The Learning Teacher

Here’s the link to an interview in The Sunday Star on the work I am doing at Wawasan Open University:

http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2009/10/25/education/4890989&sec=education#

Here’s wishing all my Hindu friends and their families a wonderful Deepavali and a day of great joy!

In 2001 I published A Bibliography of Malaysian Literature in English. I had started compiling data a few years earlier and wanted to put together a volume which documented the development of Malaysian Literature in English as a literary tradition.

I have had a very good response to the volume and I was very encouraged by the fact that the bibilography had been purchased by many international university libraries.

All bibilograhies become outdated the very day they are published as the result of the many publications that come almost on a daily basis. So there is indeed a need to continually update the data.

I have continued to collect data on the publication of Malaysian literary works in English. I have been aided by friends and writers who keep me informed of their latest publications.

I am working towards publishing an updated version of the 2001 bibliography in mid-2010. I would like to invite my readers to send me bibliographical details of Malaysian English literary publications they may know - both written in English or translated into English.

Thanks for your support!