The "lucky” ones – or the more privileged among us – may look back into the first two years of the pandemic through our social media feeds with a sense of bittersweet nostalgia. How can we forget the first days of remote working and studying from home, or that moment when we could only wave at our relatives during religious holidays?
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1 month ago"Until August," the final book by the Nobel prize winning giant of Latin American "magical realism," is being released in its original Spanish as "En agosto nos vemos" on March 6, and in English later this month.
1 month agoIn marking International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, why not spend the weekend celebrating the strong women and girls around you? Not because we told you to, but because they deserve love, appreciation and empowerment.
1 month agoThe book brings to life Indonesia’s epic struggle for independence in 1945-1949 and convincingly argues a case for the catalytic impact of this movement on decolonization in Asia and Africa following World War II.
1 month agoAustralian professor George Quinn translated an anthology of Javanese short stories to help introduce Javanese literature to a wider audience.
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8 months agoIt spells out its message of what it will take to meet the rising climate risks by building higher resilience, finding new ways to adapt to the inevitable, and doing all we can to mitigate climate change by shifting to carbon-free growth paths.
8 months ago"Unfortunately I can confirm that Mr Milan Kundera passed away yesterday (Tuesday) after a prolonged illness," Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the library in his native city of Brno, told AFP.
9 months agoAmerican-Indonesian author Nadia Bulkin talks about her passion for horror fiction and how her Indonesian roots have influenced her writing.
1 year agoOn Wednesday, the word "pele" was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michaelis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil.
1 year agoThe public and filmmakers have started to shift their gaze from the more mainstream fiction novels.
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1 year agoThe author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" has gone full Marie Kondo, emptying the shelves of his Paris apartment of 3,000 of his own books.
1 year agoA German-Indonesian team traced 12 German-trained Indonesian architects of the 1960s and wrote about their awe-inspiring life and works.
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1 year agoAuthor Isna Marifa discusses her time with the Cape Malay people and how it influenced her novel Mountains More Ancient.
1 year agoLeading Australian expert on Indonesia Max Lane recounts late Indonesian literary giant Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s role in inspiring the downfall of former president Soeharto’s New Order regime through his Buru Quartet tetralogy
1 year agoMasks of Bali: Between Heaven and Hell is a comprehensive study on Balinese masks.
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1 year agoInformatively written, this photo essay and illustrated volume expands upon the limited current narrative, helping support the development of the burgeoning Indonesian coffee industry.
1 year agoThe writing in this new work by Auster, 75, is terse and somber and is accompanied by pictures taken by photographer Spencer Ostrander.
1 year agoWinning the 2015 Jakarta Arts Council (DKJ) Poetry Book Competition, the author rocketed in 2022 with a short story collection, Cerita-cerita Bahagia, Hampir Seluruhnya (Happy Stories, Mostly). However, all that glitters might not be gold.
1 year agoPrince Harry said on Sunday he decided to publish his memoirs to defend himself against years of tabloid spin, as British and American television aired his first interviews on the book's explosive revelations.
1 year agoPrince Harry's autobiography Spare is not due out until next week but it dominated headlines on Thursday after its Spanish-language version mistakenly went on sale.
1 year agoHundreds of laptop-toting professionals and students line up outside the public library in the Ukrainian town of Irpin, desperate to get online amid the latest energy blackout.
1 year agoMany Indonesian readers have a fascination for the novels of the award-winning Japanese writer, whose titles have sold in the millions in 50 languages. So how did Haruki Murakami become so popular here?
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