Books Literature

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

Saskia Wieringa’s latest novel brings to life a dark period in Indonesia’s past

An extract from Chapter One of the The Crocodile Hole

Indonesian novels about 1965 reach back to the Mahabharata to find hope and resignation 

Lontar Publishing’s John McGlynn speaks with Petia Dimitrova about the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 at which Indonesia is the Guest of Honour nation and about the challenges of publishing Indonesian literature in translation

Translations of Indonesian literature offer insights into both the universality and particularity of Indonesian culture and society

Nils Bubandt brings an exciting new approach to the study of Indonesia's politics

Julia Byl’s ethnographic study reveals a musical tradition formed by its interactions with other cultures and musical influences  

Arguably Indonesia's finest living writer of fiction, Putu Wijaya reflects on Indonesia's nationhood in his short story, 'Freedom'.

Popular forms of writing in public reveal the richness of Balinese revitalisation

The world of lontar will likely continue side by side with the new technologies of our digital age

Reincarnations of works by the great Indonesian comic artists challenge manga’s dominance

The story of Indonesian literature is a fragmenting journey from national myth to bewildering multiplication

'Fragrant literature' is giving way to a diversity of literary voices and identities

Young Indonesians are leading trends in Indonesian writing and publishing