Rio Johan was born in Baturaja, South Sumatra in 1990. His first book, a short story collection, Aksara Amananunna (The Alphabets of Amananunna; Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2014), received Tempo Magazine’s award for Best Prose Fiction in 2014, while his first novel, Ibu Susu (Mother’s Milk; … [Read more...]

Risa Saraswati is a singer, songwriter, author of Sundanese descent and Civil Service from Department of Culture and Tourism in Bandung, West Java. She was a former lead singer and a founding member of Indonesian indie pop group, Homogenic. … [Read more...]

Apin graduated from upper middle school (SMA)  and for a time studied law in Jakarta. He has worked as a police assistant (and as a black marketeer), but for the most part, his occupation has been that of an editor. He served in the latter capacity with Nusantara, Zenith, Gelanggang, Siasat, and … [Read more...]

A baby-faced Indonesian postgraduate student at Imperial College London. After completing her high school in Santa Laurensia, Tangerang, she obtained a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College, New York, where she gained a passion for topics surrounding gender equality and LGBTQ. She is trained … [Read more...]

He graduated from the Hogere Kweek School teacher’s college in Bandung (1924) and became a teacher at Perguruan Islam Adabiah II in Padang. When he lived in the Netherlands from 1928-1947, he was a member of the Lower Council (Tweede Kamer), representing the Dutch Communist Party for 14 years. His … [Read more...]