Stories from the Cities

Posted: Thursday Feb 15, 2024

Recent Dunedin titles featured at Jakarta Content Week 2023

Dunedin City of Literature was happy to tangibly connect with our friends in Jakarta City of Literature during Jakarta Content Week (JakTent) from 8 to 12 November 2023. This was an opportunity to shine a light on our wonderful writers and establish meaningful connections between writers, publishers, and readers in both cities.

We purchased a selection of recently published titles to send for display, allowing Jakarta's publishers, literary agents, booksellers, writers, and readers to explore their richness and diversity and encourage potential future partnerships, translations, co-editions and rights sales. After JakTent, the books were donated to public libraries in Jakarta, ensuring that our literary contribution remains accessible to a wider audience.

We were grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with JakTent 2023 and for their generosity in showcasing our titles on the literary stage in Jakarta, putting the books in front of tens of thousands of attendees and celebrating the literary bond between our two cities.