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Kam Raslan’s new book, Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures, will be available in the bookshops next month, but I got to touch it and flip through it earlier this evening. I also got his permission to post a picture here (that’s him in green in the background):
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This is not his first book. Nine years ago, he co-authored Generation: A Collection of Contemporary Malaysian Ideas, with Amir Muhammad and Sheryll Stothard. The book is still in print, and Reza and I each bought a copy, and got Kam to sign them for us.
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Check out a young Amir (left) and young Kam (middle) on the inside front flyleaf of the book!
Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures is one of two local books to be launched in the next month or so. The other book is Dina Zaman’s I Am Muslim, which will be officially launched on 21 March. A third local book, A Backpack and a Bit of Luck by Zhang Su Li, was launched early this month.
What with KLILF 2007 (KL International Literary Festival) taking place at the end of the month, and the various local monthly events happening around the city (MPH’s LitBloggers’ Breakfast Club every 4th Saturday of the month and Readings at Seksan every last Saturday of the month), it’s an exciting time for us book lovers in the KL / Klang Valley.
There’s another book-related event happening soon, but I can’t say anything about it yet. All will be revealed in due time.
