Intan Paramaditha and Trend Asia have simultaneously announced their withdrawal from organizing the 2024 Jakarta International Literary Festival (JILF). JILF is considered not taking a firm stance against pro-genocide sponsors in Gaza, Palestine. — The 2024 Jakarta International Literary … [Read more...]
Reflections of the Feminist Movement on the Rejection of JILF: “Who Do We Work With?”
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How children’s books are raising environmental awareness in Indonesia
February 1, 2025 by
Indonesian environmental campaigners took a novel approach to raising climate awareness by publishing five children’s books about the country’s environmental issues. This podcast explores their creative process and the public’s response. While these cases could have substantial impacts on the … [Read more...]
A Brilliant Tribute to Indonesian Literature in GPU’s MISTERI PEMBACA TERAKHIR
November 26, 2024 by
As part of Pesta Literasi Indonesia , Gramedia Pustaka Utama hosted the show from August 30th to September 1st, 2024. As part of Pesta Literasi Indonesia (Indonesia’s Literation Party), Gramedia Pustaka Utama hosted a theatre performance titled Misteri Pembaca Terakhir (Mystery of the Last … [Read more...]
The 2024 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival – On the Struggles of Truthtelling
November 3, 2024 by
The 21st Ubud Writers and Readers Festival will be held in Bali in 2024, from October 23 to October 27. The 2024 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival will attempt to uphold its theme ‘Satyam Vada Dharmam Chara’, or ‘Speak the Truth, Practice Kindness’ through conversations about media ethics; the … [Read more...]
Under the poetic stars
September 5, 2024 by
Benteng (Fort) Rotterdam is a cream-brick, red-roofed fortress complex on the historic, harbourside edge of Makassar, South Sulawesi. The seventeenth-century Dutch colonial fort does not look out of place in a part of Makassar where Chinese, Dutch, and local South Sulawesi architecture stands … [Read more...]
