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Intan Paramaditha: London Book Fair and related events
Intan Paramaditha: London Book Fair and related events

Intan Paramaditha will participate in the London Book Fair Indonesia Market Focus Programme (March 12-14, 2019) and speak at various events in the UK.

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Intan ParamadithaMarch 2, 2019
Bongkar: Siasat Feminis dalam Seni dan Budaya di Indonesia
Bongkar: Siasat Feminis dalam Seni dan Budaya di Indonesia

Intan Paramaditha | Magdalene, 27 Februari 2019 | Terlepas dari dominasi patriarki di ranah seni dan budaya, perempuan terus bersiasat.

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Intan ParamadithaFebruary 28, 2019
Intan Paramaditha’s novel wins PEN’s two prestigious grants 
Intan Paramaditha’s novel wins PEN’s two prestigious grants 

The Jakarta Post: Intan’s 2017 adventure novel Gentayangan: Pilih Sendiri Petualangan Sepatu Merahmu (The Wandering: Choose Your Own Red Shoes Adventure) won the PEN Translates Award and Heim Translation Fund Grant from PEN America.

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Intan ParamadithaJanuary 31, 2019Media Coverage
"Mother, Monster"
"Mother, Monster"

An essay published in Oh Comely Magazine: “My mother had gone to another space before, and had returned as another woman.”

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Intan ParamadithaJanuary 29, 2019essay
The White Review Books of the Year
The White Review Books of the Year

Apple and Knife is included in The White Review 2018 Books of the Year.

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Intan ParamadithaDecember 30, 2018Media Coverage
PERIOD: Kelas Kritik Sastra dan Film 2018
PERIOD: Kelas Kritik Sastra dan Film 2018

PERIOD WORKSHOP -Kelas Kritik Sastra dan Film: Jakarta, 17-18, 2018. Bersama Melani Budianta dan Lisabona Rahman.

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Intan ParamadithaDecember 19, 2018Period
Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha, translated by Stephen J. Epstein
Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha, translated by Stephen J. Epstein

STRANGE HORIZONS, Rachel Hill - With sexy monsters and the monstrously sexy, these stories map the ranges of female desire, rage and transformation. So be warned: here be empowered monsters. And they are hungry.

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Intan ParamadithaDecember 12, 2018Apple and Knife
Rewriting the Female Narrative
Rewriting the Female Narrative

CHINA DAILY - A strong contingent of women is leading the pack of writers featured in the newest edition of Hong Kong International Literary Festival which opens today.

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Intan ParamadithaNovember 3, 2018Media Coverage
Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan Cipta Media Ekspresi
Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan Cipta Media Ekspresi

Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan digagas bagi pekerja seni budaya maupun periset tentang seni budaya yang memiliki ide potensial untuk menambah pengetahuan perempuan yang disampaikan dalam seleksi hibah Cipta Media Ekspresi 2018.

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Intan ParamadithaOctober 19, 2018Cipta Media Ekspresi
Hong Kong International Literary Festival & Singapore Writers Festival
Hong Kong International Literary Festival & Singapore Writers Festival

Schedule: Hong Kong International Literary Festival and Singapore Writers Festival, November 2018.

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Intan ParamadithaSeptember 28, 2018
Apple and Knife: A Riot of Unruly Women
Apple and Knife: A Riot of Unruly Women

THE MONTHLY, Emily Bitto - “The stories in Apple and Knife are raw, fun, excessive, and told with a wink, but they are underlaid with an unsettling awareness of the common fate of ‘disobedient women’.”

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Intan ParamadithaMay 6, 2018Apple and Knife
The New Wave: Emerging Female Writers Push the Boundaries
The New Wave: Emerging Female Writers Push the Boundaries

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD - …They are the creations of emerging women writers whose provocative stories and styles are pushing the boundaries of what contemporary literature can be and do.

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Intan ParamadithaMay 5, 2018Media Coverage
Dark, Feminist Tales Puncture Asian Pieties
Dark, Feminist Tales Puncture Asian Pieties

THE AUSTRALIAN - Described as “two of Southeast Asia’s most exciting literary talents”, Paramaditha and Teo have both created darkly funny, deeply feminist books that savagely skewer the conservatism and hypocrisies of their respective societies.

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Intan ParamadithaApril 29, 2018Media Coverage
Pengumuman Penerima Hibah Cipta Media Ekspresi
Pengumuman Penerima Hibah Cipta Media Ekspresi

Penerima hibah 3,5 milyar Cipta Media Ekspresi diumumkan pada tanggal 21 April, 2018.

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Intan ParamadithaApril 22, 2018Cipta Media Ekspresi
Two-book deal with Harvill Secker
Two-book deal with Harvill Secker

Harvill Secker has acquired two “fierce and unconventional” books from Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha. It will publish feminist short story collection Apple and Knife in spring 2019 and The Wandering, a novel about displacement where the reader chooses their own narrative path, in 2020.

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Intan ParamadithaApril 1, 2018Apple and Knife, Media Coverage
Apple and Knife Sydney Book Launch
Apple and Knife Sydney Book Launch

Sydney launch of Apple and Knife at Better Read than Dead.

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Intan ParamadithaMarch 25, 2018
New Zealand Festival Writers and Readers 2018
New Zealand Festival Writers and Readers 2018

New Zealand Festival Writers and Readers, March 8-11, 2018.

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Intan ParamadithaMarch 12, 2018
APPLE AND KNIFE New Zealand Book Launch
APPLE AND KNIFE New Zealand Book Launch

Apple and Knife book launch at New Zealand Writers and Readers Festival.

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Intan ParamadithaMarch 10, 2018Apple and Knife
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TORINO 

La notte dei mille inferi book tour part 3:

Tuesday 3 June @ Libreria Nora book & coffee, 18.00

@norabookecoffee book & coffee is a café and bookstore specializing in gender studies, feminism and queer culture, located in Tu
CIVITELLA RANIERI
Writing Fellow, June–July 2026 · Umbertide, Umbria

Since June 15 I have been in residence at Civitella Ranieri as a Writing Fellow.

On my very first evening, I gave a brief presentation together with a remarkable grou
CHIERI & IVREA, LA GRANDE INVASIONE

La notte dei mille inferi book tour series. Part 2:

Sunday 31 May, Biblioteca Civica Nicolò e Paola Francone, Chieri 

Monday 1 June, Cortile del Museo Garda, Ivrea

Many thanks to @grandeinvasione for
NAPOLI - La notte dei mille inferi book tour series. Part 1:

Thursday 28 May at Libreria Tamu @libreriatamu 
Friday 29 May @ Università di Napoli L’Orientale

The book tour began with Naples.

Thursday 28 May: At Libreria Tamu, in conve
New article about La notte dei mille inferi on Il Librario, by author Giusi Marchetta @palagiuk (22 June 2026). Very delighted to have a conversation with her in Turin before my book talk at Libreria Nora. 🖤

In this piece we talked about the fairy-
My Italian book tour for La notte dei mille inferi has concluded, with stops in Naples, Chieri, Ivrea, Turin, and Rome. In the upcoming weeks I will post more on these events and the conversations that unfolded along the way.

Thank you to @add_edito
BOOK TOUR

La notte dei mille inferi (Malam Seribu Jahanam) book tour in Italy:

Giovedì 28 maggio | Napoli @ Libreria Tamu, ore 18.00 con Francesca Bellino e Antonia Soriente

Venerdì 29 maggio | Napoli @ Università di Napoli L&
I have been awarded a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year.

I will be at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute when my novel Night of a Thousand Hells comes out in October. 

And I am brewing something new.

@radcliffe.instit
#latepost Detikcom menerbitkan beberapa artikel berdasarkan diskusi tentang dua dekade perjalanan tulisan saya. Di antaranya adalah tentang bagaimana fiksi menjadi cara merawat pemikiran feminis, juga tentang proses riset di balik tulisan.

Dalam dis
Tokyo-Jin published a feature on Asian women writers reshaping world literature, and I am honoured to be featured alongside Arundhati Roy, Bora Chung, Yang Shuang-zi, Hao Jingfang, and Geetanjali Shree. The article was written by literary critic Kura
#latepost @magdaleneid menulis tentang dua dekade Sihir Perempuan yang bertepatan dengan terbitnya Apple and Knife, bagian dari Vintage Classics Weird Girls. Artikel ini juga menyinggung Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan (@pemikiranperempuan) dan kerja kol
Kabar baik: novel Malam Seribu Jahanam sudah cetak ulang lagi—kali ini cetakan ke-6. Terima kasih kepada para pembaca yang terus mendiskusikan dan merekomendasikan buku ini.

Kabar baik lainnya: versi bahasa Italia Malam Seribu Jahanam, La nott
#latepost Launch of Apple and Knife as part of Vintage Classics’ Weird Girls series, in conversation with Tiffany Tsao. December 4th, 2025, @betterreadbookshop, Sydney.

Apple and Knife was first published in Australia by Brow Books before it w
Revolusi selalu dimulai oleh saudara tiri buruk rupa • Revolution always begins with ugly stepsisters • #repost @add_editore Cosa succede quando una persona che pensavi di conoscere prende una strada che non comprendi? 

Annisa, la pi&ugrav

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