Culinary Delight in Fiction
Fiction and food are bound physically and culturally. While the former is seen through how the characters in fiction consume...
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Juggling Life and Staying Fit in Bali
We’re living the dream, right? Who wouldn’t be happy living in the nature of this gorgeous island? And everywhere you...
Maintaining the Melodies of History
Malang can mean “hapless” which is unfortunate as the East Java city is green, cool at 444 metres, rich in...
The Last Wild Men of Borneo: Fantastic Visions in the Realm of the Imagination
Carl Hoffman’s The Last Wild Men of Borneo consists of the stories of two very different men who had practically...
1001 Books for Indonesian Children
Since 2002, 1001buku Foundation has been campaigning to provide equal access to books for Indonesian children. While technology and Internet...
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...
Lempad, a Timeless Balinese Master
Thirty six years after his death at the age of 116, the first complete presentation of the works of I...
Indonesia Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation
And explore Indonesia with a very keen eye and widening mind is what Elizabeth Pisani (EP) did for just over...
Vivienne Kruger: Balinese Food
Vivienne Kruger first visited Bali on a week-long overland trip from Jakarta in 1993. For five years, starting in 1999,...
Meet Bernard Harrison
Bernard is the zoologist who ran the Singapore Zoological Gardens and Jurong Bird Park, also starting the world’s first Night...
Meet David Metcalf
Meet David Metcalf, aka Dayak Dave, a photographer and author whose passion for Indonesia gives back to the people he...
Confessions of a Former Smoker
For the past 25 years, cigarettes have been a loyal friend. Camels, Luckies and Marlboros (and the occasional Djarum Super)...
Jakarta 100 Years Ago
Through the window of early photography, Scott Merrillees has brought the long lost world of Jakarta back to life in...
Meet Ian Burnet
Ian Burnet, a former geologist and avid historian, spoke to us about his recently published book Spice Islands. Spice Islands...