Dewi Anggraeni

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Indonesia Dewi Anggraeni is a lecturer of Japanese Studies, at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia. Her study interests include literature and postcolonial studies. She is also a doctoral candidate at the Japanese-Chinese Language and Literature Programme, Graduate School of Social…

Ari J. Adipurwawidjana

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Indonesia Ari J. Adipurwawidjana is a lecturer at Padjajaran University (Unpad). His research focuses on issues of race, gender, and postcolonial studies. He is a member of the Asian Shakespeare Association (ASA), International Shakespeare Association (ISA), Postcolonial Studies Association…

Warsan Weedhsan

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Somalia Warsan Weedhsan is a writer and co-director of the writer’s collective, Archipelago. She focuses on women empowerment in Indonesia. Her writings aim to uncover social and cultural problems faced by marginalized peoples, and to support women in the fight against discrimination.

Wan Nor Azriq

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Malaysia Wan Nor Azriq is a novelist, born in Alor Setar Kedah, Malaysia. His first novel, D.U.B.L.I.N., won the Malaysian Institution of Books and Translation-BH-PENA Literary Prize (2014). His works are Boneka Rusia Guido, Di Kala Bulan Bermain Biola, Astronomi Bilik Mainan, Mana Dadu…

Titiso Kour-Ara

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Timor-Leste Titiso Kour-Ara is an artist and poet from Timor-Leste. He is the founder of Lantava, a community festival intended to provide a space for the exchange of ideas through performing arts. His latest works include a poetry collection entitled Divercity: A Poetry Collection: on peace,…

Sandra A. Mushi

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Tanzania Sandra Alkaruwa Mushi is an interior designer and founder of Creative Studios Limited. Her writings focus on women’s issues. Two of her works include The Rhythm of My Rhyme (poetry) and Stains On My Khanga (short story and poetry collection). At the 2017 Women Advancing Africa forum, she…

Rio Johan

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Indonesia Rio Johan is a writer born in Baturaja, South Sumatera; his short story collection, Aksara Amananunna (2014), was chosen as the Buku Prosa Pilihan Tempo (Tempo’s Choice for Prose) in 2014. He also won the 2018 Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa for his novel Ibu Susu (2017) in the First and…

Raudal Tanjung Banua

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Indonesia Raudal Tanjung Banua is a West Sumatra-born writer, now living in Yogyakarta. His most recent works include Kota-kota Kecil yang Diangan dan Kujumpai (2019) and Cerita-cerita Kecil yang Sedih dan Menakjubkan (2020). He was awarded the Kompas Best Short Story Award (Anugerah Cerpen…

Michael Pronko

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         US-Japan Michael Pronko is a Professor of American Literature from Meiji Gakuin University. He has published five novels in the Detective Hiroshi series, winning several awards, as well as three short essay books on life in Tokyo. He actively writes about Japanese culture, the arts, community,…

Margareta Astaman

Long headline to turn your visitors into users         Indonesia Margareta Astaman is a student of journalism at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is a writer who has mastery over English, French, Mandarin, and Indonesian. A few of her published works include After Orchard (2010), Excuse Moi (2011), and Stalking Indonesia (2014).