Category Archives: BOOKS

Note: The Malay version of this book was already out in 2008. Like all of us, who’s taken the road less travelled, those who got caught in [...]

Kassim Ahmad finds his way home.
October 22, 2011
I had a pleasant surprise today when I received the package. I immediately tore the envelope open, knowing they are my favourite things – [...]

Happiness is…Books from ZI Publications!
October 19, 2011
Zan Azlee’s “Operation Nasi Kerabu: Finding Patani in an Islamic Insurgency” – is a book about the author finding himself [...]

Good read: Operation Nasi Kerabu by Zan Azlee
August 7, 2011
Not long ago, Tapai arrived in my post box, from my favourite publisher, Lori Lee of ZI Publications. I decided to have Hishamuddin Rais’ Tapai [...]

You must have ‘Tapai’ by Isham Rais for Merdeka.
August 31, 2010

Here comes the rojak man with the most palatable Malaysian dish. There is only one word to describe Amir Muhammad’s latest book, and that word [...]

Amir Muhammad, the ROJAK man.
July 21, 2010
This press statement comes directly from the horse’s mouth:Zunar Kartunis: 1. I condemn the action by the police and officers from the Home [...]

Zunar: Is Altantuya a forbidden issue?
February 10, 2010
So quickly indeed, Jan 1 came and went, but the year is yet to be lived. I hope everyone had a good start to 2010! (I am featuring my pet Bobby [...]

I must confess…
January 2, 2010
You can read my interview with him here. I just finished reading Zaid Ibrahim’s “I, too am Malay”, the English translation from his now [...]

Recommended reading for non-Malays: I, too, am Malay by Zaid Ibrahim
December 23, 2009

(Note) I managed to contact Zaid Ibrahim about his book “I, too, am Malay”. I sent him ten questions and he has so kindly replied [...]

My interview with Zaid Ibrahim
December 23, 2009
The ever creative Zunar, our dearest political cartoonist has published his cartoons in a book this time: “Perak Daul kartun”! Why a [...]

Zunar’s Gedung Kartun now in a book.
December 9, 2009