Top 10 Recent Books on Indonesia
Who reads books anymore? Let alone magazines crammed with undisclosed and unreadable advertorials generated by ChatGPT. With global stupidity soaring...
Book Reviews
Into the Wild Skies: Matt Dearden’s High-Flying Journey Behind Flying from Shangri-La
Matt Dearden’s journey from computer programmer to bush pilot in Papua is the kind of story that grabs you by...
Book Review: ‘The Glass Islands: A Year in Lombok’ by Mark Heyward
‘The Glass Islands: A Year in Lombok’ – Published by Monsoon Books (2023) Mark Heyward, in his book The Glass...
Culinary Delight in Fiction
Fiction and food are bound physically and culturally. While the former is seen through how the characters in fiction consume...
Book Review: Revitalising Bahasa Indonesia Abroad
Bahasa Indonesia has a great opportunity to be one of the world’s main languages following Indonesia’s large population and abundant...
Literature Instils Values in Students
In commemorating the Sanctity Day of Pancasila, students may wonder whether the state’s foundational ideology remains relevant to day-to-day life...
Bali 50 – Years of Changes
Having the “right” friendship is sensational. Some might come and go, while others can continue flourishing into meaningful unions. Speaking...
Book Review: The Bard, the Bad and the Ugly
Kenneth Yeung reviews a poet’s prosaic recollection of expat life in Jakarta. In 2013, a 53-year-old, divorced New Zealand man...
Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages, by Ian Burnet
The title caught my eye immediately: Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages, Tales of Singapore and an East Borneo River. The cover,...
Intercultural Communication Key to Global Understanding
BOOK REVIEW “Cultures and Communication” An Indonesian Scholar’s Perspective. In an increasingly globalised world, how people interact across cultures have...
Looking into University Press in Indonesia
The crucial role of the university press in disseminating knowledge, research and academic works to the public has been indubitable....
Literary Postmodern Perspective in ?Will Badrul Mustafa Never Die??
“Will Badrul Mustafa Never Die? Verse from the Front” comprises a series of poetry that incorporates various traditions into modern literary...
Movie Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
*WARNING! THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Spaceship battles? Check. Exploding planets? Check. Lightsaber duels plus dramatic screaming? Check and check. Is...
Rockefeller and the Demise of Ibu Pertiwi
It was towards the end of my tour at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta when, in 1969, West Papua became...
Jamie James and The Glamour of Strangeness
Jamie James’ book “The Glamour of Strangeness” is a global survey of exotes, artists and writers who “roam the world...
Recruit To Revolution
John Coast was 31 when he flew to Bukittinggi in 1948. His life’s journey until that point had been one...
Mama Says Relax
OK, I’ll admit it; I’ve been on a bit of a Will Meyrick-athon of late. He’s a busy guy, so...
Jalan Jalan – A Novel of Indonesia
Mike Stoner Tuttle Publishing 2016 ISBN 978-0-8048-4629-5 The dozen or so books about Indonesia that I’ve reviewed, most for these...
A Brief History of Indonesia
A Brief History of Indonesia by Tim Hannigan pub. Tuttle 2015 pp.288 ISBN 978-0-8048-4476-5 (pbk) ISBN 978-0-4629-1716-7(ebook) The sub-title is far...
Jakarta Jive, Bali Blues
Living through interesting times and recording them as an observer, albeit with a strong attachment, offers a value not only...
What do you pack?
Roberto Di Marco was born and grew up in Rome, Italy. He attended a liceo in Rome, earning degrees in philosophy, psychology,...