Author Event: Hanna Alkaf (11am, 12 Oct 2024)

RM10.00

We’re thrilled to welcome back Hanna Alkaf to Lit Books, this time 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 Devina Sivagurunathan, one half of the Sivagurunathan & Chua Literary Agency, a Malaysian-based literary agency which seeks to bring new and diverse Malaysian writing to the world. Hysterical Girls bears all the hallmarks of Hanna’s writing: compelling characters, dark mysteries, and sharp critiques of social mores that continue to oppress young women in Malaysia.

There will be an audience Q&A as well as a book signing on the evening. Please purchase your tickets early as spaces are limited. Tickets are RM10 and you will receive a RM10 voucher to use on event day.

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Description

An all-girls school is struck with mysterious cases of screaming hysteria in this chilling dark academia thriller haunted by a deeply buried history clawing to the light.

For over a hundred years, girls have fought to attend St. Bernadette’s, with its reputation for shaping only the best and brightest young women. Unfortunately, there is also the screaming. When a student begins to scream in the middle of class, a chain reaction starts that impacts the entire school. By the end of the day, seventeen girls are affected—along with St. Bernadette’s stellar reputation.

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