Yee I-Lann: the sun will rise in the east is a 216-page monograph tracing the arc of artist Yee I-Lann’s practice from 2011 to 2023. In doing so, it traverses different geographies and maps unfolding lines of thinking, bringing us along on an adventure across languages, and across philosophies for living in the world. Three years in the making and published in the Diamond Jubilee 60th anniversary year of the formation of Malaysia, readers will find in this book stories of Borneo and of Malaysia, of colonialism and pontianak, of different ways of thinking about politics, language, architecture, culture, collaboration and community. 

The monograph brings together documentation of photomedia, video, text and woven works by Yee I-Lann, many made in collaboration with weavers and other fellow makers from Sabah, shown in Malaysia and at major exhibitions around the world through the past 12 years. It includes essays and interviews by Yee I-Lann, artist and critic Ray Langenbach, writer and literary translator Pauline Fan, geographer Nalini Mohabir, curator Eriko Kimura, artist and academic  Lucy Davis and Beverly Yong (editor), also featuring conversations with weavers Noraidah Jabarah, Roziah Binti Jalalid, Siat Yanau, Lili Naming, Shahrizan Bin Juin and Julitah Kulinting, and 112 pages of colour images. The book is In English, with some texts in Kadazandusun, Bajau, and Malay. The essays and conversations are also published in an 80-page book, Yee I-Lann: At the table. Both books are edited by Beverly Yong, with design by Ming Tung, and printed in Malaysia.