Thursday, May 22, 2008

BookFest@Malaysia 2008

The BookFest@Malaysia (海外华文书市) 2008 event is now entered into its third year. With the theme of “Reading Empowers” (阅读新势力), it will showcase more than a million books by both Overseas and Local publishers, featuring leading publishers from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia.

Held for a duration of 9 days, this BookFest will be presented from 24 May until 1 June 2008, 10am - 10pm, at Halls 1-5 of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, KLCC, stretching across the first week of the school holidays. The main organiser, Popular Book Co. (M) S/B is expecting over 450,000 visitors throughout this exhibition.

Among the interesting activities throughout the event will be:

  • 2008 Feng Shui Sharing Session by Joey Yap
  • Music Performance by Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Pass Your Job Interview Within 30 Minutes
  • "Design Fast Forward" Book Sharing Session by Eric Leong
  • Blind Fold Reading
  • Sudoku Fun Time
  • Cooking Demonstration
  • Magic Show and Interactive Game
  • Cataract & Refractive Surgery - All you want to know and should know - By Dr.Yeoh Phee Liang
  • Stock Investment Talks

2 comments:

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

thanks for the info....
are there any entrance fees this year?

Voyager8 said... Reply To This Comment

As stated in their website: "Admission is chargeable at RM 2 per ticket. Free admission for students 18 years & below and senior citizen 60 years & above."

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