Book launch: In The Mirror: New and Selected Works of Wong Phui Nam
In the Mirror is an essential collection of poems and critical writing from foundational Malaysian poet and literary critic Wong Phui Nam. It includes unpublished, unread poems from the final years of his life (1935-2022). Wong Phui Nam was part of the first generation of Malayan writers and poets in the 1960s who wrote and […]
Panel: Verses of Our Time: Poetry and Its Crossings
Poetry refuses to stand still. It moves between stage and page, between languages and traditions, carrying with it the urgency of our moment. In this session, three poets read and reflect on how their work confronts love and loss, politics and memory, the intimate and the universal. Together, they ask what poetry can do now—and […]
Panel: She Who Remembers, She Who Rewrites
Women writers have long reclaimed myth and memory to resist erasure and shape new narratives of identity. This panel explores how stories handed down through culture can be unsettled, reimagined, and rewritten, challenging patriarchal traditions while illuminating the intimate bonds of memory and belonging. Speakers: Ramayda Akmal, Lize Spit Moderator/Host: Bernice Chauly