08 DECEMBER 2023, FRIDAY
11AM – 3PM
Riso Calendar Workshop
Workshop by Bang Bang Zine

Risograph, or Riso printing, is a technique known for its retro aesthetic texture, created with a digital duplicator. In this 4-hour analogue workshop, participants will learn the basics of this hands-on printing process with doodling, cutouts and patterns, to create their own 2024 calendar, which they will then print in 2-3 colours directly from the riso scanner.

All materials are provided. Every participant will take home 10 copies of their calendars with 3 paper clips and a riso colour chart. Suitable for everyone, no artistic experience is required, no digital tools, laptops, or tablets are necessary.

Workshop fee RM230/pax (including entry ticket). Limited to maximum 6 pax. Register HERE

The workshop will be held at the Main Hall.

Please send your enquiries to [email protected] or @bang_bang_zine

About Bang Bang Zine

12 – 8PM
Cloudscape
Art/Light Installation by Cahaya Create

 

 

Step into an immersive sea of blue and green clouds at this installation within a creative art event. It blurs the lines between art and literature, inviting you to lose yourself in boundless creativity. Reflect on your past, bask in the radiant hues of the present, and be inspired by the sparkling promises of the future, all converging in a symphony of harmonious light.

About Cahaya Create

2 – 3:30PM
4:30 – 6PM
Life in Progress Workshop
Workshops by Mossery

 

 

Get ready for a journey of self-discovery and goal-setting with LifeinProgress.club and Mossery at the KL Art Book Fair, happening on December 8-10, 2023, from 12 PM to 8 PM at KLSCAH. Dive into a 1.5-hour Life In Progress workshop to guide you towards clarity, goal setting, and inner purpose. Craft your vision board, surrounded by like-minded individuals, and paint your path to an inspiring future.

What’s Included:
One (1) 2024 Life in Progress booklet by Mossery
One (1) Hard Cover Vision Board
One (1) KLABF Entry Ticket

Workshop fee RM180/pax (including entry ticket). Limited to maximum 10 pax. Register HERE

The workshop will be held at the Main Hall.

Please send your enquiries to [email protected] or @lifeinprogress.club

Workshop Host
Meet Vivian, the co-founder of Mossery and the passionate life coach and instructor behind this workshop. She is dedicated to enriching lives through meaningful conversations and creative products. Join us at KL Art Book Fair and embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.

12:30 – 5:30PM
Book Launches
 

Book launches by SOME GUEI_SOME JING Library, Sore Sore’s Shelf, SUAVEART 細着藝術, The Slow Press, Islanders 島民, and Further Reading.

All book launches take place in the Main Hall. FREE ENTRY FOR TICKET HOLDERS.

09 DECEMBER 2023, SATURDAY
11AM – 2PM
Riso-ify Your Imagination: A Workshop about Turning Imagination Into Risograph Postcard
Workshop by Hasuriso
 
 

This workshop offers a unique opportunity to dive deep into this captivating realm, allowing you to escape the mundane and embrace the extraordinary. You’ll not only master the fundamental techniques of RISO to transform your ideas into masterpieces but also uncover the secrets of innovative printing methods.

What’s Included:  Participants will receive 10 pieces of 2-color riso printouts in B4 size. (2 postcards(artworks) on B4 paper x 10pcs).  Colors Available: Black, Red, and Blue. Participants can choose only two colors for their prints.

What to Bring:
1-2 pieces of Artwork/ Images/ Photographs
File Format: Ai/PSD/Procreate/PDF
Tools: Laptop/ iPad / iPad +Laptop / Pen+Sketchbook

Workshop fee RM230/pax (including entry ticket). Limited to maximum 15 pax. Register HERE

The workshop will be held at the Main Hall.

Please send your enquiries to [email protected] or @hasuriso

About Hasuriso

11AM – 12PM
Independent Publishing in Australia*
Talk by Slow Burn Books (AU)

Slow Burn Books has built a reputation across the region for connecting Asian artists, writers and publishers with Australian audiences. From art to speculative fiction, critical essays to graphic novels, photography to politics, Slow Burn Books invites audiences to explore the Asia Pacific region, one book at a time. Meet the founders of Slow Burn Books (Scott Heinrich and Nikki Lam) and learn more about independent publishing in Australia.

Slow Burn Books is an online bookshop with an Asian focus. They are dedicated to connecting Asian artists, writers and publishers with international audiences. Their catalogue has expanded beyond the initial ‘Hong Kong Collection’ to include art and design books from Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and China. Slow Burn Books was founded in 2020 by Scott Heinrich (Designer) and Nikki Lam (Artist), who together share a passion for contemporary art, new media, design, architecture and everything in between.

All KLABF 2023 talks take place in the first floor Auditorium.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

12 – 1PM
Science of the Secondary?*
Talk by Atelier HOKO (SG)

In this talk, Atelier HOKO will be sharing the processes and methodologies behind the research programme “Science of the Secondary” and how it translates into the ongoing publication series since its beginning in 2013.

Atelier HOKO (2002) is an independent research lab that focuses on the study of the growing disengagement between people, things and space. The atelier hopes to cultivate in people, an open-ness and ability to un-know, bringing about a heightened curiosity towards all phenomena by taking a fresh look at reality. Founded by Alvin Ho and Clara Koh.

All KLABF 2023 talks take place in the first floor Auditorium.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

12 – 8PM
Cloudscape
Art/Light Installation by Cahaya Create

Step into an immersive sea of blue and green clouds at this installation within a creative art event. It blurs the lines between art and literature, inviting you to lose yourself in boundless creativity. Reflect on your past, bask in the radiant hues of the present, and be inspired by the sparkling promises of the future, all converging in a symphony of harmonious light.

About Cahaya Create

12:30– 4:30PM

Book Launches

Book Launches by Copyright/Reserved, Gaudy Boy, Haiku joji, Zontiga, sankaku.

All book launches take place in the Main Hall. FREE ENTRY FOR TICKET HOLDERS.

2 – 3:30PM
4:30 – 6PM
Life in Progress Workshop
Workshops by Mossery

 

 

Get ready for a journey of self-discovery and goal-setting with LifeinProgress.club and Mossery at the KL Art Book Fair, happening on December 8-10, 2023, from 12 PM to 8 PM at KLSCAH. Dive into a 1.5-hour Life In Progress workshop to guide you towards clarity, goal setting, and inner purpose. Craft your vision board, surrounded by like-minded individuals, and paint your path to an inspiring future.

What’s Included:
One (1) 2024 Life in Progress booklet by Mossery
One (1) Hard Cover Vision Board
One (1) KLABF Entry Ticket

Workshop fee RM180/pax (including entry ticket). Limited to maximum 10 pax. Register HERE

The workshop will be held at the Main Hall.

Please send your enquiries to [email protected] or @lifeinprogress.club

Workshop Host
Meet Vivian, the co-founder of Mossery and the passionate life coach and instructor behind this workshop. She is dedicated to enriching lives through meaningful conversations and creative products. Join us at KL Art Book Fair and embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.

3 – 4PM
Crafting Identity Through Type*
Talk by Tokotype (ID)

The session will explore the engaging backstory of Tokotype’s origins and its influence after 8 years of operating as a prominent type foundry in Indonesia, as well as its connection to the graphic design industry.

Tokotype is a type foundry based in Indonesia, initiated and operated by Gumpita Rahayu since in 2015. They’re dedicated to providing experienced various commercial & custom fonts projects development by collaborating with leading design agency, companies, and organizations. Gumpita Rahayu is a renowned type designer, artist, and educator from Bandung, Indonesia. His presence alters himself as a distinct Indonesian designer, as exemplified by his work in the Indonesian design industry, highlighted under Tokotype flags, where he designs various commercial and custom brand font projects by collaborating with leading design agencies, companies, and organizations.

All KLABF 2023 talks take place in the first floor Auditorium.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

4 – 5PM
Looking at the Everyday through Food and Design*
Talk by In Plain Words (SG)

We all eat daily and live in a designed world. Yet, how often do we pause and reflect on these seemingly mundane acts and environments that surround us? Discover how In Plain Words publishes books that use design and food to investigate the world we live in, including its latest project that examines the colourful world of melamine tableware in Singapore’s hawker culture.

In Plain Words is a Singapore-based writing studio that uses use design and food as lenses to examine our world and everyday lives. The team consists of Justin Zhuang and Sheere Ng, two journalism-trained partners who have been researching and producing content about Singapore’s heritage, culture, design and food since 2009.

All KLABF 2023 talks take place in the first floor Auditorium.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

4:30 – 6PM
Somewhere in the Kuala Pop-up Book Children’s Workshop
Workshop by Somewhere in the Kuala X Khalisah Zakaria

Join us for our first creative Pop-Up Book Making Workshop! Khalisah Zakaria will lead your children through the process of making a vibrant, city-themed pop up book accompanied by characters and props from ‘Somewhere in the Kuala’, a recently published book by Suburbia Projects, written and illustrated by William Chew and Lisa Goh(ke ai de ke). Let their imaginations run wild as they create one-of-a-kind and personalized pop-up scenes based on our city!

Scenery kit with characters and scene elements as well as shared craft supply will be provided.

Workshop fee RM35/kid. Limited to maximum 20 pax. Register HERE

The workshop will be held at the Main Hall.

Please send your enquiries to [email protected] or @suburbia.projects

About Khalisah Zakaria
Khalisah Zakaria is a creative explorer at heart. Trained in architecture and passionate about the arts, she has ventured through many collaborations that include hands-on crafting workshops and classes for children. She has taught at an art education center for the past 7 years and has worked with learners of all ages, from young children to elderly people.

5:30PM
Colour Of The Future
Soft Launch by RJ Paper

Join RJ Paper in stopping the world from turning grey.
Journey with RJ Paper into the kaleidoscopic world of Colorplan.
Colorplan is a premium uncoated colour paper, available in an inspiring range of 55 colours, and beloved worldwide for its versatility.

The launching will be held at the Main Hall.

About RJ Paper

10 DECEMBER 2023, SUNDAY
11 – 3PM
Riso Zine Making Workshop
Workshop by Bang Bang Zine

A zine is an art form that can be made by anyone to express any message. This 4-hour analogue workshop will introduce the concept of zine making process, and guide participants to make a 8-page zine, themed around what inspired them throughout this year’s journey, and new thoughts for 2024. They will experience printing it in 2-3 colours on their own with the Risograph technique.

All materials are provided. Every participant will take home 10 copies of their zines, a riso colour chart and a free poster. Suitable for everyone, no artistic experience is required. No digital tools, laptops, or tablets are necessary.

Workshop fee RM250/pax (including entry ticket). Limited to maximum 6 pax. Register HERE

The workshop will be held at the Main Hall.

Please send your enquiries to [email protected] or @bang_bang_zine

About Bang Bang Zine

 
11AM – 12PM
A House of Small Books*
Talk by Sojanggak (KR)

A South Korean designer falls in love with Southeast Asia and seeks out issues and stories from the region. How did he get interested in the faraway region of Southeast Asia? He’s been a book designer for over a decade, and he’s fallen in love with Southeast Asian art books, which are rich with possibilities & diversities beyond Korea. Let’s talk to him about the possibilities for connection.

Graphic designer Sungil Noh runs a publisher called ‘Sojanggak’ which means ‘House of Small Books’. He is interested in creating beautiful books with original stories of friends and neighbors that can be found around us. He makes books at Sojanggak by day and digs into Southeast Asian visual culture by night. He is an active member of Design History Society of Korea and Korean Society of Typography, and lectures on art books and graphic design at universities and organizations.

All KLABF 2023 talks take place in the first floor Auditorium.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

12 – 1PM
Expect The Unexpected Journey*
Talk by Space Dawg (MY)

The unexpected journey of Space Dawg as an example of how we should expect the unexpected in our own journeys.

Studio Space Dawg is an acclaimed 2D animation studio located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is solely led by Michael Lim, who is a self-taught animator with a strong background in graphic design. His experience in graphic design has sharpened his ability to distinguish between good and bad designs, which greatly benefits his work in animation. Michael’s passion for traditional formats and their unique qualities drives his exploration of 2D animation. With his talent, he can create entire imaginative worlds and bring them to life. Additionally, his training in piano allows him to collaborate with music engineers, resulting in perfect audio that complements his animations.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

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)
“Table Read: Rehearsals for Things to be Read and Enacted” is a collaborative study group and performance by Reading Sideways Press and Display Distribute. Having come together by affinities of friendship, aurality and self-organised learning, we now convene from slightly north and slightly south of Malaysia, anchored by a shared booth at KLABF. We would like to take this opportunity to sonically rehearse selected publications which we have brought with us, criss-crossing media and language to think through small-scale publishing and their circulations such that the rehearsal may be seen as a form of practice, exercise and embodying of knowledge. Through this performance table reading, we will present an unexpected dialogue in which practical experiences from several different regions are intertwined in multiple languages: Chinese, Indonesian, and English but also body, sound, and even the climatic speak of the air around us.
 
The reading session will be held at the Main Hall.  FREE ENTRY FOR TICKET HOLDERS.
12-8PM
Cloudscape
Art/Light Installation by Cahaya Create
Step into an immersive sea of blue and green clouds at this installation within a creative art event. It blurs the lines between art and literature, inviting you to lose yourself in boundless creativity. Reflect on your past, bask in the radiant hues of the present, and be inspired by the sparkling promises of the future, all converging in a symphony of harmonious light.
 
1:30 – 5:30PM
Book Launches
 

Book Launches by ke ai de ke, Alexdrina Chong, Petrikor Books, Reading Sideways Press, Huruf

All book launches take place in the Main Hall. FREE ENTRY FOR TICKET HOLDERS. 

2 – 3:30PM
4:30 – 6PM
Life in Progress Workshop
Workshops by Mossery

 

 

Get ready for a journey of self-discovery and goal-setting with LifeinProgress.club and Mossery at the KL Art Book Fair, happening on December 8-10, 2023, from 12 PM to 8 PM at KLSCAH. Dive into a 1.5-hour Life In Progress workshop to guide you towards clarity, goal setting, and inner purpose. Craft your vision board, surrounded by like-minded individuals, and paint your path to an inspiring future.

What’s Included:
One (1) 2024 Life in Progress booklet by Mossery
One (1) Hard Cover Vision Board
One (1) KLABF Entry Ticket

Workshop fee RM180/pax (including entry ticket). Limited to maximum 10 pax. Register HERE

The workshop will be held at the Main Hall.

Please send your enquiries to [email protected] or @lifeinprogress.club

Workshop Host
Meet Vivian, the co-founder of Mossery and the passionate life coach and instructor behind this workshop. She is dedicated to enriching lives through meaningful conversations and creative products. Join us at KL Art Book Fair and embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.

3 – 4PM
Some Notes on Design and Publishing*
Talk by Temporary Press (SG)

Since 2018, Temporary Press has been publishing books around ideas and practices exploring alternative or incidental notions of design. With this talk, they stage and imagine a conversation between them and the authors they have worked with, and attempt to string together an improvised account of Temporary Press’ position through its practice. Maybe this is just another way to ask themselves after five years: what and why do they really publish?

gideon-jamie is a two-person studio involved in graphic design, writing, and publishing. They run Temporary Press, a small publishing press, a nd Temporary Unit, a space for workshops and exhibitions that also holds a small bookshop.

All KLABF 2023 talks take place in the first floor Auditorium.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

4 – 5PM
The Meaning of Travel*
Talk by LOST (CN/SG)

The talk will mainly be about how Nelson, the founding editor of LOST, rediscovered the meaning and value of travel which led him to start an independent travel magazine from scratch. He will also share the challenges of self-publishing and distribution, and the things he has learned during his journey as a publisher in the past 10 years.

Nelson Ng is the Founding Editor of LOST magazine. Born and raised in Singapore, he immersed himself in the fine arts at Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York), and moved to China after graduation to work as an Art Director at advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai. During his time in Shanghai, he rediscovered travel and founded LOST magazine in 2014 as a platform for people to share their personal travel stories. Since then, he has left advertising to focus on publication projects through the publishing studio VOLUME PRESS.

All KLABF 2023 talks take place in the first floor Auditorium.

*ENTRY WITH CONFERENCE PASS

08-10 DEC, 12 – 6PM
KLABF X Zhongshan
Satellite Event
 

“BUKU TARIK” Zine Exhibition
at Changing Room (82B)

OPEN STUDIO
at Malaysia Design Archive (84B)

SHUSHI LIBRARY
by Valen Lim (90A – Annexe)

ROGUEART SALES
at cloud projects (80A)

FREE ENTRY