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The knack: Jesse Q. Sutanto has a knack for writing stories brimming with humor, but her greatest strength is her versatility. (Courtesy of Donny Wu)

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Jesse Q. Sutanto returns with cozy murder mystery

Slowly but surely building a reputation as one of the most prolific and versatile writers in the industry, Jesse Q. Sutanto’s new book Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers will be released on March 14.

2 years ago

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'Mountains More Ancient' sheds light on Indonesian slavery in South Africa

Author Isna Marifa discusses her time with the Cape Malay people and how it influenced her novel Mountains More Ancient. ...

2 years ago

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Understanding the impact of Pramoedya’s 'Buru Quartet'

Leading Australian expert on Indonesia Max Lane recounts late Indonesian literary giant Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s role in inspiring the downfall of former president Soeharto’s New Order regime through his Buru Quartet tetralogy ...

2 years ago

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Participants dressed as characters such as elves, dwarves, goblins and orcs from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel 'The Hobbit' re-enact the 'Battle of Five Armies' in a forest near the town of Doksy, Czech Republic, June 16, 2018.

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Hobbit's five armies clash in Czech forest

Hundreds of fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit reenacted the Battle of the Five Armies in a Czech forest.

7 years ago

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Dag Nikolaus Hasse: Tracing Islamic legacy during the Renaissance

The tug-of-war between Islamophobes and Islamic ideologists in Europe was a source of intrigue for German professor Dag Nikolaus Hasse and an inspiration for his research.

7 years ago

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Paris open-air booksellers seek UNESCO status

After baguettes and bistros, second-hand booksellers along the banks of the Seine River in Paris are pushing to be recognized as one of the world's cultural treasures on UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage".

7 years ago

An exhibition titled "Namaku Pram: Catatan dan Arsip" (My Name is Pram: Notes and Archives), referring to the name Pramoedya, as he was commonly known by, was held at Dia.Lo.Gue in Kemang, South Jakarta.

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Squabbling over 'Bumi Manusia' film shows low literacy

The problematic plan to adapt the famous novel Bumi Manusia (Earth of Mankind) into a film and the ensuing arguments actually show how low Indonesians’ literacy can drop.

7 years ago

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Next 'Game of Thrones' book top priority, blogs Martin

Although George R.R. Martin has not confirmed any publishing date, the author has stated that he is working on the next entry in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

7 years ago

Photo released on Twitter by the German Government’s spokesman Steffen Seibert on June 9, 2018 and taken by the German government's photographer Jesco Denzel shows US President Donald Trump (R) talking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and surrounded by other G7 leaders during a meeting of the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. The photo went viral, popping up all over social media, sometimes in its original form sometimes altered for humorous or satirical ends.

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Merkel-Trump G7 face-off photo headed for history books

A photo posted by the German government showing a determined Angela Merkel standing up to an intransigent Donald Trump appears destined for the history books, summing up the fractures left by a deeply divisive G7 summit.

7 years ago

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Shamsie’s ‘Home Fire’ wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

Shamsie’s seventh book is no stranger to awards. Last year, it was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

7 years ago

Writer and poet Beni Satryo writes about his daily with such ease that when it comes across as comedic — and it often does — it feels earned and personal.

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Beni Satryo: Play with words, with sprinkles of dry humor

Writer and poet Beni Satryo writes about his daily with such ease that when it comes across as comedic — and it often does — it feels earned and personal.

7 years ago

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Book Review: ‘Salvage the Bones’, a great read about a broken family

Jesmyn Ward introduces us to a poor family living in Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, in the course of 12 days before and after the devastating hurricane Katrina.

7 years ago

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Hefei opens 24-hour bookstore for foreign experts

A 24-hour bookstore in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, opened the country's first book house for foreign talents on Wednesday, as the inland city enhanced its efforts to further open up.

7 years ago

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Unravelling Kartini's story and thoughts

Kartini is more than just a one-dimensional figure. Her story and legacy deserve to be celebrated every day, not just once a year.

7 years ago

The cover of "Library of Heaven's Path" by Heng Sao Tian Ya.

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Web writers net big money in China

Wider use of smartphones and faster internet connectivity are major drivers of online reading.

7 years ago

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Marriages in India: The changing dynamics

American journalist Elizabeth Flock’s first book, Love and Marriage in Mumbai, is a powerful nonfiction narrative on three marriages in a modern India that is undergoing massive social change.

7 years ago

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'Whisper/ROAR': A culmination of 25 years in fashion

The glamorous world of fashion is inseparable from the life of designer Sebastian Gunawan. Likewise, Sebastian has been a constant fixture on the Indonesian fashion scene.

7 years ago

'Kartini Blue Bird: The Spirit of Emak-Emak' is part of the Kartini Blue Bird (KBB) program, which aims to empower women.

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‘Kartini Blue Bird: The Spirit of Emak-Emak’ puts drivers' wives in spotlight

Taxi company Blue Bird Group launched Kartini Blue Bird: The Spirit of Emak-Emak on May 11.

7 years ago

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Goodbye, Columbus: A look into the dwindling world of rare books

No one can predict which genres or authors will trend in the near future, but keep in mind that for a book to be collectible and or rare it does not necessarily have to be old.

7 years ago

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Book Review: 'Social Creature', a deathly tale in the Instagram age

The book might seem like a hybrid of Gossip Girl and Gone Girl at glance, but Burton makes the story work on every level.

7 years ago

The novel by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Jennifer Croft, won the £50,000 (57,000 euros, $67,000) prize after coming top of a shortlist of six titles.

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Polish novelist wins Man Booker International Prize

An English translation of Polish novel "Flights", which interweaves narratives of travel with explorations of the human body, was on Tuesday named as the winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize.

7 years ago

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Harry Potter casts new spell over Bloomsbury book sales

Harry Potter special editions helped Bloomsbury’s revenue to its highest level since 2007, when the last of the original books came out, lifting the publisher’s shares to a 10-year high.

7 years ago

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Endang Moerdopo: Her journey as a dancer and storyteller

Aceh has become a source of inspiration for this author.

7 years ago

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Pos Indonesia encourages book donations via postal service

Up to 25,580 books have been distributed through post offices to taman baca masyarakat (community libraries) across the country as of April this year.

7 years ago

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Books and millennials: Do we still read for leisure?

Millennials are often stereotyped as a generation glued to their screens. Are books still relevant to this generation?

7 years ago

Dark moments: Scars from the racially tinged unrest are presented in Chinese Whispers, an online graphic novel by Rani Pramesti and illustrated by Cindy Saja.

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'Chinese Whispers': In search of identity in tragedy, history

While Chinese Whispers is primarily an account of Rani’s childhood in the days leading up to the riots, it also discusses the political and social context of the racial tensions, which had started during Dutch occupation.

7 years ago

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Laksmi Pamuntjak's passion for all things culinary

The Birdwoman’s Palate, the English translation to Laksmi’s novel Aruna & Lidahnya ( 2014 ), was published in January this year.

7 years ago

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Herlina Markus: Last guardian of Bandung's legendary comic store

Despite her children’s repeated requests to shut down her Maranatha comic store in Bandung, West Java, Herlina Markus is staying true to her heart, patiently waiting for comic book lovers to discover the legendary wayang comic books that propelled the place to popularity in the 1960s.

7 years ago

In incorporating various themes, namely child abuse, racism, immigration, arranged marriage and bullying, 'We Come Apart' is an emotional roller coaster in the form of a verse book.

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Book Review: ‘We Come Apart’, friendship in the unlikeliest of situations

In incorporating various themes, namely child abuse, racism, immigration, arranged marriage and bullying, We Come Apart is an emotional roller coaster in the form of a verse book.

7 years ago

Siauw Giok Tjhan: Bicultural Leader in Emerging Indonesia is a book by Siauw Tiong Djin

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Footsteps in the sand of an emerging nation

As head of the Consultative Body for Indonesian Citizenship (Baperki), a leftist organization whose members were largely Chinese Indonesians, Tjhan was suspected of supporting the G30S.

7 years ago

Collective memoir: The book is a collection of voluntary narrations by 73 writers from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds about the ethnic Chinese community in Indonesia.

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Collective memoir highlights Indonesia's ethnic Chinese issues

The book is a collection of voluntary narrations by 73 writers from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds about the ethnic Chinese community in Indonesia.

7 years ago

Our show: The Jakarta Post managing editor M. Taufiqurrahman (left), journalist and author Pallavi Aiyar (center) and British Council director Paul Smith talk at Writers’ Series 2018: The Story of Us at Upper Room, Jakarta, on Saturday.

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Writers' Series discusses storytelling with a human side

This year, the theme was “The Story of Us”, and each speaker discussed his or her own stories on a number of different topics.

7 years ago

Astro Boy was serialized in Japan from 1952 to 1968 centered around an android with human emotions who is sold to a robot circus but saved from servitude by a professor who creates a robotic family for him.

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Japanese manga strip fetches record price at Paris auction

A rare series of sketches of Japanese manga artist Osamu Tezuka's robot character Astro Boy sold for a record 269,400 euros in an auction in Paris Saturday.

7 years ago

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