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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.
5 days agoA 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. ...
1 week agoThelyson 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. ...
2 weeks agoReturning for the third time, the 280-hour nonstop Big Bad Wolf book sale is aiming to attract at least 750,000 visitors this year.
8 years agoBagaimana Tuhan Menciptakan Cahaya (How God Created Light), is a collection of short stories inspired by popular Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights.
8 years agoChristiaan Snouck Hurgronye (1857-1936) was Holland’s most famous Orientalist and an expert on Islam. His rich writings are preserved in Leiden and much has been written about him and his works.
8 years agoUnderstandably, the complexity of the stories and varying source materials make it hard to follow all the gods in Norse mythology. This is where Neil Gaiman comes in.
8 years agoAroma Karsa, which is Dee’s 12th novel, tells a story of a young man named Jati Wesi who has an extraordinary sense of smell.
8 years agoCelebrity makeup artist Bennu Sorumba’s new biography, titled Sleeping Beauty: The Story of Bennu Sorumba, is hard evidence that the profession proves to be a promising one — though not without sacrifice.
8 years agoThe Big Bad Wolf (BBW) book sale will return for a third time this year at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) in BSD, Tangerang, for 12 days from March 29 to April 9. Having offered English and Indonesian books since the beginning, this year they will include Mandarin books as well.
8 years agoRiza Marlon - a photographer with a keen interest in the wilderness - launched his third book titled Wallace’s Living Legacy, at the auditorium of the National Library on Wednesday.
8 years agoRenowned art critic, curator and author Jean Couteau is a master of mocking without evoking the wrath of those being mocked.
8 years agoBook enthusiasts have probably already marked their calendar for the return of the non-stop Big Bad Wolf (BBW) book sale at the Indonesian Convention Exhibition (ICE) in BSD, South Tangerang, Banten, from March 29 - April 9.
8 years agoSales of online manga comics in 2017 surpassed those of printed books for the first time, a Japanese industry research institute said Monday, highlighting a shift in readers' preferences.
8 years agoA much-awaited memoir by former first lady Michelle Obama will be published in North America on November 13 and will appear simultaneously in 24 languages worldwide.
8 years agoMany would remember the downfall of former president Soeharto but might forget the riots that occurred in many cities that precluded and followed his fall, particularly the mass rape.
8 years agoIt’s difficult to review a book as notorious as Fire and Fury.
8 years agoA dark secret long held by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren led her to create one of the most beloved heroines of children's literature, Pippi Longstocking, according to a new biopic at the Berlin film festival.
8 years agoThe annual Big Bad Wolf (BBW) book sale is set to return to Jakarta next month.
8 years agoLiterary translation is an art that requires local wisdom.
8 years agoIn her 2003 dissertation, Korean professor Eje Kimsaid she discovered the treasure of her life: the Indonesian durian.
8 years agoAuthor Kevin Kwan is set to release the Indonesian cover of Rich People Problems, the third book from the best-selling series Crazy Rich Asians.
8 years agoA small-town Scottish schoolteacher has become an international literary sensation with more than a million sales in China and a Hollywood movie deal -- but remains relatively unknown in her homeland.
8 years agoScottish writer John D. Greenwood's Forbidden Hill is the first of a six-volume epic series on Singapore.
8 years agoFor this audacious author, fiction gives her room to tell more sensitive stories.
8 years ago"Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" -- the tell-all President Donald Trump has said is "full of lies" -- is to be adapted for television, US media reported Wednesday.
8 years agoIn villages adjacent to the Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling Wildlife Sanctuary in Riau, books are still considered a luxury.
8 years agoOne of the French writers behind the attack on the #MeToo movement launched a blistering new broadside Friday, claiming that some feminists will not be content until "you have to sign a contract with a lawyer before you can have sex."
8 years agoA new novel digs deep into the story of a student activist kidnapped during the political turmoil of 1998.
8 years agoSebastian Barry thought he was having too much fun writing his rollicking historical novel "Days Without End" for it to be any good.
8 years agoThe following are excerpts from "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," an incendiary new book by Michael Wolff which was rushed into bookstores Friday after President Donald Trump failed to suppress it.
8 years agoLike her previous books, Sihir Perempuan (Black Magic Woman) andKumpulan Budak Setan (The Devil’s Slaves Club), Gentayangan is a horror story that raises gender, sexuality, social and political issues.
8 years agoKoran Kami with Lucy in the Sky (Our Newspaper with Lucy in the Sky) is the latest book by veteran journalist Bre Redana, who worked for Kompas for 35 years before retiring in October. In his book, Bre writes about printed journalism and how different it is to digital journalism.
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