Isla Winarto was born in Sydney, Australia, to an Australian mother and Indonesian father. Until the age of six, she grew up in Australia , then moved to Indonesia where she first met her Indonesian father who had been deported from Australia, under the White Australia policy, just a few months before she was born. Isla achieved a BA honors degree in Indonesian language/literature from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Education from Sydney Teachers’ College. Her hobbies are reading, traveling, meeting new people and doing social work. She has traveled to almost 40 countries on personal and business trips.
At a Glance
As of now, our resource library consists of approximately 568 writers, 787 books by 242 publishers, 724 contributing authors, 1073 (369 coverages, 200 clippings, and 504 reviews) articles published in 337 media outlets, 76 works in translation, and 58 useful resources that we consider particularly worth noting.
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For short, our main feature, the writer's directory, provides a way for writers to find one another, but more importantly, the resources provided make it easy for event hosts—especially for international event hosts—literary organizers, arts administrators, librarians, booksellers, and readers to get in touch with writers. It's a HOME FOR INDONESIAN WRITERS. We strive to break down the language barriers that have prevented Indonesian books or literature from becoming more widespread.
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