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Cover Reveal: A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic

A burong descends from Tansang Kenyalang in the midst of a dire catastrophe. A shapeshifter frees Kedah from the dreaded Raja Bersiong only to uncover a darker secret. A woman learns to channel her family’s food magic. A young huntress of supernatural creatures charts her own path of love.

This anthology of short stories offers fresh takes on Malaysian folklore and fairy tales, adds enchantment to the ordinary, and bursts with new, wonderful flavours. Stir a little spoonful of magic into your tea, whether you’re from these shores or from far away.

A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology Edited by Anna Tan Book cover featuring a dragon in the background. In the foreground there is a spoon held over a fire. Smoke is rising from the spoon, with a shadowy figure of a person in a forest.

 

Featuring stories by:

Collin Yeoh · Hamizah Adzmi · Ilnaz A. Faizal · Ismim Putera · Joni Chng · Joshua Lim · Julia Alba · Rowan C · Sharmilla Ganesan · Stuart Danker · Syazwani Jefferdin · Zufar Zeid

 

And cover art by:

Amita Sevellaraja over at amitaseve.com. You can check out her social media as @volapardus on Twitter and Instagram!

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Preorder paperbacks now!

Add to GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/168405034-a-spoonful-of-malaysian-magic

Preorder on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Spoonful-Malaysian-Magic-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0C6PQ878V

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Help us launch some Malaysian Magic!

Join our launch team

 

We’re gearing up to launch our new book, A Spoonful of Malaysian Magic: An Anthology, this November.

If you’d like to join in and help us share the news PLUS get an advance readers copy (ARC) for review, fill up the form below!

We’re SOOOOO excited that this book is just about ready to be shown to the world!

P/S: if you’re at the SEA Lit Circle Writer’s Festival this month, come hang out at our Mini Expo booth from 5PM – 6PM on 8, 15, and 22 July. You’ll get to see an early preview of this anthology too!

2023 Malaysian Fantasy Anthology Submissions Update

We’ve just closed submissions for our 2023 Malaysian Fantasy Anthology, and we are stoked.

Just from reading the story summaries.

We haven’t even read the stories yet, because all we’ve had the energy to do after GTLF and Karnival Oren is download the files into a single folder.

But we like stats! So, here are some stats!

 

 

Total entries: 59

Total entries submitted ON THE LAST DAY (30 Nov): 13 (22%)

Total entries submitted on the LAST WEEK (24-30 Nov): 38 (64%)

Highest number of entries from a single person: 4!

 

To everyone who submitted, good luck! We’re looking forward to reading all your wonderful stories!

Absolution soft launch at George Town Literary Festival

We’re counting down the days until Absolution reaches your hands!

Our ebooks and international print versions are all on track to be released by 24 November as planned. Pre-order your ebooks now at books2read.com/AbsolutionNovel

However, we’ve hit a slight snag in the Malaysian print run. Rest assured, we’re working towards getting that resolved with as minimal delay as possible. Either way, you can still pre-order your copy now and we’ll keep you in the loop!

 

Join us for our 10-day online launch tour starting 21 November 2022!

Here’s the line up for our online launch tour, including TWO physical events: GTLF Soft Launch and Karnival Oren!

24 November

22 November

23 November

24 November

Teaspoon Publishing presents (soft launch) Absolution by Anna Tan. Absolution is the culmination of Anna's Absolution trilogy, young adult fantasy books set in a magical Nusantara. Come listen as the author talks to Daphne Lee about what inspires her creations, the main challenges she faces as a writer of Asian fantasy, and her hopes for the future of the genre in this region. Date: 24 November (Thursday). 10:30am - 11am. Digital Penang, Event Hall

24 November, Thursday | 10:30 – 11:00 am | Digital Penang, Event Hall

25 November

28 November

29 November

  • Karnival Oren @ Komtar (Details forthcoming)

30 November

 

Launch Week Sales

We’ll be dropping our prices for the duration of the launch tour, so if you’ve missed getting any of the books, you can plan to pick them up then!

ARCs Available: The Tale of the Hostage Prince

Are you a book reviewer? Wanna get your hands on an advanced reader copy (ARC) of The Tale of the Hostage Prince?

The Tale of the Hostage Prince. Tag: Peace doesn't come easily, not for a twenty-year-old servant playacting at being king. On NetGalley for a limited time!

The Tale of the Hostage Prince (Absolution #1.5)

Yosua wears an uneasy crown. Although he is now Raja of Bayangan, he still longs for the land of his birth where everything was much simpler…and less deadly.

But peace doesn’t come easily, not for a twenty-year-old servant playacting at being king.

With his parents brutally murdered and his uncle bent on revenge, Yosua must decide where his loyalties truly lie. With his only remaining relative and the kingdom he has claimed? Or with his best friend Mikal and the sultanate that raised him as a hostage?

ARCs are available for request on NetGalley now until 1 May 2022!

If you’re not on NetGalley, but you review books on Amazon, Goodreads, or your own blog & social media, you can also fill up the form below.

 

P/s Want a physical copy? Pre-order a paperback at 22% off until 13 April 2022!

Our new Shopee store – and Malaysian Writers Fest 2021!

We’ve been sitting on getting a Shopee store for a while now, but as of today, 12 October 2021, we have finally gotten our ducks in a row and put our books up on Shopee!

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We’d love if you could go give us a follow!

 

The main impetus for this is actually… the Malaysian Writers Fest 2021. Our mission here at Teaspoon Publishing is to help you get your words out – and how can you do that if you don’t know the first thing about how publishing works?

So we’ve decided to support the Publishing 101 talk that’s happening at the Fest at 10 am – 11 am, 23 October (Saturday).

Publishing 101 talk by Anna Tan and Jaymee Goh
What are the common terms in the publishing industry? What is traditional vs. indie vs. self-publishing? What’s the difference between developmental edits, line edits, and copyedits? What is involved in publishing a book beyond printing it? Learn about the ecosystem of publishing and how it’s a group effort by people of many skillsets!

You can register for the whole fest – or just the talk – on the Malaysian Writers Society’s website.

 

And since all of this is happening at once, we’re offering a special 10% discount voucher on all purchases through our Shopee store with the code TEASMWF21 from 13 to 25 October. So if you’ve been putting off getting any of our books in the last few months just because it feels expensive, now’s a good time to go grab them!

Shopee coupon code: TEASMWF21

Remember that code okay: TEASMWF21

See you at the Fest!

Amok: Surprise lockdown launch!

Surprise Lockdown Launch

In light of our not-so-surprising Total Lockdown, we’ve decided to push up the release date of Amok for a surprise lockdown launch!

Yes, Amok ebooks drop today, 1 June*, so that you can hunker down in your house and entertain yourself with a great read. We’ll still honour our launch prices, so our ebook preorder prices of RM12 (USD2.99) will remain until the 23rd of June and will rise to RM20 (USD4.99) on 24 June.

You can grab your copy right here on this site, or at your favourite ebook retailer!

 

But what if I want a paperback? It’s pretttyyyyyyy

If you’ve preordered a paperback and/or still want to order one, we’re also maintaining the preorder price of RM35 until we actually have the printed books in hand. We’ll also sweeten the deal by sending you an ebook copy to keep you occupied until the paperback finally gets printed.

 

More Bonus Content!

And while we’re at it, send a screenshot of your Amok purchase receipt (wherever you purchased it) to admin@teaspoonpublishing.com.my by 24 June to claim a free copy of The Painted Hall Collection! Also tell us if you’d like it in ebook (e-pub or mobi) or if you’d like a paperback—we’ll ship** this to you for free.

 

Happy reading!

Stay safe, stay home, and get vaccinated.

#LindungiDiriLindungiSemua

* Some other retailers might release it on 2 June. 

** Malaysia-only. Those overseas will have to settle for the ebook, sorry! 

Amok quote: "Yet what is faith, except hope in desparation?" - Mikal (Amok by Anna Tan). books2read.com/amok