26 October 2024

New books and a giveaway

Hey there Reader!

Can you believe it's the end of October? I can't. Time is... weird. My head is still somewhere in, idk, August or something. Anyway, here's your (irregularly) scheduled email about Anna-related bookish stuff!

The Books and Bonfires Giveaway just started yesterday and will run until November 3rd. It's a little too hot (and wet) for those of us in Malaysia to get cosy by a fire, but no matter where you are, you can discover amazing new authors with LitRing’s #BooksandBonfires Giveaway!

By following your favorite authors on social media, you’ll not only stay in the loop for exciting new releases, but you’ll also have a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card!

Join the Giveaway

The last actual bonfire I experienced was in October 2018 somewhere in the UK.

Two new anthologies drop this November

The months leading up to November is always busy, mostly because I try to schedule book launches during the annual George Town Literary Festival (which was also why both A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic AND Absolution were launched in November).

This year's launches include:

Tapau: The Best of Malaysian Food Writing 2000-2022

A simple spice can open up meditations on love and life.

In food, we find connection to one another, like a homesick student searching for the perfect cup of teh tarik. Yet, paradoxically, food is a polariser, like a Muslim convert craving a pork bun. From tracing the origins of our hawker food to a love letter for Ipoh told in local favourites, these works are an eclectic mix of the Malaysian obsession with food.

For all our differences, Malaysians find commonality in one thing: we want you to be well-fed. Savour these small packages of good writing, covering a wide array of foods to please every palate, from laksa and sambal telur belimbing to french fries and Bru coffee. Come for the carbs. Stay for the whole menu.

Featuring work by award-winning author Elaine Chiew, DK Dutt Memorial Award founder Dipika Mukherjee, and celebrated professor and poet Dr Malachi Edwin Vethamani.

NutMag 8: Harmony

When Malaysians talk about "harmony", most of the time they're referring to racial (and religious) harmony. Yet in this collection of 10 (plus 2!) works, we also explore the vast expanse of what harmony is: from being at peace with oneself, familial relations, and the cyclical nature of life.

From office melodrama and musings at the laundromat to imaginative settings of fantasy, mythology and dystopia, our writers show us that harmony takes many forms.

NutMag 8: Harmony also hosts the Muara Writing Prize winners for English and Bahasa Malaysia, organised with the George Town Literary Festival 2024.

PREORDER EBOOKS ON GOOGLE PLAY

TAPAU: The Best of Malaysian Food Writing 2000-2022

NutMag 8: Harmony

PREORDER PAPERBACK

Tapau can already be preordered as a paperback. NutMag 8 links will be available soon!

TAPAU: The Best of Malaysian Food Writing 2000-2022