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Yusof Gajah and Zakiah to Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2014

4/28/2014

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April 2014. Yusof Gajah and his wife, Zakiah, are off to the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair which runs from 30 April to 5 May. 

Zakiah will be conducting batik painting activities at the fair's Creativity Corner while Yusof will have a stand at the Illustrators' Corner in addition to conducting several activities for children. Last year, Malaysian illustrator, Emila Yusof was the invited guest at the Illustrators' Corner.

Yusof Gajah has always been in demand for drawing and story telling activities with children, both in Malaysia as well as overseas and Zakiah has been his constant helper.

In recent years, however, Zakiah's batik painting workshops have been gaining popularity and she has been active in several book fairs and festivals in Malaysia as well as overseas, including Singapore, Shanghai, Korea and now, Abu Dhabi. Apart from teaching batik painting, Zakiah also paints large batik pieces which have been displayed at Nami Island, Korea; and Langkawi Island, Malaysia. 

"I am happy that many people, both children and adults like batik painting. And I am grateful to have the opportunity to share with them the joy of batik painting," said Zakiah. "I thank the Perbadanan Kota Buku that I have the chance to share batik painting in Shanghai and Singapore last year and more recently at the KL book fair," she added.

We hope the children at Abu Dhabi will also enjoy batik painting with Malaysian batik ambassador, Zakiah. 

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Karangkraf Publishes Dina the Little Malaysian Girl

4/6/2014

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Malaysia's leading publisher, Karangkraf, has signed on children's book writer and illustrator, Emila Yusof for a series of books based on Dina, her little Malaysian girl character. 

Karangkraf will be publishing two Dina books, Taman Bunga Emak Saya (My Mother's Garden) and Dapur Emak Saya (My Mother's Kitchen) in time for the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair in April. 

Originally published in English as early readers, and now available as ebooks at www.kotabuku.my, the two books have been expanded to suit the Malay reading market. Readers of the Malay edition will have a fuller story while the illustrations will surely enchant little girls as Dina is your regular Malaysian girl. Read more...


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Five-book Korean rights sale for Yusof Gajah

4/6/2014

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The Korean rights of Yusof Gajah's Creative Learning Series, comprising five books, have been sold to Econ Publishing house based in Paju Book City, Seoul. The deal was brokered by sub-agent, Lee Hansang. Apps for the books, by another Korean company, is also part of the deal. 

Lee, who met Yusof a few years ago at Nami Island said,"I love Yusof Gajah's work and am delighted that his books will be available for Korean children."

The books are expected to be published next month, in time for the Paju Book Festival in May. Established more than 15 years ago, Econ is part of the large publishing group Munhak donne (meaning Literacy Town).


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German Rights Sold for books by Yusof Gajah and Jainal Amambing

4/6/2014

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German rights for 'Where Is My Ball?' by Yusof Gajah and 'The Magic Buffalo' by Jainal Amambing, have been sold to Baobab Books, Switzerland. Baobab Books promote a broad and diverse range of books translated from other languages into German to promote reading skills as well as encourage intercultural dialogue. 

Yusof Gajah's iconic elephant images in 'Where is my ball?' are among his most startling and original works where elephants of different colours and shapes look for their missing coloured balls.

'The Magic Buffalo', which had won the Encouragement Prize in the 16th ACCU (Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO) Noma Concours, 2008, tells the story of an orphan boy and his toy buffalo. Jainal's wonderful illustrations bring to life the village life and how children play.

The German edition of both books are expected to be published in Q3 this year.

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