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Donate your books to spark positive change in prisoners’ lives
By Terence Toh, FMT Lifestyle
11 May 2025
Community initiative Buku Beyond Bars is seeking the public’s support to supply reading materials for prison libraries. PETALING JAYA: In prison, books are often treated as prized possessions, their stories offering a momentary escape to the outside world. Many texts also contain important skills that could help a prisoner improve his or her life upon…

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Got Books To Spare? This M’sian Initiative Is Sending Pre-Loved Books To Prison Libraries
By Tamara Jayne, SAYS
3 November 2025

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The Expat Magazine – Buku Beyond Bars
By Sue Ann Kunath, The Expat Magazine
3 November 2025

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10,000 books and counting: Meet the team behind Buku Beyond Bars, a project giving prisoners access to quality books
By Tania Jayatilaka, Tatler
3 October 2025

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