Finding pirated versions of books in Indonesia is easy. From kiosks and outlets in shopping centers to a variety of e-commerce platforms that host vendors carrying the illicit goods, those looking can find cheap versions of practically any title, old and new, foreign or Indonesia. From obvious … [Read more...]
Good News for Literature Lovers
July 25, 2021 by
The long-awaited Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) returns for its 18th year, from 8–17 October 2021. The Festival moves forward with the theme, Mulat Sarira, interpreted in English as Self-Reflection. The Festival will explore self-reflection, cultural introspection, and human rights: … [Read more...]
Saman by Ayu Utami
July 24, 2021 by
In the ten years since I set out to read the world, I have interacted with thousands of book lovers, writers, academics and curious readers around the globe. Many of the most illuminating of these discussions have been with translators – people who, by virtue of having expertise in two or more … [Read more...]
Toeti Heraty: For love of writing and Indonesian people
June 13, 2021 by
Toeti Heraty uses her maiden name as a pen name, but in the academic world as on her diploma she is known as Toeti Heraty Noerhadi ' after her husband Eddy Noerhadi, a biologist at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). After she took over her father's intellectual property-rights firm Biro … [Read more...]
Brook Emery reviews Motherlode and Not A Muse
May 23, 2021 by
Reviewed by BROOK EMERY What are my credentials, or lack thereof, to review these two anthologies of women’s poetry? Despite an androgynous first name, I am a sliced-white-bread, baby-boomer male. Husband not wife. Father not mother. I am also … [Read more...]
