Unpredictability of the Journey. A conversation with Intan Paramaditha

A conversation with Intan Paramaditha

Host: Marianna Lis

Not every migration is caused by a need, nor is it unpleasant. Sometimes we decide to leave because we feel bad in our family home or simply because we need to change our surroundings. Some need to constantly be on the move to find inner peace. Intan Paramaditha tells the story of wandering, which is not due to the necessity, but a choice – not an obvious one, but a choice nonetheless. To embark on the journey, one needs self-awareness, courage and determination. Intan's novel was built in such a way as to evoke a sense of agency in readers in an engaging way. Reading it is supposed to be an adventure that can completely change the way we think about ourselves and reality. And the best part is that it is impossible to predict (either in literature or in life) how it will all end.

 Free tickets will be available for download from October 16, 2023 on the KBF:BILETY and KBF: PLUS application.

28 October, at 20:00 AST, Straszewskiego 21-22

A New Direction of Feminism in Indonesia | April 20, 2022, 7:00pm | Harvard University Asia Center | lecture by Intan Paramaditha, Author and Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney

The Wandering at Sydney Writers’ Festival: “An ingeniously crafted novel by award-winning writer Intan Paramaditha, The Wandering is a literal choose-your-own-adventure story. It explores the highs and lows of global nomadism, the politics and privileges of travel and desire, and the freedoms and limitations of the choices we make. Depending on which pages you turn to, you could become a tourist or an undocumented migrant, a mother or a murderer, as you meet many other travellers with stories to tell. Shirley Le talks with Intan about an electrifying novel that turns the traditional adventure story on its head.”

Foyles Debut Fiction: Join award-winning author Intan Paramaditha as she opens the pages of her magical, literary choose-your-own-narrative novel The Wandering—Winner of an English PEN Translates Award, and the PEN America/ Heim Translation Fund Grant.

On March 26th, Lush Book Club will present an evening on How We Tell Stories…

We’ve gathered some exciting wordsmiths to discuss all things on innovative storytelling. From choose-your-own-adventure books, to poetry, to time-hopping tales for the ages, we at Lush embrace effective storytelling and love to get ourselves lost in the escapism of it all.

Joining us on the panel will be, Naomi Ishiguro (Escape Routes), Kiran Millwood Hargrave (The Mercies) and Intan Paramaditha (The Wandering) hosted by Anna James.

In collaboration with English PEN, we are bringing together three writers challenging expectations of Asian women – and challenging the form of the novel itself.

At Perth Festival 2020 Literature and Ideas, Intan Paramaditha will be talking to Krishna Sen about her new book The Wandering. 

Workshop organized by the Feminist Research Network, University of Wollongong.

Panel: Intan Paramaditha,Clara Ng, Kirsty Logan.

https://www.englishpen.org/event/resistance-literature-as-activism/