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31 October 2025 | 11:30 - 12:30
Indus Restaurant

After assessing 647 submissions from across Indonesia, the 2025 Emerging Writers Program selected 10 authors to be published in the annual bilingual Anthology for the Festival. This year it is titled Stories from the Islands, and celebrates the vibrancy and multiplicity of Indonesia today. The program represents a long-standing and invaluable opportunity for emerging writers to have their work translated into English, opening otherwise closed doors to international opportunities. Join this lively conversation led by moderator Debra H. Yatim and hear from featured writer Annisa Ivana about what inspired her to pick up the pen, alongside one of the program’s curators Ratih Kumala, and its publisher, Vice President of Penguin SEA Nora Nazerene Abu Bakar.

Setelah menyeleksi 647 naskah dari seluruh Indonesia, Program Emerging Writers 2025 memilih 10 penulis untuk diterbitkan dalam Antologi dwibahasa tahunan Festival. Tahun ini, antologi tersebut berjudul Stories from the Islands dan merayakan semarak serta keberagaman Indonesia masa kini. Program ini merupakan kesempatan berharga yang telah lama dijalankan bagi penulis pemula untuk karyanya diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Inggris, membuka peluang internasional yang sebelumnya tertutup. Bergabunglah dalam diskusi seru yang dipandu moderator Debra H. Yatim, dan dengarkan penulis unggulan Annisa Ivana menceritakan inspirasi di balik pilihannya untuk menulis, bersama salah satu kurator program, Ratih Kumala, serta penerbitnya, Wakil Presiden Penguin SEA, Nora Nazerene Abu Bakar.

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