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.
2 weeks 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.
3 weeks 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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4 years agoEight debut novelists came up against veterans Hilary Mantel and Tsitsi Dangarembga when Britain unveiled a US-dominated longlist of finalists Tuesday for its revered Booker Prize.
4 years agoFrench photographer Marius Moragues explores and chronicles Indonesia through his lens.
4 years agoGrowing up in Australia, Lee learned about her Indonesian heritage through her grandmother Margaret Thali, who came from Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
4 years agoDespite the COVID-19 pandemic and online marketplaces, bookstores still hold a special place in the hearts of bookworms.
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4 years agoHarry Potter fans started to distance themselves from the English author JK Rowling back in June, after she posted a series of controversial tweets affirming that women can only be identified by their biological sex.
4 years agoDeborah Feldman was 23 when she fled her ultra-Orthodox home in New York with her son, sparking outrage in the closed Jewish community, her dramatic story inspiring the Netflix hit "Unorthodox".
4 years agoFairy tales are a staple of childhood naptimes, but few know of their sometimes dark origins, as artist and author Lala Bohang can attest.
4 years agoBorn on March 20, 1940, in Surakarta, Central Java, Sapardi is among the most revered figures in the history of Indonesian literature.
4 years agoA book by a Jewish comedian over Sweden's collaboration with the Nazis during World War II is at the center of a legal tussle in which Swedish prosecutors are calling for it to be destroyed, but which the author sees as nothing short of an attack against democracy.
4 years agoIndonesian author Laksmi Pamuntjak shares her reading list for prolonged self-quarantine.
4 years agoBritish author William Boyd believes he has discovered the London home of James Bond, after researching the character's creator Ian Fleming and his famous books for clues.
4 years agoThe high-profile Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali has been postponed until further notice.
4 years agoA new book on Donald Trump written by his niece sold nearly a million copies on the first day it went on sale in the United States.
4 years agoThe much-anticipated 'prequel' to F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" will be published on January 5, 2021, just a few days after the classic novel enters the public domain in the United States.
4 years agoThe latest novel from “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan has been picked up for feature film presentation, with “Sex and Vanity” going to Sony Pictures just over a week after hitting store shelves.
4 years agoThe English novelist will revisit his bestselling "His Dark Materials" trilogy with a new family-friendly novella, which will arrive in bookstores on October 15 via Penguin Random House.
4 years agoA New York state judge lifted a stay on Monday that had temporarily blocked Donald Trump's niece from publishing a book offering an unflattering look at the US president and his family.
4 years agoBased around Arthur's personal book collection, the library provides a remarkable opportunity to bring literature from the global black community to a country considered a cradle of African civilization, and which was once a hub of the transatlantic slave trade.
4 years agoMany Indonesian maids often are locked inside working extra-long hours without even being fed. Some of them experience sexual abuse. Those portrayals of Indonesian domestic workers along with Asian domestic workers are neatly narrated in Karien van Ditzhuijzen’s A Yellow House.
4 years agoThe Hong Kong Book Fair has been postponed due to a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus cases in the global financial hub, the organizer said on Monday, just two days before the exhibition was due to open.
4 years agoA new initiative is turning Indonesian literature into audio plays.
4 years agoAs the audiobook market has been booming these past few years, a growing number of actors are lending their distinctive voices to the audio adaptations of our favorite books.
4 years agoReading some environmental literature – sometimes called “eco-literature” – can also give us the opportunity to think about the world around us in different ways.
4 years agoThe English author and satirist passed away in 2015, notably leaving his mark on fantasy literature with the 41 volumes of his bestselling "Discworld" series.
4 years agoFrench pornographic novelist Georges Pailler, who wrote racy titles under the pen name of Esparbec and insisted pornographic writing was an art form, has died aged 87, his publisher said Tuesday.
4 years agoDonald Trump's niece will release her unflattering book on the US president on July 14, her publisher announced Monday, after a judge lifted a temporary ban on publication.
4 years agoThe pandemic has made all but the most essential travel impossible for many aspiring travelers, but it is not author Agustinus Wibowo’s first time at the rodeo.
4 years agoThe event will provide free delivery services and vouchers, as well as feature online talk shows with authors.
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