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Matahari Books

Malaysian book publishing company

Matahari Books is a Malaysian publishing company founded in 2007 by Amir Muhammad. It specialises in Malaysian non-fiction and also screenplay books. It publishes books in both English and Malay.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Matahari Books is a Malaysian publishing company founded in 2007 by Amir Muhammad. It specialises in Malaysian non-fiction and also screenplay books. It publishes books in both English and Malay.2

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Non-fiction titles:

Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things (Vol 1) (2007) compiled by Amir Muhammad with illustrations by Shahril Nizam.

New Malaysian Essays 1 (2008) edited by Amir Muhammad.

New Malaysian Essays 2 (2009) edited by Amir Muhammad.

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New Malaysian Essays 3 (2010) edited by Yin Shao Loong

Malaysian Politicians Say the Darndest Things (Vol 2) (2008) compiled by Amir Muhammad with artwork by Fahmi Reza

The Malaysian Book of the Undead (2008) by Danny Lim

Kitab Pengetahuan Hantu Malaysia (2008) by Danny Lim (translated by Ahmad Kamal Abu Bakar)

Taxi Tales on a Crooked Bridge (2009) by Charlene Rajendran

Yasmin Ahmad's Films (2009) by Amir Muhammad

What Your Teacher Didn't Tell You (The Annexe Lectures, Vol 1.) (2009) by Farish A. Noor

120 Malay Movies (2010) by Amir Muhammad.

Islam in Malaysia: Perceptions & Facts (2010) by Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin

Mixed anthologies:

Body 2 Body: A Malaysian Queer Anthology (2009) edited by Jerome Kugan and Pang Khee Teik

Orang Macam Kita edited by Azwan Ismail and Diana Dirani

Screenplay books:

KAMI the Movie (2008)

ESTET (2009)

Pisau Cukur (2009)

From Wikipedia’s article on Matahari Books, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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