Wani Ardy

• Perempuan Simpanan (women writers anthology), Sindiket Soljah, 2009 • Langit Vanilla (collection of prose and poems), Sang Freud Press, 2011 • Eksotikata Musim Dua (anthology), Eksotikata, 2014 • Mesin Cahaya Masa (collection of prose and poems), Sang Freud Press, 2014 • Melompat Keluar Dari Mimpi (anthology), KataPilar Books, 2015 • Untuk Yang Telah Pergi (anthology), Rumah Ripta, 2016 • IKHLAS (illustrated memoir of conversations), Rumah Ripta, 2017 • Hujan Bakawali di Rumah Tuhan (anthology), Rumah Ripta, 2018 • Tukang Puisi (anthology), Katapilar Books, 2018

• Senikatawati, EP (2008) • Meanwhile, EP (2010) • Langit Vanilla / Sekarang Aku Tahu, single album (2012)

Wani started writing short stories at the age of seven, penning poems, lyrics, and melody at the age of 16. She has been performing her original songs since 2002, both individually and in groups within South East Asia. While citing KT Tunstall, Sia, Portishead, The Swell Season, and Padi as her inspirations, Wani singled out Cat Stevens as her personal idol. Her earliest musical companion was Shukor Fuad, with whom she had a band named Boneca. Their single "Cela" (sung by vocalist Nazila Abu Zaidi, written and composed by Wani) grew quite popular and was aired by various local radio stations without their consent. Today her sessionist is her band WIDYA, which was formerly known as Wani Ardy & The Guitar Polygamy. They have represented Malaysia at various festivals in Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia. Her songs were briefly featured in the drama series Blogger Boy and the reality drama Gadis Semasa Sunsilk. In 2011, Wani's song "Hujan" was selected to be played throughout the month of May on Dandelion Radio, an internet radio station founded in June 2006 with the aim of pursuing the musical legacy of the popular and influential BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. The station takes its name from the British record label Dandelion Records, founded and run by Peel between 1969 and 1972. At the end of the same year, Wani wrote and composed a couple of songs for a musical staged at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center. Produced by Dato' Faridah Merican and directed by Joe Hasham, Malaysian Girls was dubbed "the year's most glamorous musical" and received positive feedback from media, critics and theatergoers in general. Her songs "What Is This Feeling" and "Now You See Me, Now You See Me More" were recorded and compiled in the soundtrack album. She wrote for Teater Muzikal Tan Sri Arshad Ayub (2013) and Opera Puteri Saadong (2015) as well. Wani also teaches creative writing through a series of poetry workshops called Pondok Puisi with Fazleena Hishamuddin, and organises a book and art market called Pasar Boco. She is the editor-in-chief of CQ Magazine, Malaysia's online bilingual creative writing magazine, which has been downloaded by readers from all over the world. After joining a group of women writers for an anthology in 2009, Wani released her own collection of poems and prose; Langit Vanilla in 2011. Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim, winner of the 2005 Southeast Asian Writers Award, described her writings as "honest, vertically heavy, effective, energetic, synergetic, authentic, unpretentious and filled with strong messages." She continues to publish her writings through Eksotikata and Mesin Cahaya Masa (2014), Melompat Keluar Dari Mimpi (2015), Untuk Yang Telah Pergi (2016), IKHLAS (2017), Hujan Bakawali di Rumah Tuhan as well as Tukang Puisi (2018).