YASMIN AHMAD'S FILMS : Malaysian launch & pre-order

My book Yasmin Ahmad's Films will be launched!

Wednesday
18 November
3:00 - 4:30pm
Level 4, Sunway University College

All are welcome.

Why did I choose this college? Because Yasmin had given a talk there in the last weeks of her life, where the people really loved it. And I knew a college venue would somehow be the most appropriate for this book.



We will also be showing the first video she made for MERCY Malaysia; it is 17 minutes long and I am sure you haven't seen it. (My royalties from the first edition of 3,000 copies will go to the MERCY - Yasmin Ahmad Fund for Children.)

This book has pretty much preoccupied me for the past 2 months. We just sent it to the printer a few hours ago, after making the very last changes. It's sad to let it go, but I am also very curious to know how people will react to it. After all, it's not the most conventional of books. This was the first article to ever appear about it:


If you can't make it to the launch but would like us to post you a copy, you can order by making payment to Maybank 014105120512 (Amir Muhammad); then just email matahari.books@gmail.com with your confirmation and address before 18 November. The price is RM30, with free delivery anywhere in Malaysia. If you want it autographed, let me know who to address it to :-) The books will then be posted on the morning of 18 November.

Right after the Malaysian launch, the book will also have launch events in Seoul (the Korean National University of the Arts), Jakarta, Paris and Singapore. Alhamdulillah!

The full cover

Have a good weekend :-)

Penyertaan untuk antologi ORANG MACAM KITA

ORANG MACAM KITA
Karya-karya Tentang Seksualiti Alternatif di Malaysia
Disunting oleh Azwan Ismail dan Diana Dirani
Diterbitkan oleh Matahari Books

Kami ingin menerbitkan sebuah antologi seperti Body 2 Body: A Malaysian Queer Anthology dalam Bahasa Malaysia.

SYARAT-SYARAT PENYERTAAN:

1. Karya haruslah mengenai seksualiti alternatif di Malaysia.

2. Genre pilihan: cerpen, kisah benar, esei, memoir, petikan novel, skrip teater atau filem. Walaubagaimanapun, puisi tidak diterima.

3. Kategori seksualiti alternatif: homoseksual, biseksual, transeksual, transgender dan dwikelamin. Ini termasuklah gay, lesbian, tomboy, mak nyah dan khunsa

4. Cadangan topik: jatuh hati, pecah lobang, cinta terlarang, kembali ke pangkal jalan, curi makan, homofobia, halangan keluarga, prejudis dan hak asasi.

5. Penyertaan terbuka kepada semua warga dunia asalkan menulis dalam bahasa Malaysia. Penulis tidak semestinya gay.

6. Setiap karya wajib dalam Bahasa Melayu, ataupun sudah diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Melayu. Penulis mesti bertanggungjawab terhadap terjemahan karya masing-masing jika menulis dalam bahasa lain.

7. Penulis perlu menggunakan nama sebenar. Nama pena diterima hanya bila penulis sudah dikenali ramai dengan nama tersebut, contohnya Mama Juwie atau Keris Mas.

8. Anda digalakkan menghantar karya antara 1,000 - 4,000 patah perkataan dalam format Word.

9. Tarikh tutup penyertaan ialah 28 Februari, 2010. Tarikh tutup adalah muktamad.

10. Buku ini akan diterbitkan pada pertengahan tahun 2010.

12. Sila hantar karya beserta butiran penulis ke matahari.books@gmail.com dengan tajuk emel "Orang Macam Kita"

13. Penulis-penulis karya yang terpilih akan menerima royalti dan naskhah buku percuma.

BIOGRAFI PARA PENYUNTING:

Azwan Ismail lebih merupakan seorang penyair. Karya-karya beliau pernah diterbitkan di beberapa antologi tanahair, salah satunya ialah ‘Aweks KL’ terbitan Stormkitchen. Beliau juga ada menulis mengenai muzik untuk majalah frinjan Elarti.

Diana Dirani ialah seorang penulis bebas. Buku terbaru beliau, ‘Dua Lauk’, kini telah berada di pasaran. Selain itu beliau ada menulis di beberapa antologi dan majalah, serta skrip teater.


PENERBIT BUKU:

Matahari Books ialah sebuah syarikat penerbitan, ditubuhkan oleh penulis dan pembikin filem Amir Muhammad dengan pengkhususan dalam buku-buku bukan-fiksyen tentang Malaysia. Semua buku-buku Matahari dijual di kedai-kedai buku utama Malaysia dan juga di Amazon.com. Antara buku terkini terbitan Matahari Books ialah Body 2 Body: A Malaysian Queer Anthology (2009).

No Malaysian newspaper has reviewed BODY 2 BODY

One journalist sent me an email: "My editor refused." And an editor at a different publication said: "Someone higher up refused."

Luckily, there is Time magazine. The issue goes on sale next week but the article can already be read here. This is the Asian version that will be sold all over the continent. Since the book itself is sold only in Malaysia, Singapore and one bookshop in Australia, it is hoped that interested readers can make their way to Amazon.com :-)

Page 1

Censored line from MUALLAF

Contrary to popular belief, Muallaf was never banned. But this is a line that the censors requested to be muted:



The picture itself won't be cut, but you won't get to hear the line or read the subtitle.

Malaysians will finally get to catch the film when it's released here from 24 December. To celebrate the fact, my 5,100-word chapter on the film will be in the December-January double issue of Off the Edge magazine. It's actually the shortest chapter in the book, because Muallaf is, at 80 minutes, Yasmin's shortest feature.

Buku Untuk Filem: ESTET & Buku Untuk Filem: PISAU CUKUR akan diluncur di sini. Ayuh!

Turut hadir untuk sesi otograf: Mamat Khalid (ESTET) dan Rafidah Abdullah (PISAU CUKUR).

Peta untuk ke Rumah Pena: