Sharon Bakar

Sharon Bakar was born in the UK but has lived and worked in Nigeria and, for the past 27 years, in Malaysia. She wears several different hats including teacher-trainer, freelance writer, editor, creative writing teacher, literary blogger, and most recently, independent publisher.

She organizes Readings, a monthly event for local writers, at Seksan Gallery in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, and is the co-editor (along with Bernice Chauly) and publisher of two anthologies of writing by those who have read at the event (Readings From Readings: New Malaysian Writing, and Readings From Readings 2 : New Writing from Malaysia, Singapore and Beyond). A third collection is planned for 2014. She has acted as freelance editor and book doctor to a number of published fiction writers.