Battling Ephemera: Bruneian Narratives, Public Record, the Need for a Critical Middle – Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia

Battling Ephemera: Bruneian Narratives, Public Record, the Need for a Critical Middle – Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia: Who is reading Brunei? Who is writing Brunei? Despite a high adult literacy rate of over 90% (Noor Azam, 2016), the perceived lack of reading culture in Brunei is regularly lamented by educators and government via the Ministry of Education and the National Language and Literature Bureau (DBP).