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Evi's World of Little Friends

31/10/2015

Evi Shelvia has illustrated a number of wonderful picture books, two of which are published by Oyez!Books. They are The Tremendous Trio, written by Quek Sue Yian and The Castle Library, written by Hayati Hanif, the second prize winner for picture book category at the recent Children's Book Award Festival Sastera Kanak-Kanak 2015. Evi's illustration for the Castle Library was used as a poster of the Children's Book Week with Silverfish Bookstore in June this year, giving the theme Reading is Magical. This is apt for Evi's illustrations evoke a world of dreams and magic where anything can happen. Her attention to detail makes the world she has created real to us and like Alice, we follow her happily into it.

Evi Shelvia

Illustration by Evi from The Tremendous Trio

Children's Book Week poster with illustration by Evi Shelvia from The Castle Library

Illustration by Evi Shelvia used for poster of Children's Book Week in collaboration with Silverfish Books

Evi's next big adventure is to write and illustrate her own books and she has planned a series called Little Friends. The first book is completed and judging by that first book, we are really excited. Here's the cover and a page inside - we hope you are excited too. Publication date is planned for 9th November 2015.

I'm Sorry, children's picture book from Little Friends series by Evi Shelvia, to be pubished by Oyez!Books

Cover of I'm Sorry, first book in the upcoming Little Friends series by Evi Shelvia

Illustration from I'm Sorry, from upcoming Little Friends new series by Evi Shelvia

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A Love for Children and Art

30/10/2015

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Susanna Goho-Quek is a writer, illustrator, artist, and an art curator. Growing up in a large family, she particularly enjoys drawing children at play and up to all kinds of mischief. She was able to combine her love of the opera, children and her art in a lovely book, Fun at the Opera, published by Oyez!Books. Reading the book, one cannot miss the hustle and bustle of lively, wide-eyed and curious children, whether they are washing the car or just playing in a field.

Susanna Goho-Quek

Fun At the Opera by Susanna Goho-Quek

Playing in the Field - from Fun at the Opera, children's picture book by Susanna Goho-Quek, published by Oyez!Books

Fun At the Opera by Susanna Goho-Quek

Poster by Susanna Goho-Quek for Asian Festival of Childen's Content (AFCC) Singapore

A lovely poster Susanna did for the Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) in Singapore and which we have on a wall in our bookshop

Coming soon, Susanna is completing a book full of her drawings. We promise you there will be lots of children. You can use the book for colouring, for doodling, for inspiration or for a giggle as you become a child again in Susanna's fun world. And if you like, we can organise a colouring class for adults (children allowed) at our bookshop with Susanna.

Illustration for new colouring book by Susanna Goho-Quek, to be published by Oyez!Books

Sneak peak at Susanna's new book!

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Switzerland Calls

27/10/2015

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Early November, Yusof Gajah and his wife, Zakiah, will be off to Basel, Switzerland for two weeks. Yusof has been invited by the wonderful Swiss publisher, Baobab Books who published the German edition of Yusof's Where is My Red Ball? first published by Oyez!Books. The German edition, called Wer hat den roten ball? is printed on environmentally friendly materials that are safe for very young children who love books so much they often try to eat them.

From the Swiss press:
»Elefanten sind groß, grau und haben Stoßzähne. Oder auch nicht. (...) Jeder von ihnen sieht aus, als könnte er sofort loslaufen und spannende Abenteuer erleben, gefährliche Situationen meistern, ganz besondere Dinge tun. Dafür sind die da. Sie locken in ihrer Pracht sich ganz andere Geschichten auszudenken, ganz eigene Fantasien zu entwickeln.« schreibt Andrea Wanner in Titel kulturmagazin.

Wer hat den roten Ball?, German edition of children's picture book Where is My Red Ball? published by Baobab Books

German edition of "Where is My Red Ball?" by Yusof Gajah, published by Baobab Books

Yusof Gajah, Malaysian artist, children's book author and illustrator

Yusof Gajah having fun in the snow

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Featured Author : Tutu Dutta

26/10/2015

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Timeless Tales of Malaysia by Tutu Dutta is now available on Oyez! bookstore!

Tutu Dutta is a prolific author and illustrator who has published a number of books including the Eight Treasures series and the Jugra Chronicles.

She was born in India but grew up in Malaysia. She has travelled and lived in Japan and France as a student and later in Singapore, Nigeria and New York as the wife of a diplomat. Her educational background is in environmental science and she has a BSc from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Tutu Dutta

She also devoted a few years researching this subject for a Master's degree in the University of Malaya before embarking on a career in public relations. Her lifelong interest in culture, folklore and children's literature inspired her to research and retell the stories in Timeless Tales Of Malaysia, which are based on folktales and legends from the Malay archipelago. She now lives in Kuala Lumpur.

Tutu's latest picture book, Phoenix Song, will be published by Lantana Publishing, UK. Oyez!Books is translating that book into Bahasa Malaysia for our local children to enjoy. It will be called Lagu Burung Jentayu. Or does anyone have a better translation? Let us know! Or are you a translator? Send us your CV and translation samples at contact@oyezbookstore.com

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