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Bookaroo Fest 2015

March 16, 2015 /

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Pustaka Negeri Sarawak working together with Bookaroo Trust will organize the Pustaka Bookaroo Childrens Literature Festival 2015. The festival will be held this coming 28-29 March 2015 the week after mid term school holidays.

Bookaroo is a charitable trust committed to bringing children and books together to spread the joy of reading. Started in India in 2008, the 7th Bookaroo Childrens Literature Festival was held in Delhi on 29-30 November 2014.

The Pustaka – Bookaroo Childrens Literature Festival 2015 is expected to bring together local and foreign authors, illustrators, story tellers, publishers, editors and book lovers. Among those who will be participating are The Storywallahs – Ameen ul Haque, Anushka, Ary NILANDARI, Dewi TrI KUSUMAH, Emila YUSOF, Golda MOWE, Heidi MUNANJADE, Jade FANG, Jantan UMBAT, Jean VOON, Ng Kok KEONG, Parnab MUKHERJEE, Rosemarie SOMAIAH, Sarah MOUNSEY, Sophie DEWAYANI, Stephanie WONG, Tanya BATTVASHTI and Vashti LIONG.

This festival aims to promote literature and reading among children and also to promote the development of knowledge, theory and practice of reading, writing and discussing aspects of fiction and non-fiction.

Not only that, it also aims to enhance public awareness and consciousness of the necessity of making children understand the importance of reading, literature from various states and countries, authors and make reading a fun venture, not a chore.

Meanwhile, The Bookaroo In The City program which is a visit program to several schools in Kuching City will be held on 23 & 27 March 2015. This would also help to encourage reading habit among students. Local book industries are expected to get positive impact from this festival.

Members of the public are invited to this festival. Admission is free. For further information, please contact Japri Bujang Masli or Razak Rambili at 082-442000 ext 103 / 348 or emailjapribm@sarawak.gov.my / razakr@sarawak.gov.my.

15 Comments

  • imaisha

    March 20, 2015 at 11:45 am

    tu la kan jaja.. kena seberang lautan tu.. walaupun I am Malaysian, tapi tak sampai2 lagi ke Sarawak.. kesiann.. ingatkan mula2 salah masuk blog.. rupanya template dah berubah.. nampak lain je.. menjelang GST, byk yg bertukar termasuk la blog kak Em.. hehe..

  • glory jane

    March 24, 2015 at 10:22 am

    Saya penah la pergi… tapi kat bandar kuching je. pergi rumah kenduri kahwin saudara. tak sempat nak jalan-jalan pun… 🙁
    Kat Sabah penah pergi praktikal 2 minggu kat KK. Baik kerja jam 5 dah gelap. Sempat ronda bandar KK dan hujung minggu ke Kundasang saja.
    Niat di hati nak ke Sabah Sarawak juga berjalan-jalan. Tapi $ tak berapa nak mengizinkan 😛

  • glory jane

    March 24, 2015 at 10:24 am

    Saya ni Big Bad Wolf kat Penang pun tak sempat nak pergi 🙁
    Kalau suami tak ada, malas sungguh nak ke shopping complex nak berjalan-jalan dengan anak ;P, jadi sebab tu selalu online shopping je semua

  • imaisha

    March 27, 2015 at 10:17 am

    kat Sabah pernah pegi lebih kurang seminggu je.. best sgt walaupun penat.. pegi ikut rombongan sekolah utk menawan puncak kinabalu.. hehe.. jom la kita pegi jln2 kat East Malaysia sama2 jane 😉 teringin nak pegi Mulu Cave, pinnacles dan daki Gunung Kinabalu one more time.. blh dpt sijil yg cantik lagi tau ^_^

  • imaisha

    March 27, 2015 at 10:57 am

    yela kan.. kalau ada anak, mmg susah sikit nak membeli belah sorang2.. mata nak tgk anak, nak tgk buku.. haru-biru.. huhu.. mcm la kita ada pengalaman pulak 😛 sekarang mmg trend online shopping.. semua di hujung jari.. ^_^

  • Nadiah Najib

    March 27, 2015 at 11:10 am

    Salam and dear Kak Emila,

    I’ve been following your blog for a few years now and it is delightful to see how much you’ve progressed since you started almost 10 years ago! Alhamdulillah…. I guess I was feeling a little nostalgic this morning and was hoping you could write an entry chronicling your journey from being a graphics designer to blogger and now a renowned children’s book author. It is always good for the spirit to be rejuvenated from stories of inspiration like yours would be.

    Happy to hear from you again.

    Best wishes and wassalam,
    Nadiah

  • Hafsah ahmad

    November 27, 2015 at 8:09 am

    I like what this fest is trying to achieve:

    enhance public awareness and consciousness of the necessity of making children understand the importance of reading, literature from various states and countries, authors and make reading a fun venture, not a chore.

  • Hafsah ahmad

    November 27, 2015 at 8:12 am

    It took mw such a long time to start reading a book and to love it, as i came from a background that doesnt encourage that..only when i move to uk that reading a book seems fun and the library that’s very close to the house made reading is something that i look forward to every week