Books Literature

Book Review: Imam Samudra’s Revenge, by Angus McIntyre

Indonesia’s struggle to create a culture of reading

Lontar Modern Indonesia Fiction Series

An investigation into the transboundary haze and the palm plantations in Indonesia

Bringing Kartini’s entire anthology of writings together for the first time reveals the depths of her pioneering influence

Poems across the Indonesian-Australian divide

Mobile libraries and writers clubs reveal a rich reading and writing culture among Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong

A writer pays homage to the women writers and intellectuals who paved the way for others

History and heritage in the Indonesian imagination

Pohlman’s study provides sensitive and powerful testimony of the impact of this violence on women and girls

Reverend Mery Kolimon, researcher and advocate working on the 1965 killings in Eastern Indonesia, has a personal connection to this piece of history

Longlisted for the prestigious Man Booker International Prize Eka Kurniawan’s novel signals the birth of a sophisticated crime noir genre in Indonesian literature

A series of illustrated books offers a visual journey through the history of Jakarta and brings back vivid memories

Conspiracy as foreign policy

Like Toer’s tetralogy before it, Semua Untuk Hindia turns Indonesia’s national history narrative on its head

Cancellations at UWRF 2015 were just the latest example of censorship in democratic Indonesia

Introduction to Man Tiger: A Novel by Eka Kurniawan

An emerging poet takes the international stage

Ongoing impunity for perpetrators continues to impact on the lives of women survivors