Rearview Mirror Chronicles

May 30 2024
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Keith Hockton, FRAS, is a publisher, podcaster, writer and author based in Penang, Malaysia. He is South East Asian Editor for International Living, a lifestyle based magazine. He lectures internationally on history and Malaysia and is passionate about making history fun and accessible to all.  Keith is a Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
His published books include:• Atlas of Australian Dive Sites - Travellers Edition (Harper Collins Australia, 2003).• Penang - An inside guide to its historic homes, buildings, monuments and parks (MPH Publishing, 2012; 2nd Edition 2014; 3rd Edition 2017).• Festivals of Malaysia (Trafalgar Publishing, 2015).• The Habitat Penang Hill: a pocket history (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)• Alana and the Secret Life of Trees at Night (Entrepot Publishing, 2018)• Penang Then & Now: A Century of Change in Pictures (Entrepot Publishing, 2019; 2nd Edition 2021)

• Bersama Lima - Five Together (Entrepot Publishing, 2022)



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