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From Roy to Loewenstein: Books as witnesses to memory and power
Across personal memory, cultural history and global conflict, several books published in 2025 continue to illuminate how power shapes lives and narratives.
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‘Reflections’: A meditation on Singapore’s regional resilience
Through his collection of essays, author and professor Barry Desker shows how technocratic governance and quiet diplomacy have sustained the island state’s resilience and its enduring, often overlooked ties with Indonesia. ...
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As world burns, Amitav Ghosh writes for the future
But his recent work focuses on what he considers the most urgent concern: the accelerating unravelling of the natural world and the moral legacy left for the future. ...
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Irvine Welsh, Lindy West among 2019 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival lineup
This year, participants are coming from various countries around the globe, including Italy, Colombia, Cameroon, Thailand, Turkey, Portugal, Pakistan and more.
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'Merdeka Sejak Hati’: A Tribute to Lafran Pane
Even though the Association of Islamic Students (HMI) is the biggest student organization in Indonesia, nobody has ever truly dug deep into the story of its founder Lafran Pane. That is, until now.
6 years ago
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Ministry launches guide books for identifying protected species
The books are connected to an app run by the police’s Investigation Department (Bareskrim).
6 years ago
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Toni Morrison: Five key novels
Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, a leading figure in African-American literature, has explored slavery's enduring legacy in a poetic, raw voice that has influenced generations of writers.
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Newly discovered Proust novellas to be published in October
Fans of French literary giant Marcel Proust will soon have the chance to read nine novellas from early in his career that were only unearthed last year, the publishing house said Monday.
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‘Stealing with the Eyes’: Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
A British anthropologist recounts the imaginings and incantations he encountered during his adventures to the Tanimbar Islands in Maluku.
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Author Kirli Saunders brings her Aboriginal roots into the limelight
Native Australian culture is often lost and forgotten, but one writer wants to bring it the attention it deserves.
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Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden publishing memoir
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who fled to Russia after leaking information about the US government’s mass surveillance program, is publishing a memoir.
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Four highly anticipated follow-up novels out this fall
Here is a selection of four sequels that will make you long for back-to-school season.
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Jakarta’s literary festival to highlight Southern identity
Authors from Asia and Africa are to take center stage at the first-ever Jakarta International Literary Festival, which runs from Aug. 20 to 24.
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Malang festival promotes literacy with mobile book market
Held for the second time after it was introduced in Yogyakarta in March, the event displays over 8,000 titles; all on offer with a discount of up to 80 percent.
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Karachi vice: Pakistani cop channels police stories into gritty novels
Personal tragedy haunts the hard-boiled novels that are turning top cop Omar Shahid Hamid into one of Pakistan's most popular English-language authors.
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From ‘kecap’ to ‘rendang’: Indonesian cookbooks win Gourmand Awards
Indonesian cuisine is enjoying a spot in the limelight yet again, with three culinary books by an independent publisher, Afterhours Books, winning in the 2019 Gourmand Awards.
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Big Bad Wolf book sale heads to Yogyakarta
The Big Bad Wolf book sale will head to Yogyakarta for the first time on Aug. 2 to 12.
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‘Creepy Case Club’: Preteen horror series with Indonesian twist
Rizal Iwan’s horror series follows the adventures of three 10-year-old friends and budding detectives who discover that there's more truth to Indonesia's supernatural tales than they realized.
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Indonesian student launches antibullying comic at UN headquarters
The comic won UNICEF’s School Superhero Comic Contest in January this year.
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Remastered 'Gundala' comic books launched in Bandung
The first two remastered titles of "Gundala" comic books were launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series.
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Some insight into Ma’rufnomics
A seasoned politician from the pro-government Hanura Party has released a book called Ma'rufnomics: Indonesia's New Economy.
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Angkie Yudistia’s social approach to success
Social entrepreneur and author Angkie Yudistia redefines success in her new book.
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Metallica are publishing new illustrated children's book
The band announced on July 10 that their upcoming children's book, "The ABCs of Metallica," will be released on November 26.
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'It's about time': Transit, an indie bookstore that wants you to read more women
"We want to bring back women to the shelves," Indra said. The representation of women writers had been inadequate, he added, pointing to the Nobel Literature Prize as one glaring example.
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Rohingya refugee voices amplify across Southeast Asia
Survivor: A Rohingya’s Journey is the title of Ziaur Rahman’s autobiography, to be published later this year.
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'Filosofi Teras': Building resilience through stoic philosophy
Indonesian marketing practitioner and writer Henry Manampiring derives inspiration from the ancient Greek philosophy of stoicism to help relieve the modern ailment of anxiety.
6 years ago
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Romualdo Locatelli: His artistic voyage, from Rome to Bali
A new book on Italian artist Romualdo Locatelli reveals new traces of his artistic whereabouts.
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'You’re Crushing It!' urges you to face life with positivity
British Youtuber and author Lex Croucher aims to help young audiences achieve their personal best through her latest book, "You’re Crushing It!".
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Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2019 to feature Behrouz Boochani, Jenny Zhang
The festival's early-bird tickets are available to purchase until Aug. 2.
6 years ago
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Qatar mega-library defies boycott and woos youth
The Gulf's largest book collection, Qatar's National Library, has enhanced ties with libraries outside the region and wooed younger readers in its first year, as an anti-Doha boycott drags on.
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Feby Indirani: The importance of being honest
Indonesian journalist and author Feby Indirani, whose Italian version of her book Bukan Perawan Maria (Not Virgin Mary) was published in June, talks about her love for writing and her approach to tackling issues that are still deemed controversial in her home country.
6 years ago
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Writers try to reclaim “people” during 2019 MIWF
Dozens of writers and hipsters alike will gather, dine and chat among themselves to take on “people” as a theme for the ninth edition of the annual Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF).
6 years ago
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Judith Krantz, novelist who wrote tales of sex and shopping, dies at 91
Judith Krantz, the writer of best-selling novels such as “Scruples” and “Princess Daisy” who stoked women’s yearnings for professional success, romantic adventure and Rodeo Drive fashion, has died. She was 91.
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