Thursday, August 27, 2015

Wednesday, August 26, 2015


READING MY POETRY IN TOKYO 

( MY POEMS  TRANSLATED INTO JAPANESE)


I  was in Tokyo from 30 Jun to 6 July 2014 for a Poetry Session held in conjunction with TOKYO INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR, It was held at Tokyo Big Sight, a huge convention and exhibition centre in Tokyo City. The poems read are from my book FAcing The Harbour translated into Japanes language . It was a happy and memorable event.



Arriving at Narita Airport

Poetry Reading at Malaysian Pavilion 




I was chosen as the first Malaysia poet to be awarded an ASEAN POETRY AWARD known as SUNTHORN PHU Award. That took place on 26th of June 2013. Here are some pictures of the events.