The Jakarta International Literary Festival (JILF) 2025 has returned as one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic and influential literary platforms. Officially opened by Jakarta’s Deputy Governor Rano Karno at Teater Jakarta, Taman Ismail Marzuki, on Thursday, November 13, 2025, this year’s festival … [Read more...]
Resisting Voices of Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2025
November 12, 2025 by
Expressing her anger upon discovering that President Prabowo Subianto’s government had attempted to manipulate history through its efforts to rewrite the country’s past, senior journalist Uni Lubis told a session on “Rewriting Indonesian History” at the Alang-Alang Stage of the Ubud Writers and … [Read more...]
The 51st Anniversary of the Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition
November 12, 2025 by
The 2025 Jakarta Arts Council (DKJ) Novel Competition returns as one of Indonesia’s most prestigious literary competitions, celebrating its 51st year of championing emerging and established voices in … [Read more...]
Indonesia Promotes Literary Diplomacy Through BRICS Literature Award
October 29, 2025 by
The Language Development and Cultivation Agency of Indonesia continuously promotes the internationalization of Indonesian literature on the global stage. The initiative aims at fostering cultural diplomacy and collaboration among writers from BRICS member countries. During the BRICS Literature … [Read more...]
Literature Marks the Times
October 23, 2025 by
Every literary work always marks its era, without exception. Nevertheless, the innovator forges their own path, boldly rejecting conventional rules. Chairil Anwar, a 20th-century Indonesian poet, pioneered the liberation of Indonesian poetry from all forms of constraint and structural rigidity … [Read more...]
