Giving a Future to Our Books
Book Fair and Fundraiser
In July 2025, SHS conducted the “Giving a Future to Our Books” book fair and fundraising event, held at The Working Capitol.
The book fair featured the sale of books from the SHS back catalogue, many of which had been previously published by the Society and represented many different advocacy themes/projects that the Society was involved in over the past 4 decades since its founding. The book fair also included an arts-and-craft activity, where to-be-discarded materials from SHS archival newsletters and publications were repurposed to make collages. There was also a public talk held that featured Hidayah Amin and her book “Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood”, which was published with the Society in 2010. Ms. Amin shared her childhood and familial experiences living in Gedung Kuning in Kampong Glam.
An article promoting the “Giving a Future to Our Books” Book Fair was written on our “Roots, Remastered” newsletter on Substack, and can be accessed in the link below: