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  • Location: East Timor, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dili

Francesca

1970s: A  story of love and war set against the complex political and social landscape of 1970s Indonesia

  • Location: Java, St Mawes

Ghostwritten

WW2: A chilling and extremely moving account of what could have and probably did happen in Java during WW2 . Have a box of tissues…

  • Location: Bali

The Paradise Guest House

2000s: The story of one woman’s journey to Bali in search of love, renewal, and a place to call home

  • Location: Belitung

The Rainbow Troops

21C: A hugely popular novel in Indonesia when it first came out and a story of teachers and students from a school threatened with closure.…

  • Location: Sumatra

Jaipong Dancer

1950s: Yahyu, a young Javanese dancer, runs away from a forced marriage and becomes unwittingly involved in the violent struggle for 1950’s Sumatra’s independence from…

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A Person is a Prayer

2000s: A family’s story of migration from Kenya and India to England

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