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Join Us on The Great Book Adventure!

27/11/2015

The year-end holidays and festive season are upon us and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than to go on The Great Book Adventure!

Every weekend, from 28 November to 20 December 2015, join our authors and illustrators for fun-filled afternoons exploring the world of children’s books. Each event will include storytelling or book reading, followed by activities with the children including, drawing, colouring, story writing, batik painting, and more.

Oyez!Books Year End Programme 2015 - The Great Book Adventure

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2.30 - 4.00pm, Every Saturday & Sunday

Silverfish Books, 20-2F, Bangsar Village 2, Bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.

Free

For colouring enthusiasts, there will be a much-awaited colouring workshop by Emila Yusof based on her popular Colourart series! Get tips and tricks on how to produce your own colouring masterpiece.

See the full programme below or click here to download the pdf! Are YOU ready for a great adventure?

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News Flash: Oyez!Book wins Children's Book Publisher Award at FSK2015

29/10/2015

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The Festival Sastera Kanak-kanak 2015 (Children's Literature Festival), organised by the Perbadanan Kota Buku started today with a bang followed by an award ceremony. Oyez!Books is proud to win the Children's Book Publisher Award and thank all our wonderful authors and illustrators and of course, Kota Buku for their wonderful initiative. We feel encouraged and motivated to publish even more wonderful works by Malaysian authors and illustrators.

Oyez!Books wins Children's Book Publisher Award at Festival Sastera Kanak-kanak 2015

Our Director, Mrs Zakiah Mohd Isa, receiving the cheque for the award

And we congratulate Emila Yusof who took home five awards in different categories:
1. Parent's Choice Award for My Father's Farm
2. Best Illustrator Award
3. Best Picture Book Award for Legendary Princesses of Malaysia
4. Best Early Reader Picture Book Award - My Father's Farm
5. Third Prize: Early Reader Picture Book Award - My Mother's Kitchen

Emila Yusof receiving her awards at the Festival Sastera Kanak-kanak 2015

Emila Yusof with her awards

Nor Azhar Ishak, author and illustrator of the book, Under the Sea, done entirely in batik medium was also awarded best book in the 6-12 years old category.

Nor Azhar Ishak receiving the best children's book award for Under The Sea in the 6-12 years category

Nor Azhar receiving his award

In the picture book category, two books published by Oyez!Books won the second and third prize respectively:
- The Castle Library by Hayati Hanif and Evi Shelvia
- The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree illustrated by Chooi Ling Keiong

And a big congratulations and well-deserved recognition for Yusof Gajah who received the Children's Literature Accolade from KotaBuku, which the highest award for the festival.

Yusof Gajah receiving his award

Finally, Congratulations to all the other winners. Oyez!Books will try to talk to the publishers to sell those books in www.oyezbookstore.com so that our readers can appreciate the range of quality Malaysian titles available. According to KotaBuku, 646 entries were submitted from 27 publishers. Thank You KotaBuku!

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Join Us on The Great Book Adventure!

News Flash: Oyez!Book wins Children's Book Publisher Award at FSK2015

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