New Silverfish Writing Programme

We have had more than 10 back-in-stock notification subscriptions for this writing programme. If you are interested, please register quickly. Registration upon payment is strictly by first-come-first-served basis. We will not be able to do reservations.

We last ran this programme in July 2012 to a full house. Please note that the next programme will begin on Saturday, 19th January 2013, at Silverfish Books' premises at 28-1 Jalan Telawi, Bangsar Baru, Kuala Lumpur and will be limited to 10 participants. Classes will run every week for ten Saturdays (except public holidays), from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

The proof of a writing programme (or any other) is in the results. The aim is to discover serious writers, not those looking for magic solutions or pills. Not everyone will be interested in getting published (a surprising many aren't) but most are interested in writing well, be it for pleasure, to entertain friends or even therapy -- fiction or non-fiction. Writing is hard work, but there is a method to the madness. We prefer not to call it a creative writing course for a reason; we do not believe that's what it’s all about. It is about telling stories in written form, about engaging your reader and about being relevant. There is absolutely no reason an author living in Malaysia cannot be world class, as Shih-Li Kow (Ripples) and Rozlan Mohd Noor (21 Immortals) have proved.

The universe is made of stories, not atoms -- Muriel Rukeyser