


‘Whose Comfort?’By Professor Yonson Ahn
Body, sexuality and identities of Korean ‘Comfort Women’ and Japanese soldiers during WW11 Professor Yonson Ahn addressing attendees at the launch of ‘Whose Comfort?’ Photo: Courtesy World Scientific Publishing Company […]

‘Panembahan Reso’: First Performance of Indonesian playwright Rendra’s Anti-New Order Play in More Than Three Decades
BY JAYANTY NADA SHOFA JAKARTA GLOBE TUE, JANUARY 21, 2020 Panembahan Reso, a barely disguised exposé of New Order politics. (Photo courtesy of Ciputra Artpreneur) JAKARTA, INDONESIA – “Panembahan Reso,” […]


Malaysian author Hanna Alkaf bags Freeman Book award with ‘Weight of Our Sky’
By Anne Grace Savitha Malay Mail Friday, Jan 24, 2020 Hanna Alkaf, author of ‘The Weight of Our Sky’, speaks to Malay Mail in Kuala Lumpur February 15, 2019. — […]

Book marks 60 years of friendship between Cambodia and Indonesia
Khorn Savi The Phnom Penh Post December 19, 2019 The Indonesian Embassy on Thursday held a book launch to mark 60 years of friendship between Indonesia and Cambodia. KHORN SAVI […]

Hanoi Book Fair 2019
HANOI, Vietnam, Dec 11 – The Hanoi Book Fair welcomed some 14 publishing houses and associations from Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and the Southeast Asia Publishing Association as […]

Looking stylish and spot-on in Indonesian ‘wastra’
AUDRIE SAFIRA MAULANA THE JAKARTA POST Sun, November 17, 2019 Glamor: A mini fashion show, depicting traditional cloths worn in classical and contemporary styles inspired by the book, is staged. […]

Indonesian book ‘Beauty is a Wound’ among Literary Hub’s best translated novels of the decade
THE JAKARTA POST Sun, November 17, 2019 On a list titled “The 10 Best Translated Novels of the Decade”, Literary Hub deputy editor Emily Firetog praises Tucker’s English translation of […]

Indonesia Teen Sci-Fi Novel ‘Najima’ Tackles Heavy Issues Head-On
By NUR YASMIN JAKARTA GLOBE OCTOBER 08, 2019 Kanaya N. Ozora launched her first book ‘Najima,’ a teen sci-fi novel written in English, in Jakarta on Saturday. (JG Photo/Nur Yasmin) […]