Two Saturdays ago the 2017 CausewayEXchange Festival concluded; a quiet success. Founded in 2010 with the intent of providing an annual festival for artistic and cultural exchange between Singapore and Malaysia, CausewayEXchange (CEX) is held in Singapore and Malaysia in alternating years. This year Ipoh provided quaint, rustic charm to the festival as a welcoming and generous host.

Poet X is a poetry podcast where poets can digitally publish their works in anonymity. They are the latest entry into the burgeoning spoken word scene in KL, providing a platform to help new young poets get their work out to the public minus the fear of stage fright and literary criticism.

They are tight-knit outfit made up of spoken word poet Azam Rais (director), audio engineer Safwan Siddiq (producer) and graphic designer Farah Hanis (designer).

Sepanjang April kami telah mencadangkan lapan naskah puisi (setakat ini) untuk memperkenalkan puisi kepada masyarakat umum. Dari antologi-antologi dan himpunan-himpunan dari sasterawan negara ke Sasterawan Muda London, kami telah memilih baris-baris yang diharapkan akan membuka minda pembaca terhadap puisi secara amnya.

Minggu ini kami kembali dengan 4 naskah lagi untuk menutup sambutan NaPoWriMo 2017 kami sepanjang tahun 2017 ini.