DESCRIPTION

Eternal Summer Notes is a trilingual anthology of short stories, poems, essays, and translations (in English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Mandarin) inspired by the heat and humidity of Malaysia’s endless summer.

Featuring voices from Malaysia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, China, and the USA, the collection explores selfhood through the passage of time and distance, often with a touch of humour and lightness.

Born from a unique "cafe writing residency" at Pohutukawa Coffee in 2024, the anthology is a celebration of language, place, and the fleeting moments we often try to grasp before they slip away.

Writers featured:
'The Pond' - Wan Phing Lim
; 'Three Poems' - Louise Law, translated from the Chinese by Jacqueline Leung;
'GadisNya' - Hayi;
'Di Ambang Kesunyian Musim Panas' - Tedd Denis;
'Durian Postcard About Durians' - Huang Yi, translated from the Chinese by Jennifer Feeley;
'Notes on Sepet' - Amir Hamzah;
'Mantra & Pattern Recognition' - Brandon K. Liew;
'Legends' - Shih-Li Kow
; 'Wrinkles' - Fu Yixuan
; 'i ii benda pasal natasha' - Md. Fariq Khir
; 'Clothing' - Zhu Jie'er
; 'After-Hours Musings' - Aya Carrim;
'the art residency' - Haiyan Zhang
; 'Dusk, Dawn, and Car' - Xu Mingkang
; 'The Boy Who Saw Dead Animals' - Anna Morgachova