Universal Search by Daphne Lee
At some point in everyone’s lives, we need to know where we came from. WHAT stands out for me when I think of Bernice Chauly’s book, Growing Up With Ghosts – A Memoir, is the story of her father’s death….
Well Lit: A fiery, furious love by Umapagan Ampikaipakan
MEMOIRS are, by definition, works in progress. They should, for all intents and purposes, take a lifetime to write. They should communicate change. They should symbolise growth. They should be reflective. In an age where everyone is looking for their…
Exorcising her past
IT HAS taken 23 years for author, poet, actress and filmmaker Bernice Chauly (right) to complete her memoir, Growing Up with Ghosts. It’s the story of her parents and her ancestors. Her mother, a Chinese, and her father, a Punjabi,…
Writing the Truth — Fact or Fiction
[audio http://www.dotdotdot.my/assets/files/ddd17062011_Writingthetruth-factorfiction.mp3] We were fortunate to have four touring writers from the Netherlands,Turkey, Egypt and the US together with five Malaysian writers during the recent Writers Unlimited TourKL/Makassar 2011. Umapagan Ampikaipagan moderated a panel discussion during the tour. He walks…
Writers Unlimited – Writers Tour to Indonesia and Malaysia
Connecting writers with each other and with audiences, across borders of cultures and countries. That is the mission of Writers Unlimited (formerly known as Winternachten), the international literature festival. In an annual event in The Hague, and in tours across…
Truth in fiction by Daphne Lee
A recent gathering of authors elicits descriptions like ‘inspiring’ and ‘entertaining’. IT’S been several years since Kuala Lumpur played host to a literary festival, so the city’s book lovers were understandably excited when Malaysian writer and poet Bernice Chauly announced…
Creatures
[vimeo 16383743] A part of HerStory film project, Creatures tells the story of a young woman who yearns for her lover through a journey of prose and metaphor, and explores how the Greek notions of love still apply today. Directed…
Winternachten Antilles/Suriname 2010: “A sense of belonging”
‘A sense of belonging’, was the theme of a combined writers’ tour by Winternachten to the Dutch Carribean and Suriname. For two weeks, from 13 to 24 April 2010, writers Bas Heijne (Netherlands), Yasmine Allas (Netherlands/Somalia), Bernice Chauly (Malaysia) and…
Winternachten
Bernice Chauly (Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, 1968) is a Malaysian writer, poet, photographer and teacher. She graduated with a B.Ed in English Literature and TESL in 1990 from the University of Winnipeg, Canada. She has published two acclaimed collections of poetry,…
The quiet desperation of crumbling regimes, by Nathaniel Tan
Article below is taken from Malaysian Insider. MARCH 29 — Bernice Chauly has a number of photos currently on display at the Annexe Gallery that I hope you’ll find time to have a look at (the rest are quite good…