The inaugural Cooler Lumpur Festival proved that interest in literature is alive and well in Malaysia.
THE haze wasn’t the only thing in the air in Kuala Lumpur last weekend; if you were in Publika at Mont Kiara, you may have noticed a fair number of words buzzing around too, thanks to The Cooler Lumpur Festival that was held there. The multidisciplinary festival kicked off its first-ever incarnation with the theme #Word, intended to be a celebration of words in all their forms, be they written, spoken or performed.