Bernice Chauly will take part in the 2025 edition of the George Town Literary Festival (GTLF), the very festival she directed from 2011 to 2018. This year’s festival will be held from 28 to 30 November 2025 in George Town, Penang.… Read more
Category: Literature
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New York Reading: Singapore Unbound
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
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George Town Literary Festival Wins the Literary Festival Award at The London Book Fair 2018
… Read more“This is a win for culture, for literature, for free speech and expression. This is a win for discourse, diversity and conversation. This is a win for Penang, for George Town, for all who love literary festivals and for all who love our festival.
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‘Once We Were There’ Wins Penang Monthly Book Prize
Bernice Chauly’s ‘Once We Were There’ wins the Penang Monthly Book Prize for November 2017. The book was awarded in the ‘Excellence in Fiction’ category.
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Nikkei Asia Review: Writer Bernice Chauly Celebrates Malaysia’s Dark Side
New novel depicts the hedonism and idealism of Reformasi-era Kuala Lumpur
By Marco Ferrarese for the Nikkei Asian Review
Published 26 October, 2017
Source: https://s.nikkei.com/2F5hbef
Author Bernice Chauly reads from her new novel “Once We Were There” in Singapore on June 29.… Read more
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International Writing Program (IWP) – On the Map: Bernice Chauly
“On the Map” is a series of interviews with writers while they are in Iowa City participating in the International Writing Program’s fall residency. The series is produced by the IWP at the University of Iowa and is made possible by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S.… Read more
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Honorary Fellow in Writing, The International Writing Program (IWP), University of Iowa
Bernice Chauly has been selected as Honorary Fellow in Writing, for a resideny at the The International Writing Program (IWP), University of Iowa, USA.
The International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa is a prestigious residency program that brings together writers from around the world.… Read more
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Worlds Literature Festival: Bloodlines – A Provocation from Bernice Chauly
Bernice Chauly gives a provocation on identity, inheritance and bloodlines as part of Worlds Literature Festival, Norwich, July 2014.
Worlds is the UK’s premier international literary Salon, hosted by the National Centre for Writing in Norwich, England’s UNESCO City of Literature.… Read more