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| Accepting Award from YM Professor Diraja Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid, former Vice-Chancellor of Universiti of Malaya |
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The proud and slightly dazed Robert Raymer standing between nominated writers Yvonne Lee (Vanity Drive and The Sky is Crazy) and Adeline Loh (Peeing in the Bush). |
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| On stage with Kee Thuan Chye and the representatives of other winning authors, many of whom were outstation. Luckily I decided to fly in from Kuching for the day. |
*Update, the 20th anniversary
of Lovers and Strangers Revisited
Here are links to some
of my author-to-author interviews of first novelists:
Golda
Mowe author of Iban Dream and Iban Journey.
Preeta
Samarasan author of Evening is the Whole Day.
Chuah
Guat Eng, author of Echoes of Silence and Days
of Change.
Plus:
Five part Maugham
and Me series
Beheaded on
Road to Nationhood: Sarawak Reclaimed—Part
I
Hi Robert, big congrats again!
ReplyDeleteNice photos but your heading for this post has a typo mistake, check Sar for Star.
Robert, Congratulations! Happy for you - must be feeling on top of the world.
ReplyDeleteShu Yee,
ReplyDeleteThanks and thanks for pointing that out! My mind is still on that stage!
Lydia,
Thanks. The fact that you won last year inspired me! I was also looking for a good excuse to fly to KL on MAS for "The Merdeka Miracle" so I was happy that the award ceremony was in August and not September!
Congrats Robert. Here's to many more years of inspiring writers across the nation!
ReplyDeleteAsrif,
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'll try my best!
Hello Mr Raymer, I am an ardent reader of your books, especially 'Lovers and Strangers Revisited'. I find your stories so down to earth.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! And thank you for writing about our beautiful country!
Take care & have a nice day.
Puan Isah,
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. It's been a pleasure. In the last couple of years several of the stories are now getting published in the US and Canada!
congrats on the win! ;))
ReplyDeleteYeah, saw the great news on The Star, Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteP.s. My vote did get counted i think. :p
Mannequin12,
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's a great feeling! Hoping this leads to bigger and better things!
KeeMan,
ReplyDeleteIt was probably the deciding vote! You were the first person to order the book online even before it came out! Thanks. I really appreciate that!
Dear Mr. Raymer,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your win. All the best for the next one!
Shamala,
ReplyDeleteThanks! The next book is coming out in October, Tropical Affairs: Episodes from an Expat's Life in Malaysia!
very beautiful and informative blog....
ReplyDeleteThanks
Expat
Manoj Sharma,
ReplyDeleteThank you! For the short stories in Lovers and Strangers Revisited I also created a series The Story Behind the Story. http://thestorybehindthestoryoflsr.blogspot.com/
Hi Mr. Raymer, congratulations for your book! I just finished the book and thoroughly enjoyed the whole reading experience. I've even written about it on my book review blog. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteJosette,
ReplyDeleteHi. Thanks, and I enjoyed your review -- nicely written. The published total has been incresed to 65 times in 10 countries. Your favorite story, "The Future Barrister" was recently accepted by a literary journal in Canada.
All the best!