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Despite numerous initiatives and calls for action on the part of the government, notably through the National Language and Literature Bureau (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, DBP ), the state of Bruneian literature and publishing remains nascent. At the 2011 Globalisation and Translation conference in Kuala Lumpur, Abdullah (2011) stated that developed countries generate 1,000 new book titles per year per population of one million, including textbooks and translations.
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Appendix: Anglophone Bruneian Texts
Appendix: Anglophone Bruneian Texts
Year of publication | Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
Fiction | |||
2009 | The Wild Men of the East | Selamat Munap | Raider Publishing |
2011 | Four Kings | Christopher Sun | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
2013 | The Forlorn Adventure | Amir Falique | Trafford Publishing |
2014 | Written in Black | K.H. Lim | Monsoon Books |
Drama | |||
2012 | In the Spotlight: An Anthology of Bruneian plays in English | Ed. Grace V.S. Chin | Creative Industries Research Cluster, Universiti Brunei Darussalam |
Poetry | |||
1998 | Under the Canopy and Other Poems: English Poetry in Brunei | Ed. Vaughan Rapatahana | Center for British Teachers |
2009 | The Swan Scripts | Shai Omarali | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
2009 | Young Dreams | Izzati Jamil | Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka |
2012 | Tribute to Brunei and Other Poems | John Onu Odihi | Trafford Publishing |
2013 | Streak of Colour | Winter Frostt | Trafford Publishing |
2015 | Moments of Nil | Flora Tavu | Partridge Singapore |
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Mohd Daud, K., Chin, G.V.S., Jukim, M. (2016). Contemporary English and Malay Literature in Brunei: A Comparison. In: Noor Azam Haji-Othman, McLellan, J., Deterding, D. (eds) The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0853-5_15
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