As part of JitFest 2025 – a festival celebrating the life and legacy of Jit Murad, the late Malaysian playwright, actor, and comedian – Bernice Chauly will take part in ‘Jit Murad’s Women: A Conversation with Actors.’
Jit Murad’s plays are renowned for their richly drawn female characters—women who are intelligent, resilient, and deeply compelling.… Read more
“The first talk of the day was the keynote held by Kim Belair, CEO and Founder of Sweet Baby Inc. – a narrative development company who unfairly and unjustified has been (and still are) the target of an online hate storm focusing on their commitment to diverse perspectives and their work in cultural consulting.… Read more
Bernice Chauly on a ‘Women in Games’ panel: “Walk in my shoes, different paths to video games,” Stockholm, Sweden.
By Tania Jayatilaka, Tatler
Mar 04, 2024
Source: Tatler
There’s nothing quite like a good work of fiction to transport you to imaginary worlds vastly different from the familiarity of your own surroundings. But in the past decade or so, numerous Malaysian authors have come to the forefront, proving that Malaysian stories and experiences have a place in the cultural zeitgeist both locally and abroad.… Read more
Second Saturdays Reading Series featuring Bernice Chauly reading and in conversation with Salil Tripathi. Private home in Harlem. The gathering begins with a potluck, followed by a short open-mic.
Bernice Chauly is a Malaysian novelist, poet, educator, and former festival director.… Read more
Bernice Chauly has been nominated as Best Actress at the 32 Malasysian Film Festival, for her part in ‘Spilt Gravy on Rice’ in the role of playwright and art activist Kalsom. ‘Spilt Gravy’ was nominated for several other categories including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Original Narrative and Leading Actor amongst others.… Read more
Interview by Wasafiri, School of English and Drama Queen Mary, University of London
July 2, 2020
Source: wasafiri.org
Bernice Chauly is a Malaysian novelist, poet, educator and former director of the George Town Literary Festival. She has published seven books of poetry and prose: going there and coming back (1997), The Book of Sins (2008), Lost in KL (2008), the acclaimed memoir Growing Up With Ghosts (2011), Onkalo (2013), her debut novel Once We Were There (2017) and most recently, her fourth poetry collection, Incantations/Incarcerations (2019).… Read more
Incantations/Incarcerations is a rumination on ageing, menopause, losing one’s children to the world, climate change, and the slow decline of the body. In this collection, Bernice Chauly will once again chart the unsayable and the confessional, and speak from places where few dare to write from – of the older woman, desire and loneliness, and of the certainty of death.… Read more
By Tania Jayatilaka, Tatler
October 15, 2018
Source: Tatler
A year after Bernice Chauly’s first novel ‘Once We Were There’ was officially launched at the Cooler Lumpur Festival, the award-winning author and George Town Literary Festival Director shares several insights on her craft and the importance of arts and culture in Malaysia today.… Read more
By Kate Mayberry for the Mekong Review
Issue 12, August 2018
Source: mekongreview.com
Photo: Kenny Loh
On the eve of Malaysia’s May election, Bernice Chauly finally sat down to watch Mahathir Mohamad deliver a campaign speech.
Over the previous fortnight, the former strongman turned leader of the sometimes fractious opposition coalition had been criss-crossing the country — from the northern state of Kedah one moment, to Johor in the south the next — regaling enthusiastic crowds with tales of a ruling party so corrupted by power that it had brought the country to its knees.… Read more