Writing | Translation | Research | Creative Education
Calling all Malaysian writers! Applications are now open for The Abdul Manan Abas Writing Grant, to support one writer who would like to complete a writing project related to family history. Applications are open to writers with a personal relationship to Malaysia, currently residing in the country and keen to contribute to Malaysia’s tapestry of stories.
Perhatian para penulis Malaysia! Permohonan Kini Dibuka untuk Geran Penulisan Abdul Manan Abas, untuk membantu seorang penulis yang ingin menyiapkan projek penulisan berkaitan sejarah keluarga. Permohonan terbuka kepada para penulis yang mempunyai ikatan peribadi kepada Malaysia, menetap di dalam negara dan ingin menyumbang kepada alam penceritaan tanahair.
Deadline : 31st October 2024 (11:59PM)
Our commercial arm working in the areas of writing, translation and research. We translate between Malay, English and Spanish, and also understand Jawi script. Our research capabilities are in the fields of policy and social science.
Writing. Translation. Research. Creative education. This is what we do at Protagonist Studio. And we do it as a unit with two pillars, Sayugia and Cocoon Creative Lab.
Part playground and part think tank, our creative exploration arm offering programs in three areas: adventures through language, multidisciplinary storytelling and education. CCL is where we develop our artistic practice, test our ideas and reach for creative frontiers. Through it all, we build community.
“Language, writing and creativity form a synergy sought after in society. Whether commercial, civic or public entity, everyone stands to benefit from succinct language and self-assured writing, the fruit of expansive imagination and analytical precision. We offer all this and more at Protagonist Studio.”
– Adriana Nordin Manan, Founder and CEO
Adriana Nordin Manan has fifteen years of work experience in areas ranging from policy research to playwriting. The establishment of Protagonist Studio adds “entrepreneur” to her list of vocations: writer; translator; researcher; playwright; dramaturg; curator and educator.
Adriana’s vision as a founder is to do good work, explore the intricacies and intersections of language, writing and creativity and build a team that celebrates its place in Malaysia, Southeast Asia and humanity at large.
Adriana has a Masters in Politics from New York University, and a self-designed major in Globalization and Social Justice from Colby College. She is also an alumna of the United World Colleges movement. She speaks Malay, English and Spanish.
Protagonist Studio is a place with:
A client commenting on the coffee table book we had written for them on a major R&D program
A client, speaking about the rapporteur’s report we prepared for a climate finance webinar
A client from public relations, who we work with regularly on translating press releases in the fintech and FMCG sectors
Despite the disquiet of the pandemic, 2022 was a year when we were fortunate to pilot story development programs. Our creative arm, Cocoon Creative Lab, secured two International Literature Showcase (ILS) Collaboration Fund grants from the UK’s National Centre for…
One has tenses and moods for almost every emotion. The other has no tenses, but can also be emotive and beguiling in its own way. One has genders for animate and inanimate objects. The other has neither. One is a…
We owe a certain debt to the field of architecture when recalling the origins of our name. In 2019, news broke that Johannesburg-based architecture firm, Counterspace Studio, had won the bid to design the Serpentine Pavilion in London’s Hyde Park…
“Your magic please.”