The Fisherman King
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A fisherman claiming royal ancestry returns, linking a present-day story to the fate of Brunei’s royal children centuries earlier.
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Kathrina Mohd Daud teaches at Universiti Brunei Darussalam and specialises in Bruneian literature. Her English-language novel joins family history, legend and questions of ancestry. A second route comes from KH Lim, who was born and raised in Brunei. His English-language Written in Black approaches a family crisis and a journey through the country through a ten-year-old's eyes.
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Written in Black
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Ten-year-old Jonathan travels through Brunei during a family bereavement, trying to understand his mother's absence.
The Witch Doctor’s Daughter
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Safiyya leaves her family of fraudulent healers to discover traditional medicine and her own desires in the jungle.
The Halfling King
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An illustrated tale inspired by Bruneian folklore, published as a standalone short book.
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