COVID-19 has forced many Balinese to return to their ancestral lands to farm or fish in order to survive. But well before the pandemic, many young people had found a …
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Deborah Cassrels is The Australian newspaper’s first Bali-based correspondent. She covered events throughout Indonesia for a decade from 2009, from refugees, politics, the Bali Nine drug gang and the executions …
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Meet the men who made Bali romantic. Wayan Jengki Sunarta weaves poetic works of art; Tan Lioe Ie is the first poet in Indonesia to use symbolic Chinese images in …
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Meet ‘The Banana Lady’, Dr Fenny Dwivany, whose research on post-harvest technology has received numerous international awards. Listed as one of Indonesia’s Most Inspiring Women, her observation that the quality …
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The Guardian called Intan Paramaditha’s debut novel The Wandering an “ingenious choose-your-own-adventure challenge, [which is] at least five books in one.” Originally published in Indonesian as Gentayangan and translated into …
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Want to join Indonesia’s leading art foundation, the team behind the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Southeast Asia’s leading literature and art Festival? We are currently recruiting for a Program …
Want to join Indonesia’s leading art foundation, the team behind the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Ubud Food Festival and Ubud Artisan Market? We are currently recruiting for a Digital …
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