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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1 month agoThe platform, which includes photographs, archives and a list of Pramoedya’s works, marks the centennial commemoration of his life and legacy.
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6 years ago"America is built on the idea that everyone matters. We may forget that those ideals still exist. This book is a reminder."
6 years agoIn town for the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, Irvine Welsh told AFP the world right now "is a terrible place to be a citizen in but it's a great place to be a writer in".
6 years agoThe author of a novel critical of President Xi Jinping’s slogan touting the Chinese Dream said he has been barred from speaking at the main venue of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival.
6 years agoNicolas Mathieu scooped France's top Goncourt literary prize on Wednesday for his second novel, a coming-of-age tale set against a backdrop of industrial decline and teenage lust.
6 years agoThe festival aimed to raise a habit of writing among Indonesians.
6 years agoThe American writer Alice McDermott's novel "The Ninth Hour" was awarded France's Prix Femina for the best foreign novel of the year on Monday.
6 years agoThe Ekspedisi 28 Gunung (28-mountain expedition) project and all forms of documentation such as texts, pictures and videos from it are currently being incorporated into a book that is planned to be published early next year.
6 years agoFlip Da Skrip is an in-depth look into the last 10 years of hip-hop that is as insightful as it is personal.
6 years agoA career in academia and literature offered poet Sapardi Djoko Damono a lifelong learning experience.
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6 years agoA historian digs deep into the horrors of Indonesia’s communist purge that took place in the 1960s in the East Java province.
6 years agoPanel discussions and performances on Saturday and Sunday have shown that the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has gradually transformed into a multidisciplinary art event.
6 years agoElizabeth Gilbert chatted to "The Jakarta Post" on her life, happiness and white privilege.
6 years agoWhether venturing into a new medium or tackling contentious issues in their writings to enrich and stimulate their minds, these writers and artists are always eager to explore the unknown.
6 years agoThe English version of Nayla by Djenar Maesa Ayu and a silent comic, Gugug! by Mohammad “Emte” Taufiq, were launched at the 2018 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) in Ubud, Bali, on Thursday.
6 years agoThe festival also got political with several discussions taking on serious tones, raising issues from human rights to religion.
6 years agoSapardi is the third writer to be honored with the award after the late Sitor Situmorang and NH Dini.
6 years agoKim Scott reflects modestly on his journey — from teaching in remote communities in Australia to becoming, perhaps, the country’s most critically acclaimed novelist.
6 years agoJapanese novelist Haruki Murakami's latest effort has split U.S. critics upon its release this month in English translation, with some praising the novel's breadth and surrealism while others write it off as an unfocused "disappointment."
6 years agoAuthor Anna Burns on Tuesday became the first Northern Irish writer, and the first woman since 2013, to win Britain's renowned Man Booker Prize for her novel "Milkman".
6 years agoStephen Hawking's final work, which tackles issues from the existence of God to the potential for time travel, was launched on Monday.
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6 years agoThirty years after her iconic debut novel, Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga is back with a final look at her heroine's harrowing journey through the Mugabe years, hoping to spark debate about violence against women in her country.
6 years agoThe upcoming Ubud Writers and Readers Festival will enter its 15th edition this year, bringing more than 150 speakers from 25 countries to Bali.
6 years agoPublisher Gramedia’s first Readers Fest promotes reading in one of the least literate countries in the world.
6 years ago"I think the answer to ‘what can I do?’ can be found in challenging the injustices you see closest to home."
6 years agoJendi, a comic book released on digital comic platform CIAYO Comics for the 2018 Asian Para Games, follows the story of disabled swimmer Jendi.
6 years agoFrustrated with children's stories of passive princesses and damsels in distress, two Italian women crowdfunded their way into publishing history with a record-breaking book of inspirational tales for girls.
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