A bit about Amir Muhammad..

Amir Muhammad is now started writing in Bahasa Melayu when he now excitedly about his new idea that brings a phenomenon in this writing world when he now publishing a fixi books.here 

He was courage to started this new field as we can see that he was a man who is brave to try something new. He own his new company in March 2011 named Fixi, a company that is published Bahasa Malaysia fiction. Quoted from an interviewed with him in The Star, “I am not going to be quoted as saying that they’re bad or anything, but I just want something slightly different. Because a lot of these books seem to be targeted at young, Malay women – but what about the rest of the population?” asks Amir.

“It can’t be true that all young Malay women have all the same taste either,” he adds.

He come up with this idea when he realized that the majority of Bahasa Malaysia readers is a women and because of that the leader of market is romance novel. He sees that in last August 2010 when he was going to a book event honoring the most popular books of the year when 10 best Bahasa Malaysia novels for that year were romance novels. More info here .

Amir Muhammad also known as Indie books "godfather". This is because he received a lot of awards because of his writing in Fixi. Information about his writing in Fixi that make him get Indie books "godfather" in here . It was a prove that Amir Muhammad was a founder and publisher of Buku Fixi in here . He also won a n awards for his achievement in this 'Fixi world' at London Book Festival. Look here . He writing in his works at fixi was about urban contemporary novels . Look here . 

  

Amir Muhammad who brings a new era in writing world when publishing a Fixi books.

knowing Huzir Sulaiman..

Huzir Sulaiman was born in year 1973 in Malaysia. Huzir Sulaiman director, actor, and writer. He is one of Malaysia's leading dramatist, acclaimed for his vibrant, inventive use of language and incisive insight into human behavior in general and Asia psyche in particular. He is currently live in Singapore.

Huzir Sulaiman married with Claire Wong, a Malaysia born Singapore stage actress. She also a film actress, writer, and director. She is a qualified lawyer. She also had a Master of Fine Arts in theatre at Columbia University in New York.  Huzir's father, Haji Sulaiman Abdullah was a Tamil Brahmin who later converted to Islam. Sulaiman is a veteran lawyer who served as Malaysian Bar Council president. Huzir's mother, Hajjah Mehrun Siraj has served as a professor, lawyer, consultant for United Nations agencies, NGO activists and a Commissioner with the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia.

Huzir's plays often charged with dark humour, political satire,and surrealistic twists. Surrealistic based on dictionary is having features typical or reminiscent of those depicted in surrealistic painting or drawing. The meaning is having a character like a surrealism which is a style of art and literature developed principally in 20th century, stressing the subconscious or non rational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions.

Huzir Sulaiman is best known for his works 'Atomic Jaya', 'The Smell of Lamguage', 'Hip-Hopera' the Musica, 'Notes on Life and Love and Painting', 'Election Day', 'Those Four Sisters Fernandez', 'Occupation', and ' Whatever That Is' which have been published in his collection of 'Eight Plays' by Silverfish Books. He also contribute his articles to The Star.