RI steps into world literature arena at Frankfurt Book Fair
Dee Lestari, Hanif Kureishi among speakers at upcoming UWRF
Bali's 2018 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced its line up of speakers, which, among others, features writer Dewi "Dee" Lestari, often touted as a pioneer of modern Indonesian literature, and Balinese litterateur behind the Kelas Cerpen Kompas (Kompas Short Story Class), Putu … [Read more...]
Notes from Sydney
I returned to Sydney after attending most of the splendid 'Poetry and the Trace' conference, convened by Monash University, and involving the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies together with the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research. It was a pioneering conference, in … [Read more...]
Bumi Langit [R]evolusi: Bringing back local superheroes
If you spent your childhood in the 1990s, you might be familiar with soap opera series Si Buta dari Goa Hantu (The Blind Man from the Ghost Cave), which was about a blind martial artist Barda Mandrawata, who travels with a monkey on his shoulder to quell crime and violence as well as to avenge the … [Read more...]
Rights Interest Rising: Indonesian Publishers on International Trade
Among institutions working in Jakarta to cultivate a growing interest in foreign rights sales: the Lontar Foundation, the National Book Committee, and the Indonesia Rights Fair. Slow Gains in Rights Sales One of the most sustained efforts on the international scene in publishing today is that of … [Read more...]