Michael Vatikiotis is currently blogging from the 10th Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. Here he writes about some of the featured Indonesian authors. Politics is a prominent and enduring theme of Indonesian art and literature. Perhaps the easiest explanation for this is that Indonesia is a … [Read more...]
Indonesian authors to be highlighted in Frankfurt
July 7, 2015 by
Authors from the country’s literary scene hope that Indonesia’s participation in this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany could bring more attention to local writers. As the guest of honor at the world’s largest book trading fair, Indonesia would be given a literary program focused on … [Read more...]
Makassar Festival Seeks to Promote Eastern Indonesian Writers
June 22, 2015 by
Events like the recently-concluded Makassar International Writers Festival are needed to promote literary works from eastern Indonesia, which have long been overshadowed by their counterparts from the western parts of the country, the organizers say. MIWF founder and director Lily Yulianti Farid … [Read more...]
Is Indonesia a “Land Without Readers?”
June 11, 2015 by
Indonesia has a 93% literacy rate, but only a nascent book culture and few translations, all of which are slowing preparations for the Frankfurt Book Fair, where the country will be Guest of Honor. At Qantara.de, Monica Griebeler writes that while Indonesia will be the Guest of Honor at this … [Read more...]
Literature in Indonesia: A land without readers
June 11, 2015 by
Indonesia is guest of honour at this autumn's Frankfurt Book Fair. That's a remarkable situation, because readers make up only a tiny proportion of the country's 250 million people. Good stories, that's what Indonesians love. Chatting with the neighbours, fairy tales put on at puppet theatres, or … [Read more...]
