Latest book bannings from the Attorney General's Office, revisionist history and religious pluralism.

A review of "The Indonesia Reader", an anthology of Indonesian history, culture and politics.

Purba Negoro celebrates Indonesia's national independence day.

Timdog gives Pramoedya Ananta Toer the literary parody treatment.

Spew says Indonesians are being denied much of the country's greatest literature, for political reasons.

Ross sees the young Pramoedya Ananta Toer as a bullying commissar of literature.

Disaster prone Indonesia is populated by people weak in faith, or weak in honesty, depending on your view.

In a country where literature struggles to find much of a place in the life of the people Pramoedya Ananta Toer stands out. He died today at his home in Jakarta, 9.00 am, Sunday 30th April 2006.

Hannah in Jakarta wants to know where she can buy an Indonesian language copy of Hoakiau (History of the Overseas Chinese in Indonesia) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer.