Recommended Reads: Fantastical Tales of the Malay Archipelago
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Nazry Bahrawi, editor of Singa-Pura-Pura, recommends the following reads portraying the rich and fantastical tales of the malay archipelago.
Singapore
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Singa-pura-pura: Anthology of Malay speculative fiction
edited by Nazry Bahrawi -
In this Dessert, There Were Seeds
edited by Jon Gresham and Elizabeth Tan - Interpreter of Winds by Fairoz Ahmad
- The Keepers of Stories by Suffian Hakim
- The Gatekeeper by Nuraliah Norasid
- Lion City by Ng Yi-Sheng
- A Mosque in the Jungle: Classic Ghost Stories by Othman Wok, edited by Ng Yi-Sheng
- Altered Straits by Kevin Marten Wong
- The Diary of One Who Disappeared by Jason Erik Lundberg
- The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
- Beast by Krishna Udayasankar
Malaysia
- The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
- The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
- Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
- Cyberpunk Malaysia by Zen Cho
- Dark Demon Rising by Tunku Halim
- The Blood Prince of Langkasuka by Tutu Dutta
- Sulalatus Salatin by Tun Sri Lanang, translated by Muhammad Haji Salleh
Indonesia
- Kitchen Curse by Eka Kurniawan
- Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
- The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha, translated by Stephen J Epstein
- Paper Boats by Dee Lestari, translated by Tiffany Tsao
- The Oddfits by Tiffany Tsao
Brunei
- The Fisherman King by Kathrina Mohd Daud
Our bookstore partner Kinokuniya Singapore (Takashimaya) is featuring a selection of these titles from 6 Sep - 27 Sep on a specially curated bookshelf. Head over to check it out!