From a future of electronic doas and AI psychotherapists, sense-activated communion with forests and a portal to realms undersea, to a reimagined origin and afterlife—editor and translator Nazry Bahrawi brings together an exciting selection of never-before translated and new Malay spec-fic stories by established and emerging writers from Singapore.
Unmistakeably drawn from the minority Malay experience, the stories gathered in Singa-Pura-Pura resist hegemony and is arguably the first anthology of its kind in the hustling Singlit scene. With the title alluding to the act of pretense on the personal and collective, and even national front, these speculative fictions reveal more of who we are than what we show. Join Diana Rahim, Hassan Hasaa’Ree Ali, and Nazry Bahrawi as they discuss tropes and tradition, translation and transcendence at the launch of Singa-Pura-Pura. Moderated by Siti Hazirah Mohamad—expect no stone left unturned.
This book launch is supported by The Arts House. The speakers will be livestreaming from the Blue Room @The Arts House.
VENUE: Ethos Books (Facebook Live)
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/ethosbooks/
EVENT WEBSITE: Facebook
DATE AND TIME
4 Sep 2021, 11am–12pm