OCTOBER 2018 - SCOOT IN-FLIGHT MAGAZINE
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ADVERTORIAL<br />
George Town<br />
Literary Festival<br />
Penang’s homegrown and critically acclaimed George Town<br />
Literary Festival made Malaysia proud this year by winning<br />
the International Excellence Award <strong>2018</strong> for Literary Festival.<br />
It is the first and only Southeast Asian festival to win this<br />
award.<br />
Winner of<br />
For the eighth year, Penang’s<br />
world-famous UNESCO<br />
World Heritage Site George<br />
Town plays host to GTLF.<br />
George Town is famed for its<br />
living heritage and is one of<br />
the most culturally diverse<br />
cities in the world.<br />
GTLF takes place at the<br />
heart of George Town’s<br />
heritage enclave, Weld Quay.<br />
A short ve-minute walk<br />
from the festival site is the<br />
Clan Jetties where families<br />
live on the water like their<br />
forefathers did centuries ago.<br />
The George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) returns this 22 to 25 November with over 80<br />
writers, poets, thinkers, performers, playwrights, musicians and lmmakers from 20<br />
countries. GTLF <strong>2018</strong> is themed ‘The State of Freedom’, in recognition of the 70th<br />
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<br />
About ‘The State of Freedom’<br />
‘The State of Freedom’ is signi cant as <strong>2018</strong><br />
marks many milestones in contemporary<br />
history. Seventy years ago in 1948, the Universal<br />
Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by<br />
the United Nations in the recognition of<br />
fundamental human rights for all. A hundred<br />
years ago in 1918, women got to vote in the UK,<br />
after years of struggle and strife by the<br />
su ragette movement, and in 1968, Dr Martin<br />
Luther King was assassinated and the civil rights<br />
movement in America reached an ugly head.<br />
Ten years ago, Kevin Rudd said Sorry to the<br />
aboriginal peoples of Australia. And on May 9th<br />
this year, Malaysia peacefully and<br />
democratically exercised its right as a nation.<br />
The George Town Literary Festival <strong>2018</strong><br />
celebrates our most diverse voices in world<br />
literature and the many states of freedoms we<br />
continue to live, write and struggle in.<br />
Or wander through George<br />
Town’s meandering streets<br />
and alleys to experience its<br />
treasured heritage and<br />
inspiring colonial<br />
architecture. Stop at any of<br />
the hawker stalls to savour<br />
Penang’s famous street<br />
food.<br />
GTLF is produced by<br />
Penang Convention &<br />
Exhibition Bureau and<br />
supported by the State<br />
Government of Penang and<br />
Penang Global Tourism.<br />
See you this 22 - 25<br />
November at GTLF for ‘The<br />
State of Freedom’.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.georgetownlitfest.com<br />
or email<br />
info@georgetownlitfest.com.<br />
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