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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.


    Jakarta Post / All Things Books
    Dec 18, 2015

    Soul: Fun with books



    Words Without Borders / Writing
    Dec 17, 2015

    A Bloody Past: On Censorship in Indonesia



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Dec 14, 2015

    Toeti Heraty: For love of writing and Indonesian people



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Dec 13, 2015

    Indonesianist Benedict Anderson dies at 79



    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Dec 11, 2015

    Poet Leon Agusta dies at 77



    IDWRITERS / Translations
    Dec 10, 2015

    Apple and Knife



    Tempo English / All Things Books
    Dec 08, 2015

    A Tough Look at History



    ABC Radio National / All Things Books
    Dec 07, 2015

    Sex in Indonesia: Menikah by novelist Jane Maryam



    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    Dec 06, 2015

    2014: Not a Good Year for Indonesian Short Story Scene



    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    Dec 03, 2015

    ‘Man Tiger’ by Eka Kurniawan (Review)



    NY City Lens / What Media Says
    Nov 21, 2015

    The Cost of Telling the Truth: A Journalist in Exile



    Inquirer.net / As Seen On
    Nov 16, 2015

    Southeast Asian literary exchanges, K-12, Miriam College and Asean integration



    Full Stop / All Things Books
    Nov 13, 2015

    Beauty Is A Wound – Eka Kurniawan



    Tempo English / What Media Says
    Nov 12, 2015

    Goenawan Mohammad: This is a once-in-a-lifetime project



    Le Monde / What Media Says
    Nov 12, 2015

    Eka Kurniawan, enfant des mythes



    Publishers Weekly / All Things Books
    Nov 11, 2015

    Publishers Weekly’s Best Books 2015



    Jakarta Post / Writing
    Nov 11, 2015

    Being silenced in Ubud



    Straits Times / As Seen On
    Nov 10, 2015

    Singapore Writers Festival packs in crowds



    Straits Times / All Things Books
    Nov 08, 2015

    Goenawan Mohamad: Fighting graft with his pen



    ABC Radio National / What Media Says
    Nov 06, 2015

    Seno Gumira Ajidarma at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival



    Jakarta Globe / As Seen On
    Nov 06, 2015

    An Evening With Women in Modern Literature



    IDWRITERS / Translations
    Nov 06, 2015

    From Abidah El Khalieqy’s Mataraisa



    Sydney Review of Books / As Seen On
    Nov 06, 2015

    Rethinking Censorship in Indonesia



    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    Nov 04, 2015

    Writing our way to freedom



    Frankfurter Allgemeine / As Seen On
    Nov 04, 2015

    Literaturfest in Indonesien: Nur nicht über die Massaker reden!



    BBC / What Media Says
    Nov 04, 2015

    Eka Kurniawan: Indonesia’s most exciting author



    ABC Radio National / All Things Books
    Nov 02, 2015

    Sin city opera, new Indonesian writing, and artful monsters



    Straits Times / What Media Says
    Nov 02, 2015

    Singapore Writers Festival: Indonesia’s Goenawan Mohamad on how to write under censorship



    Australian / As Seen On
    Nov 02, 2015

    Indonesia writers fear censors over the 1965 communist purges



    Asia Literary Review / As Seen On
    Nov 01, 2015

    Let Bygones Be Bygones



    Straits Times / What Media Says
    Nov 01, 2015

    Goenawan Mohamad: “I write to liberate the language”



    World Literature Today / All Things Books
    Nov 01, 2015

    The Red Bekisar by Ahmad Tohari



    Guardian / Writing
    Oct 27, 2015

    Censorship is returning to Indonesia in the name of the 1965 purges



    Bookforum / All Things Books
    Oct 27, 2015

    On Eka Kurniawan



    Book Riot / All Things Books
    Oct 27, 2015

    All the Books! Podcast, Episode #25: New Releases for Oct. 27, 2015



    Publishers Weekly / All Things Books
    Oct 26, 2015

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