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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.


    The New York Review / All Things Books
    Aug 28, 2025

    Practical Translation: ‘The Thousand and One Nights’



    The New York Review / All Things Books
    Aug 27, 2025

    Is English a Monocrop?



    The New York Review / All Things Books
    Aug 26, 2025

    Shame, Seams, Scars



    The New York Review / All Things Books
    Aug 25, 2025

    First Sentences



    The New York Review / All Things Books
    Aug 24, 2025

    Practical Translation: Proust



    Guardian / As Seen On
    Aug 15, 2025

    ‘Historical amnesia’: Indonesia’s fight over plan to amend history books

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Indonesian Writers

    BBC / What Media Says
    Aug 15, 2025

    Witness History | Pramoedya Ananta Toer: The banned author of Indonesia



    Manila Times / Press Release
    Jul 27, 2025

    Penguin SEA, UWRF partner to publish groundbreaking book



    Cleveland Review of Books / All Things Books
    Jul 17, 2025

    Fetishist Disavowal: On Felix Nesi’s “People from Oetimu”



    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    Jul 16, 2025

    People from Oetimu by Felix Nesi

    Indonesian Writers

    RRI / All Things Books
    Jul 10, 2025

    Pangeran dari Timur, A Novel Chronicling Raden Saleh’s Life

    Indonesian Writers

    PEN America / What Media Says
    Jul 09, 2025

    Sharing Stories of Persistence and Survival Across Time and Borders

    Jalan Tak Ada Ujung

    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    Jul 07, 2025

    Jalan Tak Ada Ujung

    Rishika Assomull

    Jakarta Post / All Things Books
    Jul 03, 2025

    ‘The Jakarta Salon’: Remembering a home that nurtured Indonesian maestros

    A.W. Prihandita

    Magdalene / What Media Says
    Jun 30, 2025

    Writing Against the Machine: A.W. Prihandita’s Sci-Fi Critique of AI

    Indonesian Writers

    Kompas.id / What Media Says
    Jun 30, 2025

    Melani Budianta, Unrecorded History Can Live in Literature

    A W Prihandita

    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    Jun 28, 2025

    Resisting oppression with speculative fiction: Anselma’s path to Nebula Awards

    Indonesian literature

    RRI / As Seen On
    Jun 26, 2025

    Indonesia Celebrates Literature Day with Taufiq Ismail Tribute

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer

    Inside Indonesia / What Media Says
    Jun 24, 2025

    One hundred years of Pramoedya

    My Harimau King

    SBS / All Things Books
    Jun 18, 2025

    My Harimau King: When Indonesian tiger folklore mixed with life in Western Sydney



    Reuters / As Seen On
    May 19, 2025

    In Indonesia, fears grow that dark past may be rewritten with government’s new history books

    IDWRITERS

    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    May 06, 2025

    Nothing ‘Normal’ Happens in “Orang-Orang Bloomington” by Budi Darma

    Rewriting Faith

    IDWRITERS / Story
    Apr 26, 2025

    Rewriting Faith, Rethinking Policy: A Queer Reading of Scripture and Its Challenge to Indonesia’s Public Morality Discourse

    Unspoken Wounds - Indonesian Writers

    IDWRITERS / Story
    Apr 17, 2025

    Medusae: The Monster’s Gaze and the Unspoken Wounds of Women

    PEN Presents - Indonesian Writers

    English PEN / All Things Books
    Apr 16, 2025

    PEN Presents x International Booker Prize shortlist announced



    Kitaab / Writing
    Apr 05, 2025

    The Last Supper

    International Writing Program - Indonesian writers

    IDWRITERS / Story
    Apr 04, 2025

    International Writing Program Faces Uncertain Future

    Perang Kota - Indonesian writers

    IDWRITERS / Story
    Apr 03, 2025

    Perang Kota: Love, Fear, and Resistance in Jalan Tak Ada Ujung

    Century of A.A. Navis - Indonesian writers

    KBA News / What Media Says
    Apr 01, 2025

    A Century of A.A. Navis: A Great, Critical, and Thoughtful Literary Figure

    Phan Waen Fah Award - Mochtar Lubis Indonesian Writers

    Bangkok Post / As Seen On
    Mar 31, 2025

    Voices of Change: The Phan Waen Fah Award and Political Literature

    Den Kisot - Indonesian writers

    KBA News / What Media Says
    Mar 30, 2025

    From the King to Den Kisot

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Indonesian writers

    Scroll.in / What Media Says
    Mar 30, 2025

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Hundred years of a fearless Indonesian literary icon

    The Making of the Buru Quartet / Indonesian Writers

    The Believer / All Things Books
    Mar 27, 2025

    The Making of the Buru Quartet

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Indonesian Writers

    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Mar 26, 2025

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s encyclopedia website officially launched

    Mata Aksara - Indonesian Writers

    Bali News / As Seen On
    Mar 25, 2025

    The Meru Sanur Opens Bali Berkisah 2025 with ‘Mata Aksara’, A Celebration of Culture Through Storytelling

    Goenawan Mohamad - Indonesian Writers

    Tempo English / What Media Says
    Mar 19, 2025

    Goenawan Mohamad Receives Honor from Spain’s King Felipe VI

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