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TERRA a bilingual (English, Bahasa Indonesia) anthology from Wordstorm,
the Northern Territory Writers' Festival 

TERRA is a unique and timely publication representing the best prose and
poetry from over 40 guest writers at WordStorm, the NT Writers'
Festival. It is arguably the first bilingual publication of its kind
with leading and emerging writers from the Austronesian region published
in English and Bahasa Indonesia languages. At a time when 'Terror' too
readily dominates preconceptions throughout the region, particularly
between Indonesia and Australia, this anthology offers a welcome and
illuminating exchange of themes and ideas of local and universal import.
In short, the anthology represents an outstanding selection of
contemporary literature from Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australia,
East Timor, Indonesia and Singapore. 

TERRA is published by The NT Writers Centre and KataKita Press, June
2007. Edited by Dr Sandra Thibodeaux and Sitok Srengenge, Chief
Translator: Kadek Adidharma. 

Please see below for critical praise for the anthology from various
cultural/literary commentators. 

A good anthology is a great meeting place, a wide-ranging, absorbing 
conversation. Terra is a great anthology, and the conversation is the
sort 
that could only be had in Darwin at Wordstorm. 
Peter Bishop, Australia 

This anthology assertively shows that modern literature among the
peoples of Austronesia continues to be written and continues to develop
among the advances of technology. 
Sapardi Djoko Damono, Indonesia 

Proof that post-20th century world literature is a movement from 
margin to margin ... not something that spreads out from the centre. 
Nirwan Dewanto, Indonesia 

Gathering together the voices of some of our region's best and most
engaged writers, Terra resounds with the seamless unity of a well-loved
choir. 
Stephen Kinnane, Australia 

Edgy and vibrant, TERRA ... gives us insights into the multiple aspects
of "Territory": possession, dispossession, racial, religious and
environmental conflict, personal spaces, love, fear and hope. 
Mike Ladd, Australia 

Reading each work is like plucking pearl by pearl as they blossom out of
their shell, finding them strung upon a clear thread that links
Australia, Indonesia, even the world. 
Dewi Lestari, Indonesia 

... a compelling selection of Australian and South-East Asian writing,
including many of our finest Aboriginal writers ... Terra is a great
read. 
Clare Martin, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Australia 

Terra covers both the intensely lyrical and the predictably angry, the
magical and the banal.  
Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesia 

... captures the imperatives of multiconsciousness as well as a few
genuine literary talents that have emerged from a complicated region in
the last decade. 
Laksmi Pamuntjak, Indonesia 

... the powerful works in this collection speak to me with force and
passion of matters of huge individual and political relevance to our
region: freedom, belonging, fear, insecurity, identity. 
Kirsty Sword Gusmao, Timor-Leste 

WRITERS: 
Kaye Aldenhoven, Nukila Amal, Peter Bakowski, BenEzra, Mark Bowling,
Jane Camens, Ze'sopol Caminha, Linda Christanty, MTC Cronin, Gregory
Day, Marian Devitt, Peter Docker, Nick Earls, Ali Cobby Eckermann,
Melchior dias Fernandes, Kieran Finnane, Richard J. Frankland, Pru Gell,
Dorothea Rosa Herliany, Alec Kruger, Chris Mansell, Miles Merrill, Meg
Mooney, Frank Moorhouse, Romaine Moreton, Leonie Norrington, Graham
Nunn, Alvin Pang, Helen Pavlin, Dorothy Porter, Iswadi Pratama, Leni
Shilton, Milena da Silva, Abe Barreto Soares, Sitok Srengenge, Jared
Thomas, Triyanto Triwikromo, Ayu Utami, Alana Valentine, Vonia Vieira,
Sam Wagan Watson, Sean M Whelan, Terry Whitebeach, Jacquie Williams 

 
Salam,
Ida Harsojo
Languages Consultant, Indonesian
NSW Department of Education and Training
3a Smalls Road
RYDE  NSW  2112
 
Ph: 02 9886 7640
Fax: 02 9886 7160
Email: ida.harsojo at det.nsw.edu.au
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