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    Discover the vibrant world of Indonesian writers through the latest updates curated from global media outlets, thoughtfully indexed to bring you regular and engaging coverage, ensuring you stay connected to the pulse of the literary scene. Explore with us as we delve into the rich narratives and captivating stories of Indonesian writers, presented with the utmost professionalism.


    VICE / What Media Says
    Oct 25, 2017

    When Wandering the Globe Is a Feminist Choose-Your-Own Adventure



    Jakarta Globe / All Things Books
    Oct 24, 2017

    New Poetry Book ‘Contact Light’ Connects Human Experience With Science, Outer Space



    Free Press Journal / All Things Books
    Oct 22, 2017

    Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash: Review



    Manila Book Review / All Things Books
    Oct 21, 2017

    Man Tiger (Eka Kurniawan, 2015)



    Asymptote / All Things Books
    Oct 19, 2017

    Jackson Arn reviews Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Eka Kurniawan



    Inside Indonesia / As Seen On
    Oct 18, 2017

    Facing history



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Oct 16, 2017

    Ratih Kumala: An instinctive, detailed storyteller



    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    Oct 09, 2017

    Politics on poets’ mind



    AU Review / All Things Books
    Oct 09, 2017

    Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is a standout title, but falls flat



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Oct 09, 2017

    Nirwan Dewanto straddling three worlds



    Asia Pacific Report / As Seen On
    Oct 08, 2017

    Max Lane brings millennial generation closer to works of Pramoedya



    Asymptote / As Seen On
    Oct 06, 2017

    Weekly Dispatches from the Frontlines of World Literature – October 6, 2017



    Dalang Publishing / Translations
    Oct 06, 2017

    Nalar’s Mask



    Travel Wire Asia / As Seen On
    Oct 05, 2017

    Festivals are helping to put Asian literature on the map



    Radix Media / What Media Says
    Oct 04, 2017

    Community Spotlight: Innosanto Nagara



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Oct 04, 2017

    Eka Kurniawan’s ‘Beauty is a Wound’ listed in French literary award



    Publishing Perspectives / As Seen On
    Oct 03, 2017

    Three Profiles: Invitation Program Brings Emerging Publishers to Frankfurt Book Fair



    Pontas – Latest News / As Seen On
    Oct 02, 2017

    Pontas at the Göteborg Book Fair 2017



    Asymptote / What Media Says
    Sep 28, 2017

    Marianne Katoppo: The Frog who Left the Coconut Shell Far Behind



    Sydney Morning Herald / All Things Books
    Sep 28, 2017

    Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash review: Eka Kurniawan’s pulp dark comedy



    On Art and Aesthetics / All Things Books
    Sep 21, 2017

    Eka Kurniawan’s Sweeping and Crackling “Beauty is a Wound”: Magic Realism from Indonesia



    Jakarta Globe / As Seen On
    Sep 20, 2017

    Latin America Under Spotlight at Salihara’s Literature and Ideas Festival



    IDWRITERS / Translations
    Sep 20, 2017

    A Short Story About Acceptance and Loss by Eka Kurniawan



    ANZ LitLovers / As Seen On
    Sep 17, 2017

    AALITRA Symposium, Translating Australian Literature, 16/9/17



    Culture Trip, The / All Things Books
    Sep 16, 2017

    The Best International Book Releases of September 2017



    Atlantic / All Things Books
    Sep 15, 2017

    Eka Kurniawan’s Darkly Comic Tale of Boyhood



    Hindu / All Things Books
    Sep 15, 2017

    This bird also rises



    Asian Review of Books / All Things Books
    Sep 14, 2017

    “Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” by Eka Kurniawan



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Sep 13, 2017

    Sapardi Djoko Damono reveals why he became a poet



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Sep 13, 2017

    Indonesian author Norman Erikson Pasaribu recognized as Southeast Asian Young Writer



    Jakarta Post / All Things Books
    Sep 11, 2017

    ’27 Days of Heartbreak’: Documenting post-breakup coping process



    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    Sep 11, 2017

    John McGlynn: The uphill climb for Indonesian literature



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Sep 11, 2017

    Martin Aleida: Voicing unheard voices



    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    Sep 11, 2017

    The importance of literary translation for global recognition



    Jakarta Globe / As Seen On
    Sep 11, 2017

    Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Set to Return With Over 150 Speakers



    Jakarta Post / Youtube
    Sep 10, 2017

    John McGlynn: The uphill climb for Indonesian literature

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