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with just two
clicks.NEW BOOKS: New young talent
(1 July 2009)
Lethal Lesson and other stories by Adeline Lee Zhia Ern (RM 30.00)
One
day, mother said to me, “Do you want to go to Malaya?” I
stared at her stupidly. Am I going to follow the other girls who have
gone? Am I going to be married off? Mother told me that our neighbour,
Lau, had a son in Malaya who needed a wife. I had only seen Yuan when
he was a little boy, thus the impression of his face was fuzzy in my
mind. “You’re already twenty-one. You should have been
married a long time ago. Do you want to go?” I was not sure. If I
were to go, I knew life would be extremely different there. But as a
daughter, I knew my mother wanted her request obeyed. I was somehow
intrigued by the idea of going to a new country. “Lau has
promised three cows in exchange for your marriage to his son. I think
it’s a good transaction.” I nodded. So it was settled.Other books
All the Beloveds by Alina Rastam (RM 35.00)
D is for Depression by Choong Khuat Hock (RM 25.00)
33 Food Hotspots: Kuala Lumpur’s Ultimate Food Guide (60.00)
Kathakali: Kumpulan Cerpen Bahasa Malaysia by Uthaya Sankar SB (RM 20.00)
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About us
Silverfish Books was established in 1999 as an independent bookshop focusing on literature, philosophy, religion and Malaysiana -- areas which are either neglected or not addressed intelligently in the mainstream book stores. We are a bookstore for people who like to read by people who read. We like to think of ourselves as a book-boutique. All titles are individually selected and many are not available in any of the 'mega' stores -- not even on Amazon.com.
At Silverfish Books we are committed to good reading and good writing. On our website we have an on-line bookshop with a selection of 'Post-colonial' and Malaysian Literature in English. Silverfish Books is also a leading publisher of Malaysian Literature in English. The first book was Silverfish New Writing 1 -- an anthology of short stories from Malaysia, Singapore and beyond, which attracted post-colonial writers from all over the world – was published in the year 2000.Every manuscript is read thoroughly, and must pass our stringent criteria (not necessarily commercial) before it is accepted and produced to the highest standards.
We also organise book events, teach storytelling and offer editorial services.
Our aim is to bring Malaysian writing to the world and the world writing to Malaysia.
Our address is at the bottom of the page.
Opening hours:
Mon-Friday: 10.00am to 8.00pm
Saturday: 10.00am-6.00pm
Holidays: 10.00am to 6.00pm
Sunday and major holidays: Closed
| Links | Bookshops, publishers, blogspots, bookclubs, arts and stuff |
| apwn | Asia and Pacific Writers Network |
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A literary blogspot |
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A book club based in the Klang Valley |
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Malaysia's leading performing arts website. |
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The Necessary Stage is a non-profit theatre company |
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Singapore Fringe Festival is an annual festival of theatre |
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Monsoon Books is a Singapore-based independent publisher |
| Asiatic Journal | Journal on Asian Englishes and English writings |
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Time Out (Kuala Lumpur) is the definitive entertainment, arts, culture, couture and lifestyle. |
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An English language learning website with several associated links. |
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13th Biennial Symposium on literatures and cultures of the Asia Pacific. |
William Styron, interview, Writers at Work, 1958
BOOKSHOP NEWS: The Silverfish online bookshop is now under reconstruction. An all new, all Malaysian, only Malaysian bookshop will be coming soon. In the meantime please email us your orders and we will tell you the price and the mode of payment.
WRITING: Frank O'Connor Short Story Award (1 July 2009)
I
had just left the office when Patrick Cotter, Director of The Munster
Literature Centre, called on Monday. Phek Chin took the call and
politely told the gentleman that I could not be contacted because I had
already gone home. Gone home? It is only eleven o'clock here, he said.
Whereupon, Phek Chin inquired where he was calling from. Ireland! And
... He was just calling to tell Mr Raman Krishnan that his writer,
Shih-Li Kow, has been short-listed for the Frank O'Connor award!The silence that followed must have been deafening. Phek Chin was petrified. She was speechless. She was afraid to say anything lest she sounded like a blithering idiot.(Oi!!! she protests to me, loudly.) But he assured her that it was a perfectly normal reaction and that he had been confronted by it several times before. He made her promise to tell me about it, as soon as possible, and gave her his email. READ MORE
NEWS: Jose Saramago still going strong (1 July 2009)
Alfonso
Daniels writes for the BBC News: Jose Saramago, the Portuguese
Nobel Prize laureate, is 86 years old. He recently called Italy's
leader, Silvio Berlusconi, "vomit" and compares the Palestinian
territories with Auschwitz. And he is, arguably, the best living writer
today.Born in Azinhaga, Portugal, he spends only a few months of the year in his native country. He lives mostly in the Spanish Canary Islands where he has been in symbolic exile since 1992 when the Portuguese government blocked his allegedly heretical novel, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, from being nominated for a European literary prize. READ MORE
NEWS: How to stay famous without talent (1 July 2009)
I
heard a stand up comic on television once. She said how she absolutely
admired Paris Hilton who proved once and for all that one did not have
to be poor to be 'white trash'.A new psychology study, headed by Nathanael Fast of Stanford University in California, tries to explain why some stars continue to burn bright, long after their talent has faded – if it ever was there to begin with. And the answer: people simply need something to talk about! READ MORE
EVENTS: Silverfish 10th anniversary party (1 July 2009)
Slideshow.
Shirley Lim writing workshop (1 July 2009)
Shirley
Lim has agreed to run a one-day Writing Workshop at Silverfish Books on
Sunday, 9th of August 2009. This will be limited to 20 persons and will
cost RM150.00 per person. (We have chosen Sunday to accomodate
participants from outstation). Details of the programme are below.An intensive whole-day Creative Writing workshop that uses reading prompts, imaging, relaxation exercises, and other workshop practices toward generating ideas and drafts for poems and fiction. Beginning at 10 am, the workshop introduces some of the major craft fundamentals before moving on to active freewriting. After a lunch break at noon, the workshop continues, deploying small group dynamics and audience-powered feedback, to conclude with a participants' reading.
Shirley Geok-lin Lim (Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara; Honorary Professor, University of Hong Kong), is the author of Crossing the Peninsula (Commonwealth Poetry Prize), Among the White Moon Faces (American Book Award), Joss and Gold, Sister Swing, Princess Shawl, and many other collections of poems, short stories and criticism.
WRITING: With a little help from my friends (16 June 2009) READ MORE
NEWS: End of the Malaysian book industry as we know it? (16 June 2009) READ MORE
NEWS: Shell pays out over Ken Saro-Wiwa killing (16 June 2009) READ MORE
NEWS: JD Salinger's legal battle against Catcher in the Rye 'sequel' (16 June 2009). READ MORE
EVENTS: Tash Aw reading at Silverfish Books (16 June 2009). Watch a slideshow
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 Lethal lesson and other stories by Adeline Lee Zhia Ern An exciting new Malaysian Talent. |
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Ripples
and other stories by Shih-Li
Kow (RM30.00) Short-listed for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award. |
SILVERFISH WRITING PROGRAMME:
The new Silverfish Writing Programme has commenced on Saturday 23rd of May 2009 at Silverfish Books.
The online registration link has been removed.
EVENTS: Silverfish Books’ Writers' Forum (1 June 2009)
The next meeting will be on Saturday, 4th of July 2009 at 2.30pm. As usual three people will read their works and present them for criticism and comment. This free forum will be held on the first Saturday of each month (as long as interest lasts) and is open to all. But we wish to emphasise that this is a forum for short prose only -- short stories, travelogues, biographies, reportage, etc. This is not a forum for poetry, plays, and movie or radio scripts. Please present them at other suitable fora.
Stories
This page was set up for Silverfish Writing Programme members to put up their stories for constructive criticism. But the internet being what it is, it has attracted participants from all over (including overseas). We will, however, for the moment confine the stories to those by Malaysians and about Malaysians. Read all
Editorial Services
Click below to find out our rates for citique and editorial services, including ghost writing, writing of company brochures, Souvenir and Commemorative Publications and Documents and Self Publishing. READ MORE
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