1965 under the spotlight at Ubud Writers Festival 2015

I'm very excited to be involved, together with Kate McGregor, in organising a series of panels at UWRF 2015 sponsored by the Herb Feith Foundation to mark the 50th anniversary of the mass violence in Indonesia. Speakers include Putu Oka Sukanta, Ayu Utami, Mery Kolimon, Baskara Wardaya and a group from Taman 65 in Bali.

For full details check out the festival program.


At the festival we will also be launching three books in the Herb Feith Translation Series, 'Translating Accounts of the 1965-66 Mass Violence in Indonesia', and opening the photographic exhibition 'Survivors of 1965', with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR): Bar Luna @Casa Luna, 27 October 2015, 6pm.

Linking people: Connections and encounters between Australians and Indonesians

With my co-editor Antje Missbach and more than a dozen contributors, Linking people shines a spotlight on the people to people relationships and connections between Australians and Indonesians, some good and some challenging and difficult.

For more information about the book visit our publisher's website.

Review, 'Riding the rollercoaster', Duncan Graham, Jakarta Post, 27 July 2015

Prabowo's rise

I've taken an interest in Prabowo Subianto, head of the Gerindra political party and former senior military figure, for some time now. Here are a couple of pieces I've written on him that might be of interest.

'US backflip on Modi ban a fillip for Prabowo', Jakarta Post, 23 May 2014

'The myth and making of a political dynasty', Election Watch Indonesia, 4 July 2014

'Where’s Prabowo?', Indonesia at Melbourne Blog, 24 July 2015