James has written for some of Malaysia's most prominent cultural magazines and is a co-editor of the Penang Free Sheet, Penang's weekly go-to event guide.
JAMES SPRINGER left his home in the UK immediately after graduating from Loughborough University with a 2:1 in Politics and International Relations in 2008. Eager to test his student’s perspective of the world with reality, he first lived in Syria before traveling overland to South-East Asia and Malaysia. Although quiet and underdeveloped at the time, the small island of Penang quickly became a home-away-from-home and fueled his intense desire for making a difference in the world – however small.
Springer’s initial step into Penang’s development was with wine. After completing his Sommelier’s course in Kuala Lumpur, he embarked on a mission to raise the local population’s general knowledge of wine through courses and classes taught at wine bars, seminars, and hospitality institutions across the country. His company – Wine Advisory – has been running for three years now.
Writing was a passion of his throughout his time in Malaysia, albeit somewhat sidelined, until the beginning of 2016 when he made it a full-time, freelancing career. He has written – and continues to write – for Malaysian publications such as Penang Monthly and The Expat Group, as well as international magazines such as GQ and Esquire through their subsidiaries in Malaysia. He is also co-founder and co-editor of the Penang Free Sheet, a weekly-distributed four-page booklet detailing all the events taking place in Penang each week. Conceived in 2014, the Penang Free Sheet continues today with over 6,000 physical and electronic copies delivered each week, a functional website, and development of an application underway.
In addition to Malaysia’s Canvas, Springer has another two concepts in mind for future publication. Noble Rot is set to be a work of fiction, telling the story of illegal immigrant Paul Jameson becoming disenchanted with the exotic as he struggles to raise wine’s profile in Malaysia, while slowly degrading into a tropical life of drink and debauchery, black magic, corruption, and wildly confusing cultural norms. The other, On the Campaign Trail: Malaysia’s Political Reality, will be another non-fiction, fly-on-the-wall account of Malaysia’s opposition party campaigning for the general elections in May 2018, for a period of 6-8 months. Using his contacts in federal and state government, Springer aims to document how a democratic political campaign is carried out in Malaysia by following the party’s nominees as they travel the country engaging with the voting public.
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Dear All,
Thanks to all of your outstanding support I have finally reached 250 pre-orders. Malaysia's Canvas has now been queried to 25 independent publishers so I will wait and see what interest I get and start the process of comparing contracts and finding the right publisher for me.
As it stands, I have already been in contact with 4 independent and service publishers based in the US and Singapore, and have a couple of contracts I could sign but they don't seem completely right for me. Anthem Press and Morgan James (the two publishers I mentioned in the last update) have fallen through but, based on their terms and conditions, it does not seem to be such a bad thing. In addition, there are 2 publishers based in Malaysia that have expressed interest and I have the options of any that display interest through Publishizer.
So it is moving forward. I will continue to keep you in the loop as and when the situation develops.
I hope you are all doing well and are in good health.
All the very best,
James