Shuren Press is an independent publisher based in Batu Pahat, Johor. A publishing offshoot of the menswear brand Shuren Projects, it has released two anthologies—Minority Blues (2022) and Eternal Summer Notes (2025)—as well as the poetry collection Everything in Life Is a Fire (2021).
Address: 127A Jalan Mustaffa
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Johor
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Genre: Literature
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Book 1 ETERNAL SUMMER NOTES
Eternal Summer Notes is a multilingual anthology of short stories, poems, essays, and translations inspired by the heat and humidity of Malaysia’s endless summer. Featuring voices from Malaysia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, China, and the USA, the collection explores selfhood through the passage of time and distance, often with a touch of humour and lightness. Born from a 2024 writing residency at Pohutukawa Coffee and co-edited with Shuren Press, the anthology is a celebration of language, place, and the fleeting moments we try, yet often fail, to hold onto. A year in the making, we hope to share it with new readers at KL Art Book Fair 2025.
Featured writers in Eternal Summer Notes include:
Wong Yi Wong Yi 黃怡 is an award-winning Hong Kong writer, librettist, founding member of the Xi Xi Foundation and former editor at Fleur des Lettres. She is the author of four short story collections: Ways To Love In A Crowded City, The Four Seasons of Lam Yip, Patched Up, and News Stories. In 2020, she was named one of 20 Young Sinophone Fiction Writers to Watch by the Taiwanese literary magazine Unitas. She participated in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 2023.
Jennifer Feeley Jennifer Feeley is the translator of Xi Xi’s Mourning a Breast, Not Written Words: Selected Poetry of Xi Xi, and Carnival of Animals: Xi Xi’s Animal Poems, as well as the novel Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, Chen Jiatong’s White Fox series, and Wong Yi’s Cantonese chamber opera libretto Women Like Us. She is the recipient of the 2017 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship.
Md. Fariq Khir
Md. Fariq Khir gemarkan teh dan berjalan sekitar kawasan rumah. Dia menulis mikrofiksyen di Twitter dan merasa paling selesa menulis di instastory. Sebahagiannya telah diterbitkan zine-zine sastra lokal. Mikrofiksyennya juga telah dimuatkan dalam Cerpen Terbaik 2016 (Fixi), Asymptote Journal dan Firmament (Sublunary Editions). Melabelkan dirinya kutukus sastra dia juga menulis hal-hal rambang dan peribadi di dalam blog. Semua bekas kekasihnya berkacamata. Kecuali Huda. Dia terus membesar di Gombak, Selangor.
Brandon K. Liew Brandon K. Liew is a doctoral researcher from the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. He has published fiction in Second Link (Marshall Cavendish, 2023), book reviews, and poetry in various Malaysian anthologies. He is the curator of the archive A Wasteland of Malaysian Poetry in English, the treasurer of the Malaysian Writers Society, and guest editor for the Malaysian Issue of Portside Review.
Book 2 EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A FIRE
EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A FIRE is Dano Chow’s first collection of poetry and haiku, a montage in retrospect spanning a decade. At times introspective and playfully philosophical, the book offers insight into the development of a young writer’s sense of self. Fire by fire, Dano illuminates a pathway with words, attempting to mesmerise us by making the most ordinary of things appear divine.
Critical reviews for the book:
Saya selesa berdiang di hadapan puisi-puisi Dano dalam kumpulan ini. "Menyatakan, bukan menghuraikan"—tegasnya dalam satu baris. Lewat rangkaian puisi hangat selesa, dia seumpama Gibran muda memupuk semarak api di muka kertas namun bukan dengan kata-kata susah dan rumit sebaliknya mudah dan melegakan. Memang tak ada jalan pintas menuju hati pembaca, namun di sana dia masih mahu "make divine the most ordinary things." Menyalakan api demi api. Biarlah Narsisus merenung air dan mencintai dirinya, Dano bercermin pada api, melihat kehidupan. Tidak dia bukan kaki bakar atau arsonis namun pencinta yang memungut haba unggun lalu menulis sajak demi sajak. Soalnya api ini merah atau biru? Puisinya bernyala keunguan, lebam kemudaan.
—Karim Mohd Bilik Penyair
Mungkin kerana jendela adalah satu mata lain, yang membawa pandangan kita dengan sudutnya tersendiri, maka melihat sesuatu yang pernah dilihat via jendela menjadikan kenyataannya berbeza dengan pengalaman sebelumnya. Tetapi jendela apa yang mahu dinyatakan Dano Chow dalam sajak Jendela ini? ‘Because I only learnt Mandarin?’ Dengan ukuran apa dia melihat dunia luar itu sesudah keluar dari jendela dan tiba di kemuncak gunung? Dano meninggalkan soalan itu untuk kita menyingkapnya. Barangkali dia sendiri tidak punya jawapan kerana, ‘but the way is shut now/and you’ll never know’.
—Abdullah Hussaini Pengarang Daftar Mimpi
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Address: 127A Jalan Mustaffa
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Johor
Short Bio of Booth Partner: Ashraaf, or @asdfghraaf, is a visual storyteller based in Malaysia, known for his raw, emotional approach to photography and design. His work explores themes of memory, identity, and silence — often leaning into darker tones and textured aesthetics. With a background in both analog and digital processes, he brings depth and honesty to every frame. Whether revisiting forgotten places or building something new, Ashraaf creates for those who seek meaning beyond the surface.
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Publication/Work: REVISIT : PAPAN, PERAK is a series of darkroom and digital prints.This series marks a return — not just to a place, but to a version of myself. Six years ago, I first wandered through the quiet streets of Papan, Perak, camera in hand, guided mostly by curiosity. Now, I return with time, growth, and experience behind me.Revisit is a visual reflection — a looking back and a re-seeing. The layers of history, memory, and presence feel different now, richer somehow. This time, I saw more. Felt more. And I’m thrilled to share what came out of it.THE HYBRID PRINT PACK
In an effort to bridge the gap between analog and digital, I’m offering a Print Pack that combines the best of both worlds:One Handcrafted Darkroom Print
A one-of-a-kind silver gelatin print, made in the darkroom using traditional film development techniques — raw, tactile, and timeless.Four Digitally Printed Film Photographs
Scanned from original negatives, edited only minimally to retain the essence of film, then professionally printed for sharpness and durability.
Shuren Press
Shuren Press is an independent publisher based in Batu Pahat, Johor. A publishing offshoot of the menswear brand Shuren Projects, it has released two anthologies—Minority Blues (2022) and Eternal Summer Notes (2025)—as well as the poetry collection Everything in Life Is a Fire (2021).
Kampung Pegawai
83000 Batu Pahat
Johor
Book 1 ETERNAL SUMMER NOTES
Eternal Summer Notes is a multilingual anthology of short stories, poems, essays, and translations inspired by the heat and humidity of Malaysia’s endless summer. Featuring voices from Malaysia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, China, and the USA, the collection explores selfhood through the passage of time and distance, often with a touch of humour and lightness. Born from a 2024 writing residency at Pohutukawa Coffee and co-edited with Shuren Press, the anthology is a celebration of language, place, and the fleeting moments we try, yet often fail, to hold onto. A year in the making, we hope to share it with new readers at KL Art Book Fair 2025.
Featured writers in Eternal Summer Notes include:
Wong Yi Wong Yi 黃怡 is an award-winning Hong Kong writer, librettist, founding member of the Xi Xi Foundation and former editor at Fleur des Lettres. She is the author of four short story collections: Ways To Love In A Crowded City, The Four Seasons of Lam Yip, Patched Up, and News Stories. In 2020, she was named one of 20 Young Sinophone Fiction Writers to Watch by the Taiwanese literary magazine Unitas. She participated in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 2023.
Jennifer Feeley Jennifer Feeley is the translator of Xi Xi’s Mourning a Breast, Not Written Words: Selected Poetry of Xi Xi, and Carnival of Animals: Xi Xi’s Animal Poems, as well as the novel Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, Chen Jiatong’s White Fox series, and Wong Yi’s Cantonese chamber opera libretto Women Like Us. She is the recipient of the 2017 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship.
Md. Fariq Khir
Md. Fariq Khir gemarkan teh dan berjalan sekitar kawasan rumah. Dia menulis mikrofiksyen di Twitter dan merasa paling selesa menulis di instastory. Sebahagiannya telah diterbitkan zine-zine sastra lokal. Mikrofiksyennya juga telah dimuatkan dalam Cerpen Terbaik 2016 (Fixi), Asymptote Journal dan Firmament (Sublunary Editions). Melabelkan dirinya kutukus sastra dia juga menulis hal-hal rambang dan peribadi di dalam blog. Semua bekas kekasihnya berkacamata. Kecuali Huda. Dia terus membesar di Gombak, Selangor.
Brandon K. Liew Brandon K. Liew is a doctoral researcher from the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. He has published fiction in Second Link (Marshall Cavendish, 2023), book reviews, and poetry in various Malaysian anthologies. He is the curator of the archive A Wasteland of Malaysian Poetry in English, the treasurer of the Malaysian Writers Society, and guest editor for the Malaysian Issue of Portside Review.
Book 2 EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A FIRE
EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A FIRE is Dano Chow’s first collection of poetry and haiku, a montage in retrospect spanning a decade. At times introspective and playfully philosophical, the book offers insight into the development of a young writer’s sense of self. Fire by fire, Dano illuminates a pathway with words, attempting to mesmerise us by making the most ordinary of things appear divine.
Critical reviews for the book:
Saya selesa berdiang di hadapan puisi-puisi Dano dalam kumpulan ini. "Menyatakan, bukan menghuraikan"—tegasnya dalam satu baris. Lewat rangkaian puisi hangat selesa, dia seumpama Gibran muda memupuk semarak api di muka kertas namun bukan dengan kata-kata susah dan rumit sebaliknya mudah dan melegakan. Memang tak ada jalan pintas menuju hati pembaca, namun di sana dia masih mahu "make divine the most ordinary things." Menyalakan api demi api. Biarlah Narsisus merenung air dan mencintai dirinya, Dano bercermin pada api, melihat kehidupan. Tidak dia bukan kaki bakar atau arsonis namun pencinta yang memungut haba unggun lalu menulis sajak demi sajak. Soalnya api ini merah atau biru? Puisinya bernyala keunguan, lebam kemudaan.
—Karim Mohd Bilik Penyair
Mungkin kerana jendela adalah satu mata lain, yang membawa pandangan kita dengan sudutnya tersendiri, maka melihat sesuatu yang pernah dilihat via jendela menjadikan kenyataannya berbeza dengan pengalaman sebelumnya. Tetapi jendela apa yang mahu dinyatakan Dano Chow dalam sajak Jendela ini? ‘Because I only learnt Mandarin?’ Dengan ukuran apa dia melihat dunia luar itu sesudah keluar dari jendela dan tiba di kemuncak gunung? Dano meninggalkan soalan itu untuk kita menyingkapnya. Barangkali dia sendiri tidak punya jawapan kerana, ‘but the way is shut now/and you’ll never know’.
—Abdullah Hussaini Pengarang Daftar Mimpi
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