About

OneRedFlower Press publishes Malaysian children’s books. We also aim to translate and publish multicultural children’s and YA literature from around the world.

It is an imprint of Oyez! Books, a Malaysian independent publisher.

Director

Linda Tan Lingard is the managing partner of Yusof Gajah Lingard Literary Agency. She has worked in the publishing industry for more than 15 years and set up her own publishing company in 2007 to publish children’s books. As the Regional Adviser in Malaysia for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (and President of the Malaysian Chapter), she hopes to develop and nurture local writers and illustrators and is committed to bringing their work to the international market. She has lived and worked in Jakarta, Hong Kong and UK and is keen to promote multicultural understanding through children’s books and related activities. Linda is a graduate of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and holds an MBA from Leicester University, UK.

Publisher Editor

Daphne Lee is a writer, editor, and book reviewer. My weekly column about children’s and YA books appears in the Malaysian daily, The Star, and she has a book blog called The Places You Will Go.Daphne is the author of four picture books, and publishing editor of OneRedFlower Press, a new imprint that aims to publish Malaysian children’s and YA books. She also heads The Dram Projects, a nonprofit organisation that works with other agencies to supply books to marginalised youth. She has taught English literature and creative writing to adults and children for over 10 years. Her current projects include compiling and editing a collection of deconstructed regional folktales and writing her first chapter book. She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her three children.