At the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015, Indonesia will be the event’s guest of honor, offering the nation a chance to show the world that it has tremendous wealth of culture and literature. The event will be the first time that Indonesia will be so honored. In previous iterations of the fair, … [Read more...]
Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: How serious is Indonesia in promoting its culture, literature?
July 20, 2015 by
Mentors for Writers
July 8, 2015 by
A writer never stops learning how to write. Having produced dribs and drabs of prose and poetry all my life, I imagined when I set out to write in earnest four years ago that I knew what to do. Wrong. At that time I began meeting regularly with a small group of friends who are writers. We are … [Read more...]
A Proud, Strong Woman
July 8, 2015 by
Suprati Achdiat 1917 – 2014 On 16 January 2014, Suprati Achdiat passed away in Canberra at the age of 96. Suprati Noor, known as Tati, was the first child of a prominent business couple in Garut, West Java, then part of the Dutch East Indies. She was nine when her mother died from … [Read more...]
Clove Cigarettes and Indonesian Books: An Armchair Traveler’s Pleasure
July 7, 2015 by
The idea for a published “national library” is nothing new. Perhaps the most famous in English, The Library of America (LOA), was founded in 1979 to provide easily accessible classics of the American literary pantheon. A sort of literary museum, such projects participate in something that college … [Read more...]
The Lontar Foundation Publishes Modern Indonesian Classics
July 7, 2015 by
Popmatters discusses the Modern Library of Indonesia series, published since 2010 by the Lontar Foundation, as well as the organization behind the books. At popmatters.com, William Gibson (no, not that William Gibson), reported on the Modern Library of Indonesia series, published since 2010 by … [Read more...]
