Cover Catch The Aesop’s Women’s Library 2.0: Voices Unbound at Aesop The Exchange TRX and Aesop IOI City Mall this June 14 - 16
Catch The Aesop’s Women’s Library 2.0: Voices Unbound at Aesop The Exchange TRX and Aesop IOI City Mall this June 14 - 16
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Catch The Aesop’s Women’s Library 2.0: Voices Unbound at Aesop The Exchange TRX and Aesop IOI City Mall this June 14 - 16
Launched last year in Malaysia, The Aesop Women’s Library will see its second year in Kuala Lumpur this June at two signature stores: Aesop The Exchange TRX and Aesop IOI City Mall in Kuala Lumpur.
From June 14 to 16, 2024, the shelves of these two stores will be cleared of products and stocked entirely with books by Malaysian women authors to elevate women’s voices, stories and experiences.
The best part about this ephemeral library is that customers visiting these stores will take home one complimentary book of their choice from these female authors, free of charge.
Read more: 9 books by Malaysian women authors
Above Aesop continues to elevate women’s voices with The Aesop’s Women’s Library 2.0: Voices Unbound
Aesop continues to elevate women’s voices with The Aesop’s Women’s Library 2.0: Voices Unbound
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The selection features more than 20 titles purchased by Aesop based on recommendations from local publishing houses Lit Books, Clarity Publishing, Cite Book Garden, Gerak Budaya Kuala Lumpur, Penwings Publishing, and Buku Fixi.
The library will feature a selection of 27 titles in three languages, featuring writers such as Saras Manickam, Dr Chai Siaw Ling, and Charissa Ong to join the likes of award-winning literary names like Viji Krishnamoorthy, Hanna Alkaf, and Leong Ching Foon, featured in last year’s Aesop Women’s Library in Malaysia.
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Author Saras Manickam won the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia, and received much acclaim for her debut book, My Mother Pattu, a collection of stories dealing with racism, identity and love in Malaysia’s multicultural setting.
Penwings Publishing founder and best-selling poetry and short stories author Charissa Ong (pictured above) published her first book at the age of 24, a collection of short stories and poetry known as Midnight Monologues, which became a bestseller and a finalist of the 2017 International Book Awards in the poetry and cover design categories.
Universiti Malaya department of Chinese studies lecturer Dr Chai Siaw Ling specialises in contemporary Chinese studies, and has co-authored works such as Mo Yan : A Writer Writing For People as well as Local Sarawak Chinese Literature: A Perspective from Regional Experience towards Rainforest Writing.
Previously contributing to Esquire Malaysia, Expat Lifestyle and Newsweek, Tania oversees digital stories across Tatler’s key content pillars, also leading the Front & Female platform exploring issues and topics affecting women today.
