Associate Professor Dr Surinderpal Kaur, Dean of Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University Malaya

Raja Ahmad Aminullah, Poet, Author, Activist, Founder of R A Arts Haven

Anna Salleh, writer and musician

Rizal Kamal, President, Arts, Live Festival and Events Association (ALIFE)

Lana Sofia Pointon

Cheeming Boey, Author

Fong Min Hun, Founder, Lit BooksAndrew Yap, Managing Director, BookXcess

Julida Uju, Tompoq Topoh Mah Meri Women's InitiativeMaznah Unyan, Tompoq Topoh Mah Meri Women's InitiativeAnn Marie Chandy, Writer

Adriana Noordin Manan, Creator, Brickfields We See YouShari Elis Jaffri, Artist, Tragikomedi

Ee-Lyn Tan, Co-Founder, The Brownies Bar

Sarah Lois Dorai, Film Director and Children’s Book Publisher