Matahari Books

Matahari Books is a Malaysian publishing company founded in 2007 by Amir Muhammad.^[1] It specialises in Malaysian non-fiction and also screenplay books.^[2] It publishes books in both English and Malay.^[3]

Titles

Non-fiction titles:

• Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things (Vol 1) (2007) compiled by Amir Muhammad with illustrations by Shahril Nizam.
• New Malaysian Essays 1 (2008) edited by Amir Muhammad.
• New Malaysian Essays 2 (2009) edited by Amir Muhammad.
• New Malaysian Essays 3 (2010) edited by Yin Shao Loong
• Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things (Vol 2) (2008) compiled by Amir Muhammad with artwork by Fahmi Reza
• The Malaysian Book of the Undead (2008) by Danny Lim
• Kitab Pengetahuan Hantu Malaysia (2008) by Danny Lim (translated by Ahmad Kamal Abu Bakar)
• Taxi Tales on a Crooked Bridge (2009) by Charlene Rajendran
• Yasmin Ahmad's Films (2009) by Amir Muhammad
• What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You (The Annexe Lectures, Vol 1.) (2009) by Farish A. Noor
• 120 Malay Movies (2010) by Amir Muhammad.
• Islam in Malaysia: Perceptions & Facts (2010) by Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin

Mixed anthologies:

• Body 2 Body: A Malaysian Queer Anthology (2009) edited by Jerome Kugan and Pang Khee Teik
• Orang Macam Kita edited by Azwan Ismail and Diana Dirani

Screenplay books:

• KAMI the Movie (2008)
• ESTET (2009)
• Pisau Cukur (2009)

External links

• Matahari Books official site
• Matahari Books on Amazon.com.
• "Hitting the books" in The Star (Malaysia) - 8 April 2009

Notes

1. "Amir and the Foot in Mouth Syndrome" - 14 September 2007
2. Amir Muhammad interview on The Fairly Current Show - 5 February 2009
3. Matahari Books on Facebook