Maya Press

A diverse array of stories, reflecting various styles, thematic concerns and setting. A strong presence of Malaysian English, a hallmark of creative writing in English in Malaysia. There is a seamless incorporation of local idiomatic expressions and code-switching, utilising words and phrases from local languages infusing all the stories with...

Shameless, exciting and funny, Dato Hamid charts his life and loves against the backdrop of economic and political changes that have created the Malaysia of today. Dato’ Hamid, ‘Old Boy’ and retired civil servant, burst into public prominence in 2007 when his rib-tickling confessional memoirs quickly sold out. Fifteen years...

Elaha! Elaha! Malaysian Hybrid Ghazals invites readers into the rich tapestry of 100 hybrid ghazals composed by the author between 2018 and 2021. As a Malaysian Malayalee woman, the author weaves a uniquely Malaysian narrative by infusing the traditional ghazal form with multiple languages, Christian imagery, and quintessentially Malaysian themes....

“Jack Malik delights in his anxieties of influence, often invoking his poetic ‘godfathers’ from Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Frank O’Hara, to Salleh Ben Joned and Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim. Yet through the dizzying flights of sense and form, these poems reach for a sense of place—Ipoh, Kangar, Kuala Kubu Bharu,...

After the relative drought during the years since Malaysia first took to the vocation of writing verse in English in the nineteen fifties. we now have in this collection of poems by Malaysia millennials signs of coming shower. By their numbers, they show more clearly than before their diversity in...

Malaysian Places and Spaces is the Seventh title in the Malaysian Literature in English series, edited by Malachi Edwin Vethamani and published by Maya Press. This anthology brings together poems from both Malaysian and international poets, offering diverse perspectives on the Malaysian landscape. It features responses from local poets, As...

Malchin Testament: Malaysian Poems brings together poems of established and emerging Malaysian poets writing in the English language. It is the first volume of poems to cover a period of six decades of Malaysian poetry in English with works from more than 50 poets. The poems range from the works...

Risks and Other Poems takes you on a rollercoaster ride of experiences and emotions. Within the pages of this collection, you’ll discover poems that delve into the ordinary, mundane moments in life, ruptured by discoveries and epiphanies. These poems not only shed light on personal struggles but also illuminate the...

Ronggeng-Ronggeng: Malaysian Short Stories brings together six decades of Malaysian short stories from 1959 till 2018. Comprising twenty-eight short stories from established and emerging writers, including Lee Kok Liang, KS Maniam, Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Tunku Halim and Saras Manickam, it presents the varied and diverse multi-cultural voices of Malaysia. Although...

Salleh Ben Joned: Truth, Beauty, Amok and Belonging shines a spotlight, for the first time, via his poems, prose and relationships, on the world view of one of the beloved Malaysian poets and public intellectuals, written by his daughter Anna Salleh. Salleh Ben Joned has been described in many ways—maverick...

Underlying the whole of Maniam's opus is his concern with a fundamental human need, that is, the need of an individual to have a spiritual centre. This is especially important for Malaysians who live in a state which rose from its origins in British colonial capitalist exploitation. This concern may...