KUCHING: If you are a literary buff, then the evening with poet and author Professor Malachi Edwin Vethamani on Sept 5 organised by Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus here is an event not to be missed.
A press release from the university said the event offers the public a chance to engage with the author as he presents readings from his latest poetry anthologies.
The event is set to start from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm.
“Apart from reading his poems, Professor Edwin will be interviewed by his former PhD student and published author Dr Christina Yin, who is a senior lecturer at Swinburne Sarawak’s School of Design and Arts. Members of the audience will be invited to ask questions at the end of the interview session.
“A number of students from Swinburne Sarawak’s creative writing community will also be reading from Professor Edwin’s collections, including Rambutan Kisses (2022), ‘The Seven O’Clock Tree’ (2022) and ‘Love and Loss’ (2022),” it said.
Also an editor, critic, bibliographer and Emeritus Professor at University of Nottingham, Edwin’s poems are enjoyed by readers of all ages.
His latest book of poems, ‘The Seven O’Clock Tree’, and two books he edited, ‘Malaysian Millennial Voices’ and ‘The Year of the Rat and Other Poems’, have been purchased by the Ministry of Education to be used in schools across the country.
“I hope that poetry comes alive in the English language classroom and students are
encouraged to write their own poems, too,” said Edwin.
Members of the public who are interested in attending the ‘Meet the Author’ event
can register at the following link: https://bit.ly/SUTS-meet-the-author.
Additionally, an exciting opportunity is offered to Malaysian and international poets
– either published or unpublished – above 18 years of age. They are invited to submit
poems to a new collection to be edited by Professor Edwin based on the theme ‘Malaysian
Places and Spaces’.
Poems, written in English with the inclusion of local language elements, should be concise, not exceeding 40 lines. Submissions, up to five poems, can be sent via email to malaysianplacesandspaces@gmail.com.
The submission deadline is Dec 1, 2023.
