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‘Nowhere, everywhere and anywhere’: Tari Lang on exile and Indonesia in 1965
Forced into exile by the trauma of 1965, Tari Lang revisits a country she loves and its unfinished struggle for freedom in her memoir, My Neighbour, The Dictator.
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Dutch royal family backed colonial rule from the beginning, study finds
A study involving around 60 researchers finds that the House of Orange-Nassau supported colonial violence, forced labor and slavery, even when its direct political power was limited. ...
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Top-selling novelist denies AI use, admits plagiarism 'mistakes'
Thelyson Orelien, 38, was accused of using artificial intelligence to write his French-language novel about migration "C'etait ca ou mourir" ("It Was Either That Or Die"), which was set to be translated in more than 20 countries. ...
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Next 'Game of Thrones' book top priority, blogs Martin
Although George R.R. Martin has not confirmed any publishing date, the author has stated that he is working on the next entry in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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Merkel-Trump G7 face-off photo headed for history books
A photo posted by the German government showing a determined Angela Merkel standing up to an intransigent Donald Trump appears destined for the history books, summing up the fractures left by a deeply divisive G7 summit.
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Shamsie’s ‘Home Fire’ wins Women’s Prize for Fiction
Shamsie’s seventh book is no stranger to awards. Last year, it was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
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Beni Satryo: Play with words, with sprinkles of dry humor
Writer and poet Beni Satryo writes about his daily with such ease that when it comes across as comedic — and it often does — it feels earned and personal.
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Book Review: ‘Salvage the Bones’, a great read about a broken family
Jesmyn Ward introduces us to a poor family living in Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, in the course of 12 days before and after the devastating hurricane Katrina.
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Hefei opens 24-hour bookstore for foreign experts
A 24-hour bookstore in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, opened the country's first book house for foreign talents on Wednesday, as the inland city enhanced its efforts to further open up.
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Unravelling Kartini's story and thoughts
Kartini is more than just a one-dimensional figure. Her story and legacy deserve to be celebrated every day, not just once a year.
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Web writers net big money in China
Wider use of smartphones and faster internet connectivity are major drivers of online reading.
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Marriages in India: The changing dynamics
American journalist Elizabeth Flock’s first book, Love and Marriage in Mumbai, is a powerful nonfiction narrative on three marriages in a modern India that is undergoing massive social change.
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'Whisper/ROAR': A culmination of 25 years in fashion
The glamorous world of fashion is inseparable from the life of designer Sebastian Gunawan. Likewise, Sebastian has been a constant fixture on the Indonesian fashion scene.
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‘Kartini Blue Bird: The Spirit of Emak-Emak’ puts drivers' wives in spotlight
Taxi company Blue Bird Group launched Kartini Blue Bird: The Spirit of Emak-Emak on May 11.
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Goodbye, Columbus: A look into the dwindling world of rare books
No one can predict which genres or authors will trend in the near future, but keep in mind that for a book to be collectible and or rare it does not necessarily have to be old.
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Book Review: 'Social Creature', a deathly tale in the Instagram age
The book might seem like a hybrid of Gossip Girl and Gone Girl at glance, but Burton makes the story work on every level.
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Polish novelist wins Man Booker International Prize
An English translation of Polish novel "Flights", which interweaves narratives of travel with explorations of the human body, was on Tuesday named as the winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize.
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Harry Potter casts new spell over Bloomsbury book sales
Harry Potter special editions helped Bloomsbury’s revenue to its highest level since 2007, when the last of the original books came out, lifting the publisher’s shares to a 10-year high.
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Endang Moerdopo: Her journey as a dancer and storyteller
Aceh has become a source of inspiration for this author.
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Pos Indonesia encourages book donations via postal service
Up to 25,580 books have been distributed through post offices to taman baca masyarakat (community libraries) across the country as of April this year.
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Books and millennials: Do we still read for leisure?
Millennials are often stereotyped as a generation glued to their screens. Are books still relevant to this generation?
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'Chinese Whispers': In search of identity in tragedy, history
While Chinese Whispers is primarily an account of Rani’s childhood in the days leading up to the riots, it also discusses the political and social context of the racial tensions, which had started during Dutch occupation.
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Laksmi Pamuntjak's passion for all things culinary
The Birdwoman’s Palate, the English translation to Laksmi’s novel Aruna & Lidahnya ( 2014 ), was published in January this year.
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Herlina Markus: Last guardian of Bandung's legendary comic store
Despite her children’s repeated requests to shut down her Maranatha comic store in Bandung, West Java, Herlina Markus is staying true to her heart, patiently waiting for comic book lovers to discover the legendary wayang comic books that propelled the place to popularity in the 1960s.
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Book Review: ‘We Come Apart’, friendship in the unlikeliest of situations
In incorporating various themes, namely child abuse, racism, immigration, arranged marriage and bullying, We Come Apart is an emotional roller coaster in the form of a verse book.
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Footsteps in the sand of an emerging nation
As head of the Consultative Body for Indonesian Citizenship (Baperki), a leftist organization whose members were largely Chinese Indonesians, Tjhan was suspected of supporting the G30S.
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Collective memoir highlights Indonesia's ethnic Chinese issues
The book is a collection of voluntary narrations by 73 writers from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds about the ethnic Chinese community in Indonesia.
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Writers' Series discusses storytelling with a human side
This year, the theme was “The Story of Us”, and each speaker discussed his or her own stories on a number of different topics.
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Japanese manga strip fetches record price at Paris auction
A rare series of sketches of Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka's robot character Astro Boy sold for a record 269,400 euros in an auction in Paris Saturday.
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Remembering the author of 'Sie Jin Kui'
Comics lovers certainly remember Siauw Tik Kwie, a household name for Sie Djin Koei, the illustrated story appearing on Star Weekly, Indonesia’s family magazine of the 1950 and 1960s.
8 years ago
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Journalist turns tales of undercover reporting, love in Papua into novel
In 2015, Rohan's application for a journalistic visa was denied. The 32-year-old then decided to embark on an undercover reporting assignment in Papua.
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Was the best art in the world destroyed before we were born?
Noah Charney, the author of the new book 'The Museum of Lost Art' is less interested in all the art we have and preoccupied instead with the art that’s been lost.
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Indonesian books win awards at Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair 2018
Among the three books Hujan Bulan Juni (Rain in June) by Sapardi Djoko Damono, published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama, was awarded the best compilation book award.
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