Press
2026
Reviews
“Reviews: Night of a Thousand Hells”, FOYLES, October 2026.
“What to read this October — Novel of the Month: Night of a Thousand Hells”, The Independent, October 2026.
“NIGHT OF A THOUSAND HELLS is a sublime, semi-mythological tale of three Indonesian sisters”, Buzz Magazine, 10 October 2026.
"Night of a Thousand Hells.", The Secret Book Review, 8 October 2026.
“Night of a Thousand Hells Intan Paramaditha Review”, BookBlast, 5 October 2026.
“NIGHT OF A THOUSAND HELLS: A Novel, Indonesia’s fascinating cultural mix made clearer than before”, Expendable Mudge Muses Aloud, 5 October 2026.
“Night of a Thousand Hells”, Shelf Awareness, 2 October 2026.
“Una casa di fantasmi, tre sorelle e tre destini da riscrivere: La notte dei mille inferi di Intan Paramaditha”, CriticaLetteraria, 28 September 2026.
“Night of a Thousand Hells”, Foreword Reviews, September/October 2026.
“Night of a Thousand Hells”, / “Night of a Thousand Hells” , Booklist, 1 August 2026.
“A gorgeous, hectic, and moving novel”, Waterstones / Hatchards, 17 May 2026.
“Resensi Buku Malam Seribu Jahanam, Kisah Perempuan-Perempuan Kelam”, Ruangguru, 26 April 2026.
“La notte dei mille inferi di Intan Paramaditha: una famiglia che gradualmente va in frantumi”, Modulazioni Temporali, 12 April 2026.
“Resensi: Menjelajahi Dongeng Gelap Malam Seribu Jahanam”, Suara Mahasiswa UI, 22 March 2026.
“La notte dei mille inferi di Intan Paramaditha”, TuttoVietnam, 2026.
Interviews and Profiles
“Sono sempre le sorellastre brutte a cominciare le rivoluzioni: l’intervista a Intan Paramaditha”, Il Libraio / add editore, 22 June 2026.
“The more Indonesian her stories are, the further they travel”, The Jakarta Post / The Weekender, 26 March 2026.
“Dua Dekade Sihir Perempuan: Dari Horor Feminis hingga Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan”, Magdalene, 4 February 2026.
“Horor, Tubuh, dan Perempuan: Dua Jam Bersama Intan Paramaditha”, Magdalene, 15 January 2026.
2025
Reviews
“Pengalaman Membacaku: Letupan Kisah-kisah Perempuan dalam Novel Malam Seribu Jahanam”, Qbukatabu, 21 June 2025.
“Review: Malam Seribu Jahanam | Intan Paramaditha”, Hati Hari Diri, 19 May 2025.
“Intan Paramaditha – Apple and Knife”, Alles over boeken en schrijvers, 4 September 2025.
2024
Reviews
“Kita Akhirnya Tiba di Malam Seribu Jahanam”, Bacapetra, 14 May 2024.
Interview and Conversations
“new ways of imagining: An Interview with Writer & Academic Intan Paramaditha”, Black Warrior Review, 15 August 2024.
“Travel, Literature & Identity with INTAN PARAMADITHA”, The Creative Process Podcast, 25 April 2024.
2023
Reviews
“Pencarian Tak Berujung di Malam Seribu Jahanam”, Omong-Omong, 27 November 2023.
“Włóż czerwone buty i podążaj własną ścieżką… Wędrówka autorstwa Intan Paramaditha”, Kulturatka, 12 May 2023.
Interviews and Conversations
“Wandering in-between: Gender, Culture, and Politics”, The Japan Foundation / YOMU, 8 December 2023.
“Unpredictability of the Journey: A Conversation with Intan Paramaditha”, Conrad Festival, 28 October 2023.
“Book Release with Intan Paramaditha: Malam Seribu Jahanam”, SEA Today News / IDWriters, 27 June 2023.
2022
“5 Must-Read Books by Southeast Asian Women,” Tatler Asia, March 7, 2022.
“8 books for you to read to celebrate International Women’s Day,” Mashable, March 4, 2022.
“12 Essential Short Story Collections by Women,” Books and Bao, February 15, 2022.
2021
“Wherever You Go, There You Are” (Review of The Wandering by M Harper Harrington), Sydney Review of Books, September 2, 2021.
“19 Fantastic Translated Works Of Fiction Every Woman In Her Twenties Should Read,” BuzzFeed, August 21, 2021.
“Choose Your Own Adventure” (Review of The Wandering by Sarah Jane Lee), Singapore Unbound, August 10, 2021.
“In a year without travel, this Indonesian author lets you choose your own adventure,” ABC News, March 24, 2021.
“Novel Intan Paramaditha Masuk Nominasi Penghargaan Buku Terbaik di Australia,” Tempo, 24 Maret, 2021.
8 Books by Asian Authors to Add to Your Reading List,” Vogue Australia, March 23, 2021.
“Stella prize 2021: finalists 'span the gamut' of human enterprise and experience,” The Guardian, March 4, 2021.
“Bagri Foundation | Change/ce open call for animation proposals,” culture360.asef.org, February, 2021.
“6 Must-Read Indonesian Novels, Stories, and Poems,” Books and Bao, February 8, 2021.
“2020: Translations from Southeast, South and West Asia,” Asian Review of Books, January 3, 2021.
2020
“Best Books Read in 2020 by Mariah Feria,” Storgy, December 24, 2020.
“2020 in Translation,” Arts Hub, December 21, 2020.
“50 Highlights from 2020,” Asian Review of Books, December 16, 2020.
“World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2020,” December 14, 2020.
Foyles Bookshop’s "Ones-of-a-kind: In which we gather the curious, unforgettable, genre-busting, interdisciplinary and all-round singular,” December 17, 2020.
“This Woman’s Work: 7 Works of Feminist Horror,” Tor Nightfire, December 9, 2020.
“Gabriela Bourke reviews The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha,” Mascara Literary Review, December 4, 2020.
“A Completely Biased List of 15 Non-English-European-Language Books (Translated into English) I’ve Read and One I Really Want to Read" - Tiffany Tsao for Liminal Magazine, November 16, 2020.
“International Festival inviting Australians to participate from comfort of own home: Kembali 2020,” Get It Magazine, November 8, 2020.
"The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha puts the reader in charge,” South China Morning Post (Post Magazine), Nov 7, 2020.
“David Byrne to Kevin Kwan: 6 Kembali Festival Programmes You Don’t Want to Miss,” Now Bali, October 26, 2020.
“A lauded Indonesian writer’s English debut and 4 more fresh horror books perfect for Halloween,” Seattle Times, October 22, 2020.
“Southeast Asian Women’s Fiction: 5 Short Reads,” Book Riot, October 5, 2020.
Bagri Foundation’s “The Bottom Drawer with Intan Paramaditha,” September 30, 2020.
“By the Book: Intan Paramaditha on The Wandering,” BFM Radio, August 11, 2020.
“Women in Translation,” Shut Up She’s Talking podcast, August 10, 2020.
“The Wandering: Intan Paramaditha in conversation with Shameem Black,” Jaipur Literary Festival Brave New World, August 7, 2020.
“13 Books by Women in Translation in 2020,” The Book Satchel, August 5, 2020.
“The Wandering: A Conversation between Stephen Epstein and Intan Paramaditha,” The Margins/ Asian American Writers’ Workshop, July 8, 2020.
“Bookmark This! Ep 15: Escape into these books,” The Strats Times, July 7, 2020.
“Indonesian travel novel a tribute to open borders,” Nikkei Asian Review, July 31, 2020.
“Watch This, Read That: 10 Books To Read If You’re Bingeing These Shows,” Huffington Post India, June 21, 2020.
“‘The Wandering’ by Intan Paramaditha,” Asian Review of Books, June 4, 2020.
Free as Demon-Magic,” Review 31, June 2020.
“Books that Changed Me: Intan Paramaditha,” Sydney Morning Herald, May 30, 2020.
“Intan Paramaditha: The Wandering” (podcast, in conversation with Shirley Le), Sydney Writers Festival, May 14, 2020.
“Boundaries and borders are reimagined with Intan Paramaditha’s genre-bending novel The Wandering,” Create NSW, May 22, 2020.
“Don the Devil’s Shoes and Pick Your Own Path,” The Straits Times, May 12, 2020.
“Author Q&A: Intan Paramaditha explores displacement, feminism and the road not taken in her choose-your-own adventure debut novel,” The Edge, May 12, 2020.
“Nine Must-Read Books in Translation,” The National Centre for Writing, May 5, 2020.
“The Wandering with Author Intan Paramaditha,” Two Book Nerds Talking, April 15, 2020.
“The Wandering: Intan Paramaditha’s Magical Red Shoes,” The Jakarta Post, April 12, 2020.
“Fairy Tales and Fiction Collide,” ABC Radio National (The Book Show), March 30, 2020.
“On a Whim and a Prayer,” International Times, March 28, 2020.
“Intan Paramaditha: The Wandering,” The Saturday Paper, March 21, 2020.
“Books Roundup: ‘Shirl,’ ‘Blueberries',’ ‘The Wandering,’ Kill Your Darlings, March 11, 2020.
“The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha review - Existential Journeys,” The Guardian, March 6, 2020.
“Intan Paramaditha: ‘We are always Haunted by the Road not Taken,” The Guardian, March 5, 2020.
“Author Q&A: Intan Paramaditha, The Wandering,” Asia House, March 5, 2020.
“Review: Intan Paramaditha, The Wandering,” Translating Women, February 12, 2020.
“Review: The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha,” Books and Bao, February 12, 2020.
“30 UK Literary highlights for the First Half of 2020,” Book Riots, January 30, 2020.
“20 Books by Asian Authors that We’re Excited About in 2020,” Asia House, January 10, 2020.
2019
“15 Anticipated Transated Books of 2020 (January-June),” Books and Bao, December 13, 2019.
“Recommending Horror in Translation,” Translated Lit, October 31, 2019.
“50 Great Stories Everyone Should Read,” penguin.co.uk, September 20, 2019.
“4 Penulis Wanita Kontemporer Terbaik di Indonesia,” Indonesia Tatler, 19 Agustus, 2019.
“11 Books You Should Read for ‘Women in Translation Month,” Huffington Post India, August 14, 2019.
“10 Spooky, Beautiful Southeast Asian Ghost Stories,” Electric Literature, June 21, 2019.
“20 Translated Short Story Collections from Around the World,” Electric Literature, May 22, 2019.
“10 Penulis Perempuan yang Buku-bukunya Menginspirasi,” Her World Indonesia, 18 Mei 2019.
“Come with us to the London Book Fair… Ian McEwan, Stefan Hertmans, Intan Paramaditha and Caryl Phillips,” Vintage Books podcast, April 21, 2019.
“Triptych,” Mekong Review, April 2019.
“Pintu ke Negeri Lain,” Tempo, 30 Maret 2019.
“Five Indonesian Writers You Should be Reading,” Books and Bao, March 27, 2019.
“Feminist Fairy Tales”: Authors Talk about Writing ‘Other Kinds of Books,’” Publishing Perspectives, March 25, 2019.
“10 Books by Brilliant Women around the World,” Red, March 6, 2019.
“7 Female Authors Taking Indonesian Literature Worldwide,” The Culture Trip, March 4, 2019.
“Intan Paramaditha’s novel wins PEN’s two prestigious grants,” The Jakarta Post, January 30, 2019.
“Novel Gentayangan Raih Penghargaan di Inggris dan Amerika,” Kompas.com, 28 Januari 2019.
“Novel Gentayangan Intan Paramaditha Raih Dua Penghargaan Penerjemahan,” detikHot, 28 Januari 2019.
“Read Women in 2019: Vintage Classic and New Female Authors.” Vintage, 16 January, 2019.
“2018’s Noteworthy Moments: Writer of the Year,” idwriters.com, January 1, 2019.
2018
“Books of the Year,” The White Review, December 2018.
“Apples and Knife by Intan Paramaditha review: Uneven Horror Stories,” Irish Times, December 22, 2018.
“BBJ Gelar Bincang Karya Nh. Dini: Pada Sebuah Novel,” Kompas, 12 Desember 2018.
“Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha, Translated by Stephen J. Epstein,” Strange Horizons, December 10, 2018.
“Review: Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha,” Books and Bao, December 4, 2018.
“2019 PEN/ Heim Translation Fund Grants,” PEN America, November 2018.
“Kumcer ‘Apple and Knife’ Intan Paramaditha Segera Terbit di Inggris,” detikHot, 30 November 2018.
“Tampil di HKILF, Intan Paramaditha Bicara soal Horor dan perempuan,” detikHot, 1 November 2018.
“Apple and Knife, Feminism, and Horror.” BFM Radio Malaysia, October 24, 2018.
“Writers Revealed for Indonesia Market Focus 2019,” British Council, October 25, 2018.
“Coffee Time with Intan Paramaditha, PPI Australia, October 7, 2018.
“Intan Paramaditha Unjuk Gigi di Singapore Writers Festival 2018,” detikHot, 16 September 2018.
“Reading Indonesia: 30 Books that will help you understand the Southeast Asian giant,” The Jakarta Globe, September 6, 2018.
“Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha,” WritingNSW, August 15, 2018.
“Behind the Scenes: Making of the Apple and Knife cover,” The Lifted Brow, July 24, 2018.
“10 Short Story Collections about Women,” Book Riot, July 10, 2018.
“Review: Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha,” ArtsHub, May 28, 2018.
“Australia’s taste for translated literature is getting broader and that’s a good thing,” The Conversation, May 22, 2018.
“Lika-liku Sang Penulis,” Kompas, 6 Mei, 2018.
“Apple and Knife: A Riot of Unruly Women.” Emily Bitto, The Monthly, May 4, 2018.
“Lisa Bennett reviews Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha,” Lisa Bennett, Australian Book Review, May 2018.
“Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha and Ponti by Sharlene Teo,” The Australian, April 28, 2018.
“Kisah Intan Paramaditha Berjuang Menerbitkan Buku di Luar Negeri,” Kompas.com, 20 April 2018.
“Intan Paramaditha’s short stories subvert the white fairytales of our childhood,” SBS, 19 April, 2018.
“Intan’s Books Signed by UK Publisher,” The Jakarta Post, March 24, 2018.
“‘Fierce and Unconventional’ Intan Paramaditha Signs UK, Commonwealth Book Deals,” The Jakarta Globe, March 23, 2018.
“Dua Karya Intan Paramaditha akan Diterbitkan Harvill Secker,” Tempo.co, 22 Maret 2018.
“Fiction Review: Apple and Knife,” The Sydney Morning Herald, March 21, 2018.
“Harvill Secker two-book deal for Indonesian author Intan Paramaditha,” bookbrunch.co.uk, 21 March 2018.
“Apple and Knife Rights Sold to Harvill Secker,” Brow Books, March 21, 2018
“Indonesian writer’s ‘fierce and unconventional’ fiction to Harvill,” The Bookseller, March 21, 2018
“Apple and Knife, Intan Paramaditha.” The Saturday Paper, Edition No. 194 MARCH 3 – 9, 2018.
“Disobedient Women,” Mekong Review, Feb 8, 2018.
“Bertualang Lewat “Gentayangan Karya Intan Paramaditha,” Balairung Press, 21 Januari 2018.
“Teater Garasi Launches New Studio in Yogyakarta with Week-Long Mini Festival,” The Jakarta Globe, 18 January 2018.
“New York, Cewek Bandel, dan Dongeng,” Majalah TEMPO, Liputan Khusus, 14-21 Januari 2018.
“Iblis Romantis dan Sepatu Merah,” Majalah TEMPO, Liputan Khusus, 14-21 Januari 2018.
“Gentayangan Takes Readers on Adventures to Question Identity and Belonging,” The Jakarta Globe, January 8, 2018.
“Perjalanan Perempuan Terkutuk yang Kosmopolit,” Jurnal Ruang, 26 Januari 2018.
“Ini Dia 10 Penulis Indonesia yang Bersinar,” detikHOT, 3 Januari, 2018.