A book on trees in Penang May 24, 2018 – Posted in: In The News

Where heritage is concerned, the shady trees of Penang rarely garner much attention unlike historical buildings, artefacts and documents. To appreciate the value of our trees, a group of researchers with backgrounds in ecology and botany have teamed up to produce a book entitled ‘Heritage Trees of Penang’. The three collaborators — Simon Gardner, Pindar Sidisunthorn and Lai Ee May — have received a RM40,000 grant from the George Town Grants Programme, to be used…

A tribute to Penang’s SGGS May 21, 2018 – Posted in: In The News

EVEN before the Spice Girls sang about “girl power”, the girls of St George’s Girls’ School (SGGS) were already paving the way for women to shatter the glass ceiling. Oon Beng Hong (nee Lim), the country’s first female lawyer, studied at the school just before World War I, and was the first Straits Chinese woman to have been called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in London in 1926. Her story was just one…

4 May 2018: Areca Books is having a moving-out sale ! May 7, 2018 – Posted in: Newsletters

We are also having a moving-out sale! Generous discounts on selected books — check out the titles below. Offer applies to in-store purchases only! After 3 years and 9 months at The Star Pitt Street, we are moving to 72 Lebuh Acheh (Acheen Street) in order to consolidate the editorial office, marketing and bookshop in one convenient locality. Watch this space for the opening date !

Pages from the past May 3, 2018 – Posted in: In The News

DRIVING into Seberang Perai is almost like entering a different state altogether. The casuarina trees that pepper the coast of Penang as you head towards the iconic bridge fades into the silhouette of the hills that cradle the island. Warehouses, large but low concrete buildings, and blocks of shophouses greet you in Seberang Perai, the strip of land often referred to as “the mainland” by Penangites. It is a world apart from the giant trees…