About Me
William Tham Wai Liang is currently an editor-at-large for Wasifiri, with a background in English literature and biochemistry. He has been published locally and internationally, with forthcoming publications by Bloomsbury as well as in PR&TA and the Southeast Asian Review of English. He also co-curated the "Transpacific – An Asian-Canadian Literary Journey" exhibition.
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His novel, The Last Days, was published by Clarity Publishing in 2020, and a second novel is also forthcoming. He is a co-editor of The Second Link, an upcoming anthology reflecting on the histories and trajectories of contemporary Malaysia and Singapore.
Reviews
"The Last Days...serves up a fascinating examination of history and memory, and explores how stories disappear and (later) become realigned in unexpected and shattering ways." Terence Toh, for The Star
"A lot is made about the divide between high literature and genre literature, and . . . books like these cross that so effortlessly. (Tham) writes in the best of genre traditions. It keeps you turning the pages, it keeps you wanting to know what happens next." Lee Chwi Lynn and Sharmilla Ganesan on The Last Days, BFM's "By the Book" podcast
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". . . (Tham's) novel was a refreshing dive into the time of the Malayan Emergency through the story's frame of 1981 Kuala Lumpur." Melissa de Silva, author of 'Others' is not a Race
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" [Moving] away from a noir thriller to an introspective political drama . . . State secrets, unrequited affairs, and personal obsessions cross at an explosive tesseract." Vincent Ternida, author of The Seven Muses of Harry Salcedo, on The Last Days
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"Stylish, dark and compelling, Kings of Petaling Street is an elegant meditation on the cycle of violence. William Tham Wai Liang is a writer to watch." Zen Cho, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 2019
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Writer and Editor