Malaysian teacher's debut novel 'Hades' on Dublin Literary Award 2024 longlist


Aishah has been teaching English in private institutions since 2019. She was born and has lived in Ipoh ever since completing her English language and literature degree in International Islamic University Malaysia. Photo: Aishah Zainal.

Young Malaysian author Aishah Zainal can't believe her debut novel Hades has made it into the longlist for the Dublin Literary Award 2024.

“I truly didn’t see it coming,” says the 27-year-old Ipoh-based teacher.

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