In the first book, the three children met Tunku Abdul Rahman just before Malaysia achieved independence and helped him find the country's national anthem - Negaraku. In the second book, they met P. Ramlee who was then a struggling young artiste and helped him with his famous Bujang Lapuk performance that would later make his name. Heidi worked as a lawyer in UK and ran a cafe in Malaysia before becoming a writer and a literary agent. She won the first prize of the Eye Level Children’s Literature Competition (Regional Level) with her short story, ‘Johan the Bee Hunter,’ in 2012. She lives in Selangor with her husband and three children.
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Join us in celebrating World' s Indigenous People Day on 9th August at the Silverfish Festival of Cabbages with a talk by Fiona Wright, a project manager with the British Council on their Storybook project to collect folktales from Sabah and Sarawak.
Oyez!Books is represented by the Yusof Gajah Lingard Literary Agency. Literary Agent Heidi Shamsuddin from the Agency will be traveling to the Bologna Children's Book Fair at the end of March. She will be bringing a selection of Oyez!Books best-selling titles and will also be sourcing for great titles for Malaysian children. Oyez!Books focuses on books by Malaysian authors and illustrators and our books are available in English and Malay. They have been translated into German, Chinese, Arabic and Korea, in both print and digital format. Oyez!Books have also published wonderful authors from around the region and are always happy to bring the best for Malaysian children. Venue: Bologna, Italy Date: 3 March - 2 April Contact: Heidi Shamsuddin at heidi.sham@gmail.com |
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