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 Link to article: https://s.nikkei.com/2F5hbef Author Bernice Chauly reads from her new novel “Once We Were There” in Singapore…
Review: Once We Were There – debut novel breaks every taboo in the book for Malaysians
Race, religion, politics, corruption, sex – nothing is off limits for Bernice Chauly in Once We Were There, a daring page-turner, framed by events of Reformasi movement, about a mother in Kuala Lumpur caught up in rapid social change By…
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…
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…
Lost in KL review
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Review of Going There and Coming Back, in Sunday Star
Photo by Bernice Chauly Click on image to view article Read going there and coming back, poems and prose by Bernice Chauly
On familiar, female territory, by Sharanya Manivannan
Click to view full-sized Standing out most from the collection is Bernice Chauly’s startlingly poignant expressions of love possessed and retracted in Airborne, a story about a young Malaysian woman completing her final semester in college during a Winnipeg winter….