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The educators: Kartini (right) and her sisters Roekmini, Kartinah and Soemarti as teachers, pose for a photo, believed to be taken in Jepara, Central Java, 1903. (Courtesy of Leiden University)
The educators: Kartini (right) and her sisters Roekmini, Kartinah and Soemarti as teachers, pose for a photo, believed to be taken in Jepara, Central Java, 1903. (Courtesy of Leiden University)
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UNESCO recognizes Kartini's letters as a Memory of the World

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.

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Authors hold protest against Meta for 'stealing' work to train AI

Writers 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 ago
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s encyclopedia website officially launched

The platform, which includes photographs, archives and a list of Pramoedya’s works, marks the centennial commemoration of his life and legacy.

2 months ago

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Indonesian folktales grab global spotlight at AFCC

Indonesian delegates consisting of authors and performers are vying to promote local children’s content and folklore to neighboring countries as an effort to preserve them for future generations.

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A tale of two Sulawesi writers: Talent vs hard work

One was born with talent. Another had to work his way up.

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Harry Potter's Hogwarts house editions released

In conjunction with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone’s 20th anniversary, British publishing house Bloomsbury is re-releasing the book four different ways: one for each Hogwarts house.

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Chinese sci-fi novelist first Asian to win prestigious book award

Chinese sci-fi title The Three-Body Problem was first serialized in Science Fiction World magazine in 2006 and then published as a book in 2008. It was eventually translated into English and it became a literary phenomenon, winning the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2015.

8 years ago
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William Wongso’s book wins at 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

Flavors of Indonesia: William Wongso’s Culinary Wonders, a culinary book by local food expert and chef William Wongso, was named Best Book of the Year at the 2017 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

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The literary light from the east

While the focus is on eastern Indonesian writers, the festivals invited writers from other parts of Indonesia and around the world of diverse races, ethnicities, religions and languages.

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'Subtle Moments': Thriving on a zigzag life

Bruce Grant’s Subtle Moments is not a stationary list of triumphs and big names, but the restless story of recent times told by an articulate hack still gripped by the journalist’s three-letter palsy: why.

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Examining Indonesia's collective trauma

A book has collected memories of the 1965 tragedy to be passed on to the next generation.

8 years ago
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New book invites readers to explore Indonesian culture

Those who are curious about how science and Indonesian culture collide can consider reading Kode-kode Nusantara (Archipelago Codes), a book written in collaboration between culture enthusiast community Sobat Budaya and research institute for complexity Bandung Fe Institute.

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It began with an elephant

Every decent read is a unique personal experience, but it is hard, as an Indonesian having firsthand experience of the 1998 May riots, not to take Christopher Raja’s The Burning Elephant to an even more personal level.

8 years ago
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In new Millennium book, author steps out of Larsson's shadow

In the cult Millennium crime fiction series, Stieg Larsson created Lisbeth Salander as a tattooed hacker out to get revenge on her persecutors.

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Bill Clinton co-writes White House thriller

Bill Clinton might have hoped to spend this year back in the White House as America's "first gentleman," should his wife Hillary have won the 2016 election.

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New book explores revival of religious life in China

Despite its image as a predominantly secular nation, China has seen a revival of religious beliefs and practices in the decades following the Cultural Revolution, author and longtime China correspondent Ian Johnson maintains in his new book, "The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao."

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Colorful portrait of Padang's public transportation

Unique features adorning angkot public transportation in Padang, West Sumatra, have long been the talk of the town and beyond.

8 years ago
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J.K. Rowling apologizes for killing Snape in ‘Harry Potter’

Unexpectedly, “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling has apologized to fans for killing Severus Snape in the sought-after wizardry series.

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Ivanka Trump publishes women's self-help book

US First Daughter Ivanka Trump revived ethics concerns Tuesday by publishing a self-help book for working women, which was immediately criticized for offering little help to millions of Americans living outside the moneyed elite.

8 years ago
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Remembering the legacy of Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Pramoedya Ananta Toer – who died on this day, April 30, eleven years ago – did not recede into benevolent old age nor fade gently away.

8 years ago
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'Big Bad Wolf' book sale restocks 1 million new books

The Big Bad Wolf (BBW) book sale is slated to end on May 2 at midnight.

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James Patterson plans true crime book on Aaron Hernandez

Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL player and convicted murderer found hanging by a bedsheet in prison last week, will be the subject of an upcoming true crime book by best-selling author James Patterson.

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Translation more hobby than work for novelist Murakami

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, an accomplished translator as well as author of works that have been translated for readers around the world to enjoy, said Thursday translation is "almost in the realm of a hobby" for him.

8 years ago
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Saudi novelist wins prestigious prize for Arab fiction

Mohammed Hasan Alwan was awarded the International Prize for Arab Fiction on Tuesday evening in Abu Dhabi, the 10th annual winner of the prize.

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Amos Oz, David Grossman among Intl Booker Prize nominees

Two of Israel's most renowned authors and an Argentine first-time novelist are among six finalists for the Man Booker International Prize for fiction.

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Shortlist for inaugural Asian Children's Book Award is out

A new award for children's books in Asia puts a spotlight on translation.

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Sick, and sicker: Apatow has new book of comedian interviews

Judd Apatow likes nothing more than topping his own joke.

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Glory days of batik Betawi revisited

A newly launched book examines an important yet almost forgotten chapter in the story of Indonesia’s batik traditions.

8 years ago
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24-hour Big Bad Wolf book sale to return this month

The Big Bad Wolf (BBW) (www.thejakartapost.com/community/2016/05/05/should-you-bring-your-kids-to-the-big-bad-wolf-book-sale.html) book sale is set to return to the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) in BSD, South Tangerang, from April 21 to May 2.

8 years ago
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A millennial's take on 'The Handmaid's Tale'

While it was written in the 1980s, the actual events of The Handmaid’s Tale exist whenever readers imagine it to, allowing the potential of a Gilead-like world to always exist.

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The next 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' novel has a title

The fifth book in "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" series now has a title: "The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye."

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Whitehead's 'Underground Railroad' wins fiction Pulitzer

Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad," his celebrated novel about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal reality, has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

8 years ago
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Those were the days

Indonesia is a historian’s motherlode — a vein of dazzling riches.

8 years ago