Well-known Malaysian illustrator, Emila Yusof who wrote and illustrated the very popular trio of Dina Books... and bestseller Legendary Princesses of Malaysia... has produced the only locally designed four Colourart books for adults to be found in Malaysia. Two of the books are also now available in Germany! Emila will be featured in The New Straits Times on her books and their success. Stand by for the article!
At present the books may be purchased from: 1. www.oyezbookstore.com 2. Silverfish Books, Level 2, Bangsar Village 2, Bangsar, KL. (Tel: 03-22011758) 3. Stickerrific, 83-1.2 Level 1, The Square, Jaya One, PJ. (Tel: 03-7495 5963) 4. Eversachi in Ipoh (Email: eversachi@gmail.com; Tel: 017-5790575) 5. IKA Picture Story House, Kuching, (Tel: 60198178878 Email: ikapicturestoryhouse@gmail.com) Other book shops and art shops are planning to introduce them. If you wish to sell Emila's Colourart books, please email: contact@oyezbookstore.com
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Yusof Gajah – internationally acclaimed artist, author, mentor of budding illustrators with a special love of children is currently working in Korea with Nami Island and on their new site in Jeju Island. And it's all about elephants of course. We love Yusof so much we have collected his art and made them into an ABC book - this is the Alphabet and Elephabet by Yusof Gajah:
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.
Children's Book Week is here! From 1-14 June, there are plenty of exciting promotions, activities and meet the author and illustrator sessions to be held at Silverfish Books at their spanking new bookshop in Bangsar Village 2. Check out the programme details at www.childrensbookweek.org
Join the fun on Oyez!Books Facebook page with Emila Yusof Colourart Contest and colour your way to winning some lovely prizes!
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The London Book Fair is a key book fair for English-language publishing. Oyez!Books' agent, the YGL Agency, represented by Director Linda Tan Lingard, will be visiting the fair. She will be looking to sell Oyez! titles as well as source for suitable titles for the Malaysian market. Venue: London Book Fair, Olympia Date: 14-16 April Contact: Linda Tan Lingard on lindalingard@yusofgajahlingard.com Yusof Gajah is conducting a three-day workshop in Bandung, Indonesia, organised by the Indonesian Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
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 Fans of Golda Mowe, author of Iban Dreams will be pleased to know that she will be at Bookaroo Kuching. Golda's new book, The Nanobots and Other Stories is a collection of 10 short science fiction stories for young readers. Published by Oyez!Books, the book will be hot off the press specially for Bookaroo. Date: 28th - 29th March Venue: Sarawak State Library Fans of Emila Yusof will be pleased to know that she will be at Bookaroo Children's Literature Festival in Kuching from28-29 March. Catch her at the following doodling events. Saturday 28th March 11.00-12.00 The Doodle Wall Kampung Capers for ages 6-8 In English: Bring Kampung Bookaroo to life. Sunday 29th March 11.00-12.00 The Doodle Wall Kampung Ceria for ages 12-14 In Malay: Mari Bina Kampung Bookaroo Venue: Sarawak State Library |
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