Borneo Literature Bureau

Borneo Literature Bureau (BLB) (15 September 1958 to c. 1977) was a government agency sponsored by the Crown Colony of Sarawak in local literature publishing and supporting the government release of documentation to indigenous people in Sarawak and Sabah. The bureau publishes principally in English, Iban, Chinese and Malay languages, followed by other indigenous languages.

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