Intan Paramaditha

Intan Paramaditha is the author of the short story collection Apple and Knife (2018) and novel The Wandering (2020), which was longlisted for the Stella Prize and awarded the English PEN Translates award. Her essay, “On the Complicated Questions Around Writing About Travel,” was selected for The Best American Travel Writing 2021. She is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at Macquarie University.

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Review: Intan Paramadithaon Michelle de Kretser
  • Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser Allen & Unwin
    320pp
    Published October 2021
    ISBN: 9781761065101

At a Crossroads

Where will you go? Will you follow Lili, an Australian young woman of Asian heritage in 1980s France, or Lyle, a middle-aged man who also migrated from Asia in post-pandemic Australia?
Jul. 2022 • •

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Review: M Harper Harringtonon Intan Paramaditha
  • The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha (translated by Stephen J. Epstein) Vintage
    448pp
    Published March 2021
    ISBN: 9781784709808

Wherever You Go, There You Are

You like the idea of going back and choosing a better path, or at least a fresh one. But, as you read Intan Paramaditha’s The Wandering and make choices within it, you feel heavy with apprehension wrought from experience. Do different decisions lead to a different you?
Sep. 2021 • • •