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Yasmin Ahmad

Yasmin Ahmad (January 7, 1958 – July 25, 2009) was a critically-acclaimed multi-award winning film director, writer and scriptwriter from Malaysia and was also the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well-known in Malaysia for their humour, heart and love that crosses cross-cultural barriers, in particular her ads for Petronas, the national oil and gas company. Her works have won multiple awards both within Malaysia and internationally.

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Book about Yasmin Ahmad:

• Yasmin Ahmad’s Films

Yasmin Ahmad's Films

Events and Happenings:

Matahari Books is cordially inviting everyone to witness the Malaysian launch of the book Yasmin Ahmad’s Films.

Location: Level 4, Sunway University College
Time: 3:00PM Wednesday, November 18th

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The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the world’s most valuable (worth €100,000) annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English and is a Dublin City Council initiative, in partnership with IMPAC.  The nominations come from 163 libraries in 123 cities and 43 countries worldwide. Cllr. Emer Costello, the Lord Mayor of Dublin announced on Monday, 2 Nov ’09, that 156 titles have been nominated for 2010.

Previous winners of the prestigious award include Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas (2009), De Niro’s Game by Rawi Hage (2008), Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (2007), and The Master by Colm Tóibín (2006). Many previously nominated books of other awards are included in the 2010 list. Dublin City Council will announce the shortlist on 14th April 2010 and the Lord Mayor will reveal the winner on 17th June 2010.

And here are the nominees for the 2010 award:

• A Girl Made of Dust by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
• The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
• Machine by Peter Adolphsen (translated by Charlotte Barslund)
• My Father’s Wives by Eduardo Agualusa (translated by Daniel Hahn)
• Chicago by Alaa Al Aswany (translated by Farouk Abdel Wahab)
• The Hakawati / Storyteller by Rabih Alameddine
• The Story of a Widow by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
• The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam
• When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
• The Only Son by Stéphane Audeguy (translated by John Cullen)
• Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
• The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (translated by David Colmer)
• The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee
• The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (translated by Alison Anderson)
• Exit Lines by Joan Barfoot
• A Country Called Home by Kim Barnes
• The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
• The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
• City of Thieves by David Benioff
• Beautiful Children by Charles Bock
• Blood Trail by C.J. Box
• Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
• The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs (translated by Hester Velmans)
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
• Black Flies by Shannon Burke
• The China Lover by Ian Buruma
• The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri (translated by Stephen Sartarelli)
• America, America by Ethan Canin
• The man who stole the Mona Lisa by Martin Caparrós Valfierno (translated by Jasper Reid)
• His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
• The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
• The Island of Eternal Love by Dai’na Chaviano (translated by Andrea G. Labinger)
• The Other Hand / Little Bee by Chris Cleave (translated by Tina A. Kover)
• The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
• God of Speed by Luke Davies
• The 10pm Question by Kate de Goldi
• The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• The Trout Opera by Matthew Condon
• Codex 632: The Secret Identity of Christopher Columbus by José Rodrigues dos Santos (translated by Alison Entrekin)
• The White King by Gyorgy Dragoman (translated by Paul Olchvary)
• Frida’s Bed by Slavenka Drakulic (translated by Zoric Pribichevich)
• The Voyage of the Short Serpent by Bernard du Boucheron (translated by Hester Velmans)
• In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric
• Good to a Fault by Marian Endicott
• So Brave, Young and Handsome byLeif Enger
• The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
• Blonde Roots by Bernardine Evaristo
• The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
• Strange Music by Laura Fish
• Wanting by Richard Flanagan
• The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford
• There are Ants in My Sugar by Annica Foxcroft
• The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
• Blackout by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (translated by Benjamin Moser)
• The Spare Room by Helen Garner
• Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
• Learning to Fly by Shehani Gomes
• The Jewish Messiah by Arnon Grunberg
• The Prince by Manu Gunasena The Prince
• Cockroach by Rawi Hage
• Blackstrap Hawco: Said to be About a Newfoundland Family by Kenneth J. Harvey
• Ashes of the Amazon by Milton Hatoum (translated by John Gledson)
• This Part of the World by Samuel Hazo
• Settlement by Christoph Hein translated by Philip Boehm
• The Believers by Zoe Heller
• The Lazarus Project by Aleksander Hemon
• The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
• People of the Whale by Linda Hogan
• Show Me The Sky by Nicholas Hogg
• The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
• The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt
• Artic Chill by Arnaldur Indridson (translated by Victoria Cribb and Bernard Scudder)
• Gems in the Cracks by Rowley Jeffrey
• Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
• Swimmer’s Rope by Stephanie Johnson
• The Outcast by Sadie Jones
• Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
• Waltenberg by Hedi Kaddour (translated by David Coward)
• Kieron Smith, Boy by James Kelman
• A Time To Every Purpose Under Heaven by Karl Ove Knausgard (translated by James Anderson)
• World Made By Hand by James Howard Kunstler
• Something To Tell You by Hanif Kureishi Something To Tell You
• Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
• Murisa by Feri Lainscek (translated by Erica Johnson Debelsak)
• Little Monsters by Charles Lambert
• Red Dog, Red Dog by Patrick Lane
• The Lost Colours of the Chameleon by Mandla Langa
• Lavinia by Ursula LeGuin
• The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
• The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam by Lauren Liebenberg
• Molly Fox’s Birthday by Deirdre Madden
• Human Love by Andrei Makine (translated by Geoffrey Strachan)
• The End of the Jews by Adam Mansback The End of the Jews
• Pilcrow by Adam Mars-Jones
• The Lighted Rooms by Richard Mason
• We Are Now Beginning Our Descent by James Meek
• The Same Earth by Kei Miller
• After River by Donna Milner
• Sashenka by Simon Sebag Montefiore
• The Language of Others by Clare Morrall
• A Mercy by Toni Morrison
• The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
• Diablerie by Walter Mosley
• 1940 by Jay Neugeboren
• The Legend of Redenta Tiria by Salvatore Niffoi (translated by Shaun Whiteside)
• Blossoms of the Savannah by H. R. Ole Kulet
• Sonata for Miriam by Linda Olsson
• Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan
• Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
• The Truth Commissioner by David Park
• Novel About My Wife by Emily Perkins
• City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
• Lush Life by Richard Price
• God’s Own Country byRoss Raisin
• The Garland of Fate by Ruana Rajepakse
• Serena by Ron Rash
• Cost by Roxana Robinson
• Home by Marilynne Robinson
• Hotel Crystal by Olivier Rolin (translated by Jane Kuntz)
• Wolf Totem by Jian Rong (translated by Howard Goldblatt)
• The Armies by Evelio Rosere (translated by Anne McLean)
• Indignation by Philip Roth
• An Atlas of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy
• The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
• Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
• Death With Interuptions by José Saramago (translated by Margaret Jull Costa)
• New Lives: The Youth of Enrico Turmer in letter and prose by Ingo Schulze (translated by John E. Woods)
• Falling by Anne Simpson
• Chef by Jaspreet Singh
• American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
• How the Soldier Repairs the Gramaphone by Sasa Stanisic (translated by Anthea Bell)
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
• The Great Karoo by Fred Stenson
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson
• Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas
• The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
• A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
• The Collector of Worlds by Illija Trojanov (translated by William Hobson)
• The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas The Slap
• A Blessed Child by Linn Ullmann (translated by Sarah Death)
• A Tuesday Like Today by Cecilia Urbina (translated by Clare E. Sullivan)
• The Reunion by Simone van der Vlugt (translated by Michelle Hutchinson)
• This Night’s Foul Work by Fred Vargas (translated by Sian Reynolds)
• The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (translated by Anne McLean)
• Beyond Suspicion by Tanguy Viel (translated by Linda Coverdale)
• Fanon by John Edgar Wideman
• Breath by Tim Winton
• Piano Angel by Esther Woolfson
• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
• Sea of Many Returns by Arnold Zable
• Escher’s Loops by Zoran Zivkovic

(Source: IMPAC Dublin Award)

Asterix, the Gaul

Although he does not have the impressive muscle-bound physique of the heroes Albert Uderzo drew at first, Asterix is the only anti-hero to boast such a collection of success stories and heroic feats.

Throughout his adventures, where his legendary wile and the precious magic potion concocted by the druid Getafix allow him to escape from the direst situations, often covered with glory, Asterix has made off with Caesar’s laurel crown, won a gold metal at the Olympic Games (without the benefit of the magic potion, if you please!) and completed with honours the 12 tasks as decreed by Caesar one day when he was foolish enough to risk a bet with our incorrigible Gauls.

Thanks to our hero, the Britons discovered tea and the Belgians were inspired to make French fries! As for the Asterix comic book series, it has been the sensation of the publishing world for over 45 years while the character Asterix has become a mythical figure, a symbol throughout the world for all who resist the influence of Empires trying to impose their will and law on others. René Goscinny explained that his hero’s name, with its initial «A», was a clear advantage with regard to alphabetic classification in any future comic book encyclopaedia, but did he ever imagine that his tiny Gaul would also change comic book history?

And what more can be said about the success of Asterix in the film industry? Despite all his success, Asterix has remained down to earth and all he needs to keep him (and his readers) happy is the chance to ridicule the Romans and savour a delicious banquet with his friends.

Meet Asterix and the gang at Asterix: The Magic Web Portion!

List of comics available:

• Asterix the Gaul (1959)
• Asterix and the Golden Sickle (1960)
• Asterix and the Goths (1961-62)
• Asterix the Gladiator (1962)
• Asterix and the Banquet (1963)
• Asterix and Cleopatra (1963)
• Asterix and the Big Fight (1964)
• Asterix in Britain (1965)
• Asterix and the Normans (1966)
• Asterix and the Chieftain’s Shield (1967)
• Asterix at the Olympic Games (1968)
• Asterix and the Cauldron (1968)
• Asterix in Spain (1969)
• Asterix and the Roman Agent (1970)
• Asterix in Switzerland (1970)
• Asterix and the Laurel Wreath (1971)
• Asterix and the Soothsayer (1972)
• Asterix in Corsica (1973)
• Asterix and Caesar’s Gift (1974)
• Asterix and the Great Crossing (1975)
• Obelix and Co. (1976)
• Asterix in Belgium (1979)
• Asterix and the Great Divide (1980)
• Asterix and the Black Gold (1981)
• Asterix and Son (1983)
• Asterix and the Magic Carpet (1987)
• Asterix and the Secret Weapon (1991)
• Asterix and Obelix All at Sea (1996)
• Asterix and the Falling Sky (2005)