Events

9 October 2024

Literaturhaus, Zurich, 19.30pm: Reading and a conversation with Writer-in-Residence Laksmi Pamuntjak (moderator: Pablo Assandri)

21 May 2024

Kurator Bicara/Curator Talks: Dari Rumah ke Rumah: Keseharian dalam Karya Mustafa Pamuntjak/From One House to Another: Everyday Lives in the Works of Mustafa Pamuntjak: Yayasan Museum Arsitektur Indonesia in collaboration with Universitas Pembangunan Jaya

15 December 2022

Symposium: Narratives, Archives, Knowledge Transfer: Making History Accessible: Laksmi Pamuntjak on Germany and Indonesia

30 October 2022

Ubud Writers’ Festival: Book Launch and Discussion: "Pressure and Pleasure: Anthology of Contemporary Writing on the work of Agus Suwage", with Laksmi Pamuntjak, Eka Kurniawan and Mahfud Ichwan

29 October 2022

Ubud Writers’ Festival: Love Bites: Poetry, Macarons and Sparkling Wine, with Laksmi Pamuntjak, Afra Atiq, Dr. Ravi Shankar, Preeta Samarasan and Faye Olayo

28 October 2022

Galeri Salihara: Opening of "Pameran 100 Tahun Chairil Anwar: Aku Berkisar Antara Mereka", co-curated by Laksmi Pamuntjak and Cecil Mariani

16 October 2022

Pusat Dokumentasi Sastra H.B. Jassin: A Conversation with Laksmi Pamuntjak on curating the literary exhibition Pameran 100 Tahun Chairil Anwar: Aku Berkisar Antara Mereka

12 May 2021

Coming Home (Podcast): Laksmi speaks to Leila S. Chudori, the host of Coming Home Podcast, on Kitab Kawin (The Book of Mating), her latest short story collection on women in relationships

23 October 2020

LAYAR Talk Show (YouTube): Laksmi speaks to Leila S. Chudori, the host of LAYAR, about the Netflix series Midnight Diner

27 September 2020

Book Talks for Non-Book People

19 September 2020

Makassar International Literary Festival

19 September 2020

Kino Talk

12 September 2020

Kekasih Musim Gugur Virtual Book Launch (Jakarta)

17 August 2020

Kekasih Musim Gugur Launch Press Conference (Jakarta)

4 December 2019

Fall Baby Indonesian Book Launch (Jakarta)

30 November 2019

BooksActually Meet and Greet (Singapore)

29 November 2019

Joint Book Launches (Singapore): Laksmi launches Fall Baby, the sequel to her debut novel, "Amba/The Question of Red" and her first novel in English, with fellow Penguin Random House SEA authors Elaine Chiew and Tunku Halim

19 November 2019

Keynote Speech (Canberra)

18 November 2019

Fall Baby Australian Book Launch (Sydney)

18 November 2019

EVENT BRITE: UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY: "Fall Baby": An exclusive book launch with Laksmi Pamuntjak

18 November 2019

Writing Masterclass (Sydney)

25 October 2019

Fall Baby Book Launch (Bali) at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Laksmi launches her novel "Fall Baby" at the UWRF 2019

25 October 2019

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Laksmi and Chef Bara Pattiradjawane in conversation about food and childhood memories in “Aruna dan Lidahnya: Memories of a Childhood”

13 March 2019

London Book Far 2019

13 March 2019

London Book Fair 2019

13 March 2019

London Book Fair 2019

12 March 2019

London Book Fair 2019

24 February 2019

Author/Tale Teller on Board: Silversea’s World Luxury Cruise (Bali-Tokyo)

17 February 2019

Author/Tale Teller on Board: Silversea’s World Luxury Cruise (Bali-Tokyo)

10 February 2019

Berlinale International Film Festival (Berlin)

10 February 2019

Berlinale International Film Festival (Berlin)

23 January 2019

Indonesian Heritage Series Lecture (Jakarta)

6 January 2019

Berlinale International Film Festival (Berlin)

12 October 2018

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Book recommendations on human rights and ARTE Special Panel on Human Rights

11 October 2018

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: "The Intimate Act of Editing: Laksmi Pamuntjak on Working with her International Editors"

9 October 2018

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Global Illustration Awards

9 October 2018

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: “Women Writers of Asia Pacific” panel

9 October 2018

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: “Female Writing in Asia Pacific” panel

10 September 2018

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin (ilb): "Art of Transcribing Food into Writing"

9 September 2018

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin 2018 (ilb): Laksmi reads from her stories and poems with Eliot Weinberger and Karen Connely at Le Bar

9 September 2018

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin (ilb): Laksmi presents her novel, "Herbstkind", at the ilb

27 August 2018

Panel Discussion: “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta)

17 August 2018

Talk Show: “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta)

8 August 2018

Press Conference: Official Launch, “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta):

2 August 2018

Talk Show and Book Signing: “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta)

25 April 2018

“Temu Sastra” series Book Discussion (Berlin)

1 February 2018

The Times Literary Festival 2018 (Bangalore)

26 January 2018

Literary Discussion: Litprom-Literaturtage: Story and History: A Feminist Perspective (Frankfurt)

25 January 2018

Panel Discussion: Litprom-Literaturtage (Frankfurt)

23 November 2017

Georgetown Literary Festival 2017 (Penang)

16 August 2017

Keynote Speech: University of Oxford (UK)

21 May 2017

Lecture: Leiden Asia Year 2017 (Leiden, the Netherlands)

10 May 2017

Faroe Islands: Tower at the End of the World Lit Festival

10 May 2017

Tower at the End of the World Lit Festival (Toershavn, Faroe Islands)

22 March 2017

Talk Show: Leipzig Book Fair 2017

21 October 2016

Award Ceremony: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

21 October 2016

One-on-One Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

20 October 2016

One on-on-Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

19 October 2016

Discussion and Reading: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

19 October 2016

Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

3 October 2016

Writers’ Residency: OMI Writers Residency (Ghent, Upstate NY)

30 September 2016

One-on-One Discussion: Odessa International Literary Festival 2016 (Ukraine)

28 September 2016

Panel Discussion: Odessa International Literary Festival 2016 (Ukraine)

25 May 2016

Talk Show: Storydrive International Literature Conference 2016 (Beijing)

14 December 2015

Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB) (Berlin)

30 October 2015

Discussion Panel: Singapore Literary Festival 2015

19 October 2015

Lecture and Reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Erfurt, Germany)

18 October 2015

Lecture and Reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Bielefeld)

17 October 2015

Das Blaue Sofa Interview: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

16 October 2015

Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

15 October 2015

Panel Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

15 October 2015

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Heidelberg)

14 October 2015

Live Interview: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

13 October 2015

Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

12 October 2015

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Duesseldorf)

11 October 2015

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Bonn)

10 October 2015

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Bad Berleburg)

9 October 2015

Lecture and Reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Göttingen)

8 October 2015

Lecture and Reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Berlin)

4 October 2015

Panel discussion: Winternachten Festival Writers Series 2015 (The Hague, the Netherlands)

2 October 2015

Book Launch (The Netherlands): Read My World International Literary Festival 2015 (Amsterdam)

2 October 2015

Poetry reading: Read My World International Literary Festival 2015 (Amsterdam)

30 September 2015

Joint Keynote Speech: Read My World International Literary Festival 2015 (Amsterdam)

30 September 2015

Workshop: Read My World International Literary Festival 2015 (Amsterdam)

24 September 2015

Official Release (Germany)

12 September 2015

Discussion: Hamburg Harbourfront Literary Festival 2015 (Hamburg)

11 September 2015

Book Presentation: Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin (ilb) 2015 (Berlin)

11 March 2015

Lectures and Reading: Leipzig Literary Festival 2015 (Leipzig)

6 March 2015

Panel Discussion and Reading: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (London)

22 December 2014

Live Interview: Net.TV

18 December 2014

Live Interview: Cosmopolitan FM (98.5 FM) (Jakarta)

29 November 2014

Talk Show: Kemang Art and Coffee Festival 2014 (Jakarta)

27 November 2014

Book Launch (Bandung): Universitas Padjajaran (Bandung)

19 November 2014

Hay Literary Festival 2014 (Dhaka)

12 November 2014

Press Conference, Book Launch and Special Dinner (Jakarta): “Aruna dan Lidahnya”

6 April 2014

Public Lecture: "The Politics of Memory" in Indonesia (New York)

12 March 2014

Culinary Festival: Fatahillah Food Festival, curated by Laksmi Pamuntjak and Hana Makarim (Jakarta)

18 November 2013

Reading and discussion: "The Question of Red" (Jakarta)

12 October 2013

Soft Launch: Ubud Writers and Readers Festiva (UWRF) 2013: "The Question of Red" (Ubud, Bali)

4 June 2013

Book Launch: London Literature Festival 2013

22 October 2012

Discussion: "Amba: Sebuah Novel" (Bandung)

11 October 2012

Book Launch: "Amba: Sebuah Novel" (Jakarta)

30 June 2012

Reading: Poetry Parnassus 2012: International Poetry Fair: In Celebration of "Asia Literary Review" (London)

29 June 2012

Book Presentation: Poetry Parnassus 2012: "Not a Muse" (London)

26 June 2012

Poetry Parnassus 2012 (London)

13 December 2011

Product Endorsement: Moleskine “Great Minds” series (Jakarta)

24 August 2011

Struga International Poetry Festival 2011 (Macedonia)

19 May 2010

Award Committee Meeting: Prince Claus Award Committee (Amsterdam)

30 September 2009

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2010 (Ubud/Bali)

17 August 2009

Book Launch & JGFG Food Festival: "Jakarta Good Food Guide 2009-2010 (Revised, 2nd Edition)" (Jakarta)

9 July 2009

"Drunken Boat" Launch (New York)

12 June 2009

Discussion: Indian Cultural Centre (Jakarta)

26 May 2009

Award Committee Meeting: Prince Claus Award Committee (Amsterdam)

19 May 2009

Keynote Speech: "National Awakening Day (Hari Kebangkitan Nasional)" 2009 (Jakarta)

22 April 2009

Collaborative Performance: "IMME", Text-Music-Dance performance (Jakarta)

7 March 2009

Book Launch: Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2009: "Not a Muse: The Inner Lives of Women: A World Poetry Anthology" (Hong Kong)

14 December 2008

Winternachten Literary Festival 2008 (The Hague)

1 December 2008

Prince Claus Award Annual Ceremony 2008 (Amsterdam)

17 October 2008

Guest Author: "Writing for the Future" Festival (Delhi, India)

14 May 2008

Guest Author: Wordstorm International Literary Festival 2008 (Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia)

24 April 2008

Guest Author: National Poetry Festival (Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia)

25 March 2008

Book Launch: The "Jakarta Good Food Guide 2008-2009" (Jakarta)

24 November 2007

Producer: National Museum of Singapore: “Tony Prabowo in Concert” and “5 Pieces” (Singapore)

30 September 2007

Guest author: Wordfest International Literary Festival 2007 (Banff, Calgary, Canada)

31 May 2007

Guest author: Byron Bay International Literary Festival 2007 (Byron Bay, NSW, Australia)

28 February 2007

Guest author: Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2007 (Hong Kong)

9 January 2007

Guest author: Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival 2007 (Kuala Lumpur)

31 October 2006

Writer’s Residency: International Writers Program, University of Iowa

30 September 2006

Guest author: Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2006 (Ubud, Bali)

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Literaturhaus, Zurich, 19.30pm: Reading and a conversation with Writer-in-Residence Laksmi Pamuntjak (moderator: Pablo Assandri)

Kurator Bicara/Curator Talks: Dari Rumah ke Rumah: Keseharian dalam Karya Mustafa Pamuntjak/From One House to Another: Everyday Lives in the Works of Mustafa Pamuntjak: Yayasan Museum Arsitektur Indonesia in collaboration with Universitas Pembangunan Jaya

Symposium: Narratives, Archives, Knowledge Transfer: Making History Accessible: Laksmi Pamuntjak on Germany and Indonesia

Ubud Writers’ Festival: Book Launch and Discussion: "Pressure and Pleasure: Anthology of Contemporary Writing on the work of Agus Suwage", with Laksmi Pamuntjak, Eka Kurniawan and Mahfud Ichwan

Ubud Writers’ Festival: Love Bites: Poetry, Macarons and Sparkling Wine, with Laksmi Pamuntjak, Afra Atiq, Dr. Ravi Shankar, Preeta Samarasan and Faye Olayo

Galeri Salihara: Opening of "Pameran 100 Tahun Chairil Anwar: Aku Berkisar Antara Mereka", co-curated by Laksmi Pamuntjak and Cecil Mariani

Pusat Dokumentasi Sastra H.B. Jassin: A Conversation with Laksmi Pamuntjak on curating the literary exhibition Pameran 100 Tahun Chairil Anwar: Aku Berkisar Antara Mereka

Coming Home (Podcast): Laksmi speaks to Leila S. Chudori, the host of Coming Home Podcast, on Kitab Kawin (The Book of Mating), her latest short story collection on women in relationships

LAYAR Talk Show (YouTube): Laksmi speaks to Leila S. Chudori, the host of LAYAR, about the Netflix series Midnight Diner

Book Talks for Non-Book People

Makassar International Literary Festival

Kino Talk

Kekasih Musim Gugur Virtual Book Launch (Jakarta)

Kekasih Musim Gugur Launch Press Conference (Jakarta)

Fall Baby Indonesian Book Launch (Jakarta)

BooksActually Meet and Greet (Singapore)

Joint Book Launches (Singapore): Laksmi launches Fall Baby, the sequel to her debut novel, "Amba/The Question of Red" and her first novel in English, with fellow Penguin Random House SEA authors Elaine Chiew and Tunku Halim

Keynote Speech (Canberra)

Fall Baby Australian Book Launch (Sydney)

EVENT BRITE: UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY: "Fall Baby": An exclusive book launch with Laksmi Pamuntjak

Writing Masterclass (Sydney)

Fall Baby Book Launch (Bali) at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Laksmi launches her novel "Fall Baby" at the UWRF 2019

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Laksmi and Chef Bara Pattiradjawane in conversation about food and childhood memories in “Aruna dan Lidahnya: Memories of a Childhood”

London Book Far 2019

London Book Fair 2019

London Book Fair 2019

London Book Fair 2019

Author/Tale Teller on Board: Silversea’s World Luxury Cruise (Bali-Tokyo)

Author/Tale Teller on Board: Silversea’s World Luxury Cruise (Bali-Tokyo)

Berlinale International Film Festival (Berlin)

Berlinale International Film Festival (Berlin)

Indonesian Heritage Series Lecture (Jakarta)

Berlinale International Film Festival (Berlin)

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Book recommendations on human rights and ARTE Special Panel on Human Rights

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: "The Intimate Act of Editing: Laksmi Pamuntjak on Working with her International Editors"

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Global Illustration Awards

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: “Women Writers of Asia Pacific” panel

Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: “Female Writing in Asia Pacific” panel

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin (ilb): "Art of Transcribing Food into Writing"

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin 2018 (ilb): Laksmi reads from her stories and poems with Eliot Weinberger and Karen Connely at Le Bar

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin (ilb): Laksmi presents her novel, "Herbstkind", at the ilb

Panel Discussion: “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta)

Talk Show: “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta)

Press Conference: Official Launch, “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta):

Talk Show and Book Signing: “Aruna dan Lidahnya: The Movie” (Jakarta)

“Temu Sastra” series Book Discussion (Berlin)

The Times Literary Festival 2018 (Bangalore)

Literary Discussion: Litprom-Literaturtage: Story and History: A Feminist Perspective (Frankfurt)

Panel Discussion: Litprom-Literaturtage (Frankfurt)

Georgetown Literary Festival 2017 (Penang)

Keynote Speech: University of Oxford (UK)

Lecture: Leiden Asia Year 2017 (Leiden, the Netherlands)

Faroe Islands: Tower at the End of the World Lit Festival

Tower at the End of the World Lit Festival (Toershavn, Faroe Islands)

Talk Show: Leipzig Book Fair 2017

Award Ceremony: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

One-on-One Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

One on-on-Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

Discussion and Reading: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 (Frankfurt)

Writers’ Residency: OMI Writers Residency (Ghent, Upstate NY)

One-on-One Discussion: Odessa International Literary Festival 2016 (Ukraine)

Panel Discussion: Odessa International Literary Festival 2016 (Ukraine)

Talk Show: Storydrive International Literature Conference 2016 (Beijing)

Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB) (Berlin)

Discussion Panel: Singapore Literary Festival 2015

Lecture and Reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Erfurt, Germany)

Lecture and Reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Bielefeld)

Das Blaue Sofa Interview: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

Panel Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Heidelberg)

Live Interview: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

Discussion: Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 (Frankfurt)

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Duesseldorf)

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Bonn)

Lecture and reading: "Alle Farben Rot" German Book Tour 2015 (Bad Berleburg)