Through letters she wrote to her pen pals, Kartini expressed bold ideas on issues such as girls' access to education, opposition to polygamy and resistance to forced and child marriage.
1 month agoWriters chanted "Meta, Meta, book thieves" as they made their way to the Meta building, with some carrying placards reading "I'd write a sign but you'd steal it" and "Get the Zuck off our books", in reference to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
2 months agoThe platform, which includes photographs, archives and a list of Pramoedya’s works, marks the centennial commemoration of his life and legacy.
2 months agoMuch-loved, much-hated best-selling thriller author Dan Brown is back with yet another Robert Langdon adventure in Origin.
7 years ago“This book is a baby accidentally born,” he said after the launch of Vengeance.
7 years agoLiteracy has been a global concern around the world and Indonesia is no exception.
7 years agoAn author following the path of Jane Austen and George Elliott, telling the story of women, their struggles and rights.
7 years agoLatin American literature is celebrated at Salihara Theater in South Jakarta.
7 years agoFrench acting legend Gerard Depardieu revealed he frequently turns to the Koran in search of "sensuality" in a book of reflections released on Thursday.
7 years ago'Turtles All the Way Down' is a compelling, authentic portrait of geek love and living with mental illness.
7 years agoThe Berlin State Library in Germany houses approximately 700 historical Indonesian manuscripts among its collection of 80,000 from all over the world.
7 years agoQueen Máxima of the Netherlands inaugurated in Leiden last week the Asian Library, which houses the world’s largest collection on Indonesia, including two United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) heritage documents.
7 years agoThe 17-year wait for a return to the mystical world of British author Philip Pullman's "Dark Materials" series ended Thursday with the release of "La Belle Sauvage", the first volume of a new trilogy.
7 years agoThe sequel to Nelson Mandela's celebrated autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" will be released on Thursday after his unfinished draft was completed by a South African writer, his foundation announced.
7 years agoThree British and three US authors will on Tuesday discover which one of them is the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize, whose shortlist stirred controversy over its big name omissions.
7 years agoPursuing a career as a writer requires a lot of energy and persistence, according to novelist-scriptwriter Ratih Kumala.
7 years agoGod cannot survive science, "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown said on Thursday, putting his faith in technological advances to connect people in new ways that would eventually scrap the need for religion.
7 years agoFans of the Fifty Shades of Grey series can expect to enjoy a new book slated for release on Nov. 28.
7 years agoThree generations of makeup artists, Irwan Riady, Adi Adrian and Marlene Hariman, launched a tutorial book titled Face on Point on Monday.
7 years agoIndonesian writer Nirwan Derwanto talks about his works in visual arts, art criticism and poetry.
7 years agoThe Japanese publisher of Nagasaki-born Kazuo Ishiguro said Friday it would republish eight of the British author's books in translation, reporting "a huge number of orders" after he won the Nobel Literature Prize.
7 years agoIn the historical record of the events in Indonesia in 1965, John Roosa’s Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto’s Coup d’Etat in Indonesia has always been one of the main documents for study.
7 years agoThe French writer Marcel Proust paid for glowing reviews of the first volume of his "Remembrance of Things Past" to be put into newspapers, letters by the great author reveal.
7 years agoNeurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi’s cancer was the only answer to his question, “What makes a life worth living?”
7 years agoAn Indonesian translation of historian Peter Carey’s interpretation of the British occupation of Java from an old Javanese manuscript propels us to rethink Indonesia’s position in the global world.
7 years agoThis strategy is intended to help the reader to read effectively and retain as much information as possible.
7 years agoPiBo, an online bookstore and e-reader app, was officially launched at Kopi Kalyan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Said to be Indonesia’s first online bookstore that is specifically made for children, PiBo aims to encourage kids to read with quality reading materials.
7 years agoUS author Paul Auster tops the shortlist for Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize published Wednesday, one of six books that organizers said "collectively push against the borders of convention".
7 years agoWhether a paperback, a newspaper or e-book, reading has been proven to be beneficial in many ways in addition to making you more empathetic.
7 years agoIn the half-century since Orwell first wrote 1984, we have seen the world transformed by the rise of the internet and, with it, a growth in our access to information and the truth
7 years ago27 days of Heartbreak, a uniquely-styled fiction documenting a heartbreak process was launched Sept. 8 at Kinokuniya Bookstore, Plaza Senayan in South Jakarta by Gramedia Pustaka Utama.
7 years agoAs McGlynn describes, it is still a “slow, uphill climb,” even after three decades and support from many notable Indonesian authors.
7 years agoSince 1987, the Lontar Foundation has been one of the most active independent institutions in translating Indonesian works into English, quietly developing and making local literature accessible abroad as a result.
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