’s Future: Conversations with Liew Chin Tong

Lit Books P-1-11 Tropicana Avenue, 12 Persiaran Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Deputy 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 […]