GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia -- New leadership and an expanded lineup of Asian writers mark the upcoming ninth edition of the George Town Literary Festival, one of Southeast Asia's best-known gatherings of writers and readers, which last year drew nearly 6,000 people to 64 events.
The free festival, to be held in the UNESCO-listed capital of Penang, a state in northwest Malaysia, from Nov. 21 to Nov. 24, has gone from strength to strength since it launched in 2011, becoming the first Southeast Asian literary festival to win the international Literary Festival Award at the prestigious London Book Fair in 2018.
