The Frankfurt Book Fair has teamed up with the Tujuhbelasribu Pulau Imaji Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the quality of literary and creative content in Indonesia, to host a one-week content exhibition called Jakarta Content Con/Week in November. According to a … [Read more...]
UWRF to ponder consequences of human actions
February 25, 2020 by
More than 100 authors, activists, and journalists from 30 countries will gather at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) in Bali from Oct. 23 to 27 to share their stories and ideas on karma. Karma — the theme of this year’s UWRF — is derived from the Balinese Hindus’ spiritual principle of … [Read more...]
5 Indonesian Writers You Should be Reading
February 16, 2020 by
All eyes are trained on Indonesia right now. Its tourism is flourishing more than ever; foreigners from the West are flooding there to work and live cheaply and healthily (for better or worse), and its art scene is finally being celebrated the world over. Some of the biggest names in poetry, … [Read more...]
London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards: 2020 Shortlist
February 11, 2020 by
‘An Inherently International Industry’ Organizers of the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards today (February 10) say that the 29 nations represented in the shortlist being announced today is a record. And these awards—in which the UK’s Publishers Association annually serves as … [Read more...]
Latin American connection: Can Indonesian literature have the same influence?
January 26, 2020 by
Mexico was a country Dea Anugrah only knew from books. The Indonesian author explored Mexico City’s gritty streets through Roberto Bolaño’s cutting prose, which also introduced him to more than a few Mexican drug lords alongside Juan Pablo Villalobos’s character Tochtli. However, it was in August … [Read more...]