The Decade-old GTLF Migrates Online During Covid-19
By William Tham
November 2020FEATURE
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THE INITIAL PLANS for the 2020 George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) were for it to be celebratory – to look back on 10 years of work, while also looking forward. But now, on the other side of the looking glass, the festival takes place in a world still many months away from a Covid-19 vaccine.With the CMCO extended virtually nationwide, the idea of still having a literary festival seems extraordinary. But the event is in steady hands. Last year’s festival...
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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.