Questions without Answers: The World in Pictures

by the Photographers of VII

They say a picture paints a thousand words – so you can imagine what 450 powerful images have to say? Celebrating the 10thanniversary of the independent photo collective VII, Questions without Answers lays bare a powerful visual history of the past twenty years. Seven award-winning photojournalists that makeup VII demonstrate their dedication in chronicling the impact of unseen conflicts, humanitarian crises, and catastrophic events.

Shadow Play

by Barbara Ismail

Barbara Ismail, an American author who, in the 1970s and 80s, spent many years in Malaysia studying shadow puppetry and the Kelantanese dialect, has released her first book in the series of Kain Songket Mysteries. Set in 1970s Kelantan, Mak Cik Maryam is a smart go-getter who trades kain songket (woven silk) and discovers a murder in her own backyard, changing the idyllic ‘village world’ that she`s known and loved. Her attempt to solve the mystery lures her into the world of wayang kulit – a veiled world of shadows, drama and black magic.

The Lake

by Banana Yoshimoto

Yoshimoto`s 13th book of fiction draws on many of the author`s well-honed skills she has no doubt collected over the years. From vividly portrayed characters to words that are almost poetic, The Lake is about a young woman who, following the death of her mother, moves to Tokyo in the hope of finding success as a graphic artist. She finds herself staring out the window a lot – and notices that across the street, a man is doing just that, too. They embark on a journey of friendship, romance and discover layers of mysteries.