Representation in the Publishing Industry

Siang Lu is an Australian author and the writer of Ghost Cities and the award-winning novel The Whitewash, which won Audiobook of the Year at the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards and the Glendower Award for an Emerging Writer at the Queensland Literary Awards. In 2023, Siang was recognized as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Asian-Australians at the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. He has also contributed to film and television projects for Singapore's Beach House Pictures and Malaysia's Astro network.

Siang Lu adalah pengarang asal Australia yang menulis buku Ghost Cities dan The Whitewash, novel yang memenangkan penghargaan Audiobook of the Year di Australian Book Industry Awards pada tahun 2023 dan membawanya memenangkan Glendower Award for an Emerging Writer di Queensland Literary Awards. Pada tahun 2023, Siang diakui sebagai salah satu Top 40 Under 40 Asian-Australian di Asian-Australian Leadership Awards. Ia juga mengambil peran dalam proyek-proyek film dan televisi untuk Beach House Pictures di Singapura dan jaringan Astro di Malaysia.

Anton Kurnia is an Indonesian author, literary translator, and editor. Kurnia writes short stories, novels, essays, narrative nonfiction, and travelogues. He also serves as the Chairman of the Literature Committee at the Jakarta Arts Council and the Director of the Jakarta International Literary Festival (JILF). His short story collection, Nostalgia from 2023, was selected as one of the best fiction books of the year by Tempo magazine. Earlier this year, he was invited as a writer-in-residence in Dilsberg by the UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg. He has translated books by James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, and Salman Rushdie into Indonesian, among others. With extensive experience in the book publishing world, he served as a member of the National Book Committee (2016-2019).

Anton Kurnia adalah seorang penulis, penerjemah sastra, dan editor asal Indonesia. Kurnia menulis cerita pendek, novel, esai, narasi nonfiksi, dan catatan perjalanan. Ia juga menjabat sebagai Ketua Komite Sastra di Dewan Kesenian Jakarta (DKJ) dan Direktur Jakarta International Literary Festival (JILF). Kumpulan cerpen karyanya yang terbit tahun 2023, Nostalgia, terpilih sebagai salah satu buku fiksi terbaik tahun ini oleh Majalah Tempo. Awal tahun ini, ia juga diundang sebagai penulis residensi di Dilsberg oleh UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg. Ia telah menerjemahkan karya banyak penulis ke dalam bahasa Indonesia, di antaranya buku-buku karya James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, dan Salman Rushdie. Dengan pengalaman yang luas di dunia penerbitan buku, ia menjabat sebagai anggota Komite Buku Nasional untuk periode 2016-2019.

Aneeta Sundararaj is an acclaimed short story writer and the founder of the website How to Tell a Great Story. Her bestselling novel, The Age of Smiling Secrets, was nominated for the Book Award 2020 by the National Library of Malaysia. In 2021, Aneeta completed her doctoral thesis titled Management of Prosperity Among Artistes in Malaysia.

Aneeta Sundararaj adalah seorang penulis cerita pendek yang diakui dan pendiri situs web How to Tell a Great Story. Novel terlarisnya, The Age of Smiling Secrets, dinominasikan untuk Book Award 2020 oleh Perpustakaan Nasional Malaysia. Pada tahun 2021, Aneeta menyelesaikan disertasi doktoralnya yang berjudul Management of Prosperity Among Artistes in Malaysia.

Pamela Allen is an Australian Adjunct Professor of Indonesian Language and Literature at the University of Tasmania. She has translated and published a wide range of literary genres from Indonesian to English, including short stories, novels, and poetry. She is the English translator of Ayu Utami’s award-winning novel Saman. Pamela regularly interprets and translates for the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali and has served as a translator and editor for the Lontar Foundation in Jakarta for many years. In 2018, she won First Prize in the Literary Prose Translation Competition organized by Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA).

Pamela Allen adalah Adjunct Professor Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia di Universitas Tasmania. Ia telah menerjemahkan dan menerbitkan berbagai genre sastra dari bahasa Indonesia ke bahasa Inggris, termasuk cerpen, novel, dan puisi. Ia adalah penerjemah bahasa Inggris untuk novel pemenang penghargaan karya Ayu Utami, Saman. Pamela jua rutin menjadi interpreter dan penerjemah bagi Ubud Writers & Readers Festival di Bali dan pernah menjabat sebagai penerjemah serta editor untuk Yayasan Lontar di Jakarta selama bertahun-tahun. Pada tahun 2018, ia memenangkan Hadiah Utama dalam Literary Prose Translation Competition yang diselenggarakan oleh Australian Association for Literary Translation (AALITRA).