Session with Author Hanna Alkaf
About the Session
Hanna Alkaf will speak about her latest novel , 'The Warung between Worlds'.
In-Store Event
Date: Sunday, 27 September 2026
Time: 11.00 am
Venue: Wardah Books, 58 Bussorah Street, Level 2 (Stairs only).
Tickets for this event are $5 each. The $5 value may be used as credit against book purchases, but only on the day of the event.
Notes on the book credits:
- Valid only on the day of the event
- Can only be used once
- Can be used to purchase any book at Wardah Books
- Not transferable, refundable nor redeemable for cash
About the Author
Hanna Alkaf is the critically acclaimed author of the Freeman Award winner The Weight of Our Sky, the Kirkus Prize finalist The Girl and the Ghost, and Queen of the Tiles. She graduated with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University and spent over ten years in journalism and communications before trading in nonfiction for fiction. Her next books are the middle-grade fantasy adventure Hamra and the Jungle of Memories (HarperCollins, 2023). Hanna lives in Kuala Lumpur with her family.
Her titles available at Wardah Books include:
- The Weight of Our Sky
- The Girl & the Ghost
- Queen of the Tiles
- Hamra and the Jungle of Memories
- Tales from Cabin 23: Night of the Living Head
- The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette’s
- The Warung Between Worlds
About the Book
The Warung stands, as it always has, on the edge of the Night Market. It’s the kind of nondescript warung you drive by on balik kampung roadtrips, with its twinkling fairy lights, its torn plastic table cloths, the scratched-up surfaces of its bright red chairs. Within its thin wooden walls, three Aunties whip up delicious delicacies for weary travellers, lost souls and adventurers on the way from Sini to Sana—as long as you’re willing to pay the price. Many cross the threshold of the Warung, and whether human or fae or something in between, the Aunties serve them all and take what is owed: a memento, a memory, a moment in time.
So if you see its neon sign winking at you through the crowd, if the smell of its wares entices you to climb its well-worn steps, come. Rest your feet. Refresh yourself. No matter what’s on the menu, it’s sure to satisfy.
After all, the Warung Between Worlds always knows what you need.