The Kuala Lumpur Art Book Fair (KLABF) returns for its third edition from 8–10 December 2023, which will see artists, collectives, bookshops, independent publishers, galleries and many more gathering under one roof at KLSCAH. Open to the public, the fair will also feature a roster of exciting programmes including talks and workshops.
This year’s edition will expect a bigger exhibitor list and an even bigger crowd turnout, with self-published works by exhibitors from Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, USA, and more.
Driv Loo, Creative Director
Caleb Kan, Assistant Director
Poong Se Yin, Project Executive
Michael Lim, Animator
Christine Jong, Graphic Designer
01 Slow Burn Books
02 Tokotype
03 Haiku Joji / Ning-Ning’s Sari-Sari Store
04 Nikkei / Deniseardenise
05 Atelier HOKO
06 Li bro Arte
07 Aperture Brought Me Here
08 Lost
09 Basheer Graphic Books
10 RJ Paper
11 Deer Thinking
12 Beryl Wu
13 Willwin Yang
14 Asian_Food_Design
15 Sore Sore’s Shelf
16 Airheads/ Sine Theta Magazine
17 Literature For Cute Girls
18 Sankaku / Process Magazine
19 Uncurated Studio
20 Fictionist Studio
21 Daily Practice/ Carol_c95
22 Art By Wednesday Gala
23 lbelieveinxinwei / Joanne Jots
24 Projek SembangSembang
25 Slightlyfancy
26 Deeplii
27 Ke Ai De Ke
28 Apohapoh
29 Sojanggak
30 Huruf / My Xiao Xiao
31 lnCreative
32 Def.Good X AACE
33 The Little Dot / Softdovestevens
34 Two in Row
35 Minifanfan
36 The Slow Press
37 Wedogood
38 In Plain Words
39 Bang Bang Zine
40 Set Margins’ Publications
41 MENN
42 Binatang Press!
43 Rakel/ Engku Iman
44 Jiaern Studio
45 Inkling Press
46 Shuuhuahua
47 Kind of Summer
48 Humana
49 Suburbia Projects
50 Univorso / SITIS
51 Para Perempuan Zine / Malu Monsters
52 Threedaystudio / Honk Honk Studio
53 Penang City Eye/ Draf.
54 ForReal Studio
55 Wenxinb & xizao
56 Crevasse
57 Singapore Unbound
58 Petrikor Books
59 Temporary Press/Unit
60 Zontiga
61 lmtxm
62 Suaveart
63 Islanders
64 Some Guei_Some Jing Library/ Mashpatooties
65 Randompnd / Wawanda
66 Hasuriso
67 Shuiwong
68 Anotherandom / V4ng0th
69 Further Reading/
Ticket to Nowhere
70 Cheatcode
71 Nadhir Nor
72 Pearl Slug Studio
73 Copyright/Reserved / Peace Freedom
74 Putticoop / Po Hung Design Lab
75 lsatisse
76 Enya Lim
77 Grafts Nusantara
78 LALA Company
79 Su Ann x Money Wang
80 Display Distribute / Reading Sideways Press
81 Off Thought Dots
82 Alexdrina Chong
83 Ajim Juxta
84 APOB Press
85 Boktjuv X Ugly Malaysiana
86 L(>n X(>n / Du But
87 Grim my Granny x Zilin Yee
88 Detective Linggam
11AM – 3PM
Riso Calendar Workshop
Workshop by Bang Bang Zine
12 – 8PM
Cloudscape
Art/Light Installation by Cahaya Create
2 – 3:30PM
4:30 – 6PM
Life in Progress Workshop
Workshops by Mossery
12:30 – 5:30PM
Book Launches
11AM – 2PM
Riso-ify Your Imagination: A Workshop about Turning Imagination Into Risograph Postcard
Workshop by Hasuriso
11AM – 12PM
Independent Publishing in Australia*
Talk by Slow Burn Books (AU)
12 – 1PM
Science of the Secondary?*
Talk by Atelier HOKO (SG)
12 – 8PM
Cloudscape
Art/Light Installation by Cahaya Create
12:30– 4:30PM
Book Launches
2 – 3:30PM
4:30 – 6PM
Life in Progress Workshop
Workshops by Mossery
3 – 4PM
Crafting Identity Through Type*
Talk by Tokotype (ID)
4 – 5PM
Looking at the Everyday through Food and Design*
Talk by In Plain Words (SG)
4:30 – 6PM
Somewhere in the Kuala Pop-up Book Children’s Workshop
Workshop by Somewhere in the Kuala X Khalisah Zakaria
5:30PM
Colour Of The Future
Soft Launch by RJ Paper
11 – 3PM
Riso Zine Making Workshop
Workshop by Bang Bang Zine
11AM – 12PM
A House of Small Books*
Talk by Sojanggak (KR)
12 – 1PM
Expect The Unexpected Journey*
Talk by Space Dawg (MY)
12:30-1PM
Table Read: Rehearsals for Things to be Read and Enacted
Reading Session by Display Distribute (HK/CN) x Reading Sideways Press (ID)
12-8PM
Cloudscape
Art/Light Installation by Cahaya Create
1:30 – 5:30PM
Book Launches
2 – 3:30PM
4:30 – 6PM
Life in Progress Workshop
Workshops by Mossery
3 – 4PM
Some Notes on Design and Publishing*
Talk by Temporary Press (SG)
4 – 5PM
The Meaning of Travel*
Talk by LOST (CN/SG)
08-10 DEC, 12 – 6PM
KLABF X Zhongshan
Satellite Event