Malaysia Focus:
Adapting Asian Folklore for Children’s and YA Literature

Tutu Dutta-Yean (Author, Illustrator)
Moderator: John McKenzie (Educator)

Malaysian author Tutu Dutta-Yean examines how folktales have been incorporated as an integral part of the plot in certain children’s and YA books and also on the influence of Asian folklore in a number of celebrated YA books.


Part of:
Writers & Illustrators Conference