Resisting the Post-Print Era
By William Tham
October 2019 FEATURE
The Tai Tong restaurant on Lebuh Cintra is an unusual place for a literary discussion, but it is where a friend insists on introducing me to a website that hosts his favourite reads. Over dim sum, he explains the workings of Webnovel, the international portal of the burgeoning China Literature company. The concept is simple: writers upload content; readers pay for said content. Popular serials have been adapted for television.It is not alone: the industry giant Wattpad dominated the digital...
William Tham
His novel, The Last Days, is set in 1981 and covers the continuing legacy of the Malayan Emergency. He is currently an editor-at-large with Wasifiri and also an MA candidate at Universiti Malaya.
