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Close-up of a red fabric with floral embroidery and a border, possibly part of a garment or textile item.

HERITAGE THROUGH CREATIVITY WIDELY REVIEWED

Close-up of embroidered fabric with red, white, and green thread designs on blue cloth. Sulam, a Nyonya style

EXPERTISE IN WEAVING STORIES MORE IN ARCHIVES (ONGOING)

Run My Daughters Run. A Nyonya’s daughters fight to survive the Japanese occupation of Malaya

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2026/08/03/peranakan-family-fights-to-survive-the-japanese-occupation

Manglish: Malaysian English at its Wackiest. 2026. 3rd Edition with Stephen J Hall.

https://www.expatgo.com/2026/04/15/where-got-manglish-malaysian-english-at-its-wackiest-returns-with-a-fresh-funnier-new-edition/

https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/sunday-vibes/2026/04/1426292/new-manglish-edition-reflects-how-language-binds-malaysians

Manglish: Malaysian English at its Wackiest.2019. 2nd edition with Stephen J Hall

https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/pulse/2019/07/501927/authors-lee-su-kim-and-stephen-j-hall-celebrate-manglish-their-latest

Manek Mischiefs Completes Trilogy

https://www.ipohecho.com.my/2017/09/16/manek-mischiefs-completes-trilogy/

Manek Mischiefs Returns to the Vivid World of the Peranakans. Terence Toh The Star. 2017 https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/culture/2017/06/29/peranakans-trilogy-manek-mischiefs

Sarong Secrets: Of Love Loss and Longing 2017

https://pnm.elib.com.my/index.php/book/details/19458https://www.amazon.com/Sarong-Secrets-Kim-Lee-ebook/dp/B00H3D8KW2

WOMEN UNDER PATRIARCHY: AN ANALYSIS OF LEE SU KIM’S Manek Mischiefs :Of Patriarchs, Playboys and Paramours .2022 by Shan,L.Y.http://eprints.utar.edu.my/id/eprint/4490

From Kebaya Tales to Sarong Secrets. 2014. Kenny Mah. Malay Mail https://www.malaymail.com/news/read/2014/01/17/from-kebaya-tales-to-sarong-secrets/600389

Kebaya Tales 2011, Second edition 2020, 2023

Review by NEIL KHOR    2011 https://www.amazon.in/Kebaya-Tales-Lee/dp/967303544X

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1864753.Malaysian_Flavours

Malaysian Flavours : Insights into Things Malaysian 1996, 2003

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1864753.Malaysian_Flavours

Nothing to lose by being openminded 2010

https://www.thenutgraph.com/lee-su-kim-%E2%80%9Cnothing-to-lose-in-being-open-minded%E2%80%9D/

A newspaper article about Nyonya, a Chinese woman in Texas, including a colorful book cover illustration for 'A Nyonya in Texas'.

Celebrating the colourful, flamboyant world of the nyonyas and babas: The Peranakans