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JEJAK AWANG GONENG

yang disiar di Galeri Perdana RTM1

DI SINI

EPISOD 1

(siaran 28 Jan 2008)

EPISOD 2

(siaran 29 Jan 2008)

EPISOD 3

(siaran 30 Jan 2008)

EPISOD 4

(siaran 31 Jan 2008)

EPISOD 5

(siaran 1 Feb 2008)

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Koleksi Foto:

[TERBARU]

1. Awang Goneng bersama Pengarah Alam Akademik

2. Awang Goneng - tekun mendengar cerita dari Hj. Ahmad Omar [rakan "my cousin Chen" p. 245 GUiT] kisah kegigihan mereka belayar menuntut di Mesir

3. Awang Goneng menurunkan tandatangan istimewa untuk peminat kecil

4. Awang Goneng mesra dengan peminat kecilnya

5. Awang Goneng bersama rakan lama ketika sama-sama menjadi pensyarah di UM (70an) - Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen

6. GAMBOR-GAMBOR Awang Goneng di Majlis Perkahwinan Cicit Pok Loh Yunang di Kota Damansara, 16 Disember 2007

7. MONSOON CUPPA committee meeting - preparing for Awang Goneng session

PRESS RELEASE

Terengganu book returns to spiritual home

A first for Kuala Terengganu and for the Alam Akademik bookshop (formerly Abdullah Al Yunani) in the heart of the town’s commercial district: the launch on 25^th December 2007 of Growing Up in Trengganu (GUiT), a book of recollections, reflection, Trengganuspeak and the history of its sultans and people.

The launch will be attended by the book’s author Awang Goneng (who in real life is Trengganu-born writer Wan Ahmad Hulaimi - Awang Goneng) who will do a short reading and sign copies of GUiT.

Alam Akademik, the pioneering bookshop that is now put on the literary road map by references to it in GUiT has a special place in writer Awang Goneng’s heart. “I regard this as the spiritual home of GUiT. I bought my first books here, and my father used to take me here to buy his kitabs and newspapers. It is very apt now that I have written my own book, I have chosen to launch it in this shop,” he says.

Growing Up in Trengganu (now widely referred to as GUiT) has been a publishing phenomenon, chalking success soon after its publication by taking a position in MPH’s top ten Non-Fiction list, and taking its top position by mid December. The book became a much sought after title in bookshops in peninsular Malaysia soon after its debut appearance at the world famous Frankfurt Book Fair in October. Now, barely three months after its publication, publisher Monsoon Books is already making preparations for GUiT’s second printing to meet growing demands.

“The success of GUiT has taken me by surprise. I started it as a blog on my growing up days in the small town of Kuala Trengganu to tell my children what it was like growing up in small town Malaysia. They were all born and brought up in London and have no idea what it is like to grow up in KL, never mind Kuala Trengganu,” Awang Goneng says.

“Growing Up in Trengganu, a nostalgic journey beautifully written. Monsoon books have also done a wonderful job in its production. The typesetting, quality of paper, design, combined with the old black and white photographs…a real joy.” - Tunku Halim, author and blogger.

“A modern classic.” – Tengku Ali Bustaman (Pok Ku), Popular Terengganu blogger.

“We are happy to host the launch of a successful book by a son of Terengganu, especially one whose reading habit we helped to build,” – A Karim Omar, Alam Akademik.

 Growing Up in Trengganu

By Awang Goneng

Published by: Monsoon Books Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-05-8692-8

The place:

Alam Akademik, No. 12 Jalan Bandar/Kg. Cina, 20100 Kuala Terengganu

Tel: 09-623-1110; website: http://alamakademik.bravehost.com/

The date: 25^th December 2007

The time: 11am – 1 pm

For more information, please contact:

Karim Omar 019-3199788 or Zaharah Othman 017 386978

Reviews:

The writer captures the essential essence of satisfying the reader’s mind by describing the sense of smell, sound and taste of everything Terengganu. The setting and description of the characters in the book evoke the sense of belonging in you. You could almost touch the atmosphere in Terengganu from his unique writing style.

http://elviza.wordpress.com

Students of Terengganuspeak and lovers of anything Terengganu should not delay any longer. Go beli selalu (buy at once). This is a modern classic.

[Tengku Ali Bustaman (Pok Ku), Popular Terengganu blogger] http://www.bustamann.blogspot.com/

GUIT brims with the rich sights and sounds of the Trengganu where AG grew up. The details in the book are amazing. AG has an elephant’s memory, aided surely with studious journaling. Read for yourself this excerpt where he recalled his mother making agar-agar. - http://lydiateh.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/trengganu-is-no-dark-city/

Leafing through Growing Up in Trengganu any reader will be struck by the lucid beauty of Awang Goneng’s writing. The author evokes a time, perhaps not so long ago, of gentleness and simplicity of this unique east coast state. He conjures up places, faces, an almost enchanting way of life, and binds them all together with a sense of nostalgia and history.

“Growing Up in Trengganu, a nostalgic journey beautifully written. Monsoon books have also done a wonderful job in its production. The typesetting, quality of paper, design, combined with the old black and white photographs…a real joy.” - Tunku Halim, author and blogger. (Tunku Halim, author and blogger)

http://tunkuhalim.wordpress.com/