LEAD PIX: Varied programme: 'A National Literature' was one of the panel sessions at the travelling Edinburgh World Writersâ¿¿ Conference, which was hosted by the inaugural #Word: The Cooler Lumpur Festival. The session included Malaysian National Laureate A. Samad Said. -- Cheem Photography
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.
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