The Making of A Literary Festival

By Izzuddin Ramli

August 2023 FEATURE
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LATE IN 2019, I received a text message from Pauline Fan, the director of the George Town Literary Festival (GTLF), Malaysia’s largest literary festival. She had just concluded the festival’s ninth edition. Pauline and I have known each other for several years, mainly through our work with essays and translations. Her earliest translation work that I read was her Malay translation of the classic text, Was ist Aufklarung by German philosopher, Immanuel Kant. She most recently published Luka Kenangan, translations...

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Izzuddin Ramli

edits Penang Institute’s Suara Nadi and finds himself speaking to writers, researchers, and cultural activists in Bual Nusantara, a podcast channel maintained by the Institute.

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