Collaboration Event between INABBY and Balige Writers Festival (BWF),25-28 July 2024 INABBY and KPBA (Kelompok Pencinta Bacaan)/SACL (Society for the Advancement for Children’s Literature) were invited to the Balige Writers Festival, a festival for writers, readers, and the community. The festival was held in Balige, the capital city of Toba, North Sumatra and aims to encourage a reading of Toba and its surroundings. The
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Recently event of KPBA went very well. It was done on August, 10 and 11th – 2024 which received positive comments by the participants and even by the speakers themselves as no institutions ever done this before.Several scenes can be enjoyed here.
A happy meeting with colleagues of Children’s books supporters. (Pic 1-4).Meeting with children anywhere and everywhere is always the best part of life (p 5). After the presentation (pic 6) Dr Murti Bunanta exchanged her work with a prominent novelist, Nestor Rico Tambunan (pic 7). . Balige Writers Festival mungkin masih berupa sebuah “tunas” saat ini, semoga akan berkembang menjadi sebuah “pohon rimbun yang
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The First Floating Hospital Library in Indonesia and perhaps in the world. Initiated by Kelompok Pencinta Bacaan Anak (KPBA -Society for the Advancement of Children’s Literature).The handover of books, July 18th 2024 by representatives of KPBA to the representatives of Floating Hospital dr Lie A Dharmawan to dr Ghereetha Sihalolo and Mr Patrick, Corporate Relations. . Kejutan bulan Juli. KPBA selalu terdepan dan pertama.
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Murti Bunanta and Valentina Kris Utami will be heading to North Sumatra for Balige Writers Festival 25 -28 July, 2024, giving lectures on writing folktales. . Tahun 2024 ini KPBA banyak mendapat kesempatan untuk diundang bekerjasama. Setelah melaksanakan kegiatan bersama antara lain dengan Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia dalam menyelenggarakan Kompetisi Mendongeng di Era Digital, kini kerjasama dengan Balige Writers Festival akan berlangsung 25 – 28
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This advice was brought up by Murti Bunanta when she was invited to be one of the speakers at a Webinar, May 11th 2024, organized by The Education University in Bandung in collaboration with Seameo, Seameo Qitep, Seameo Ceccep, Hiski, and Tridaya Group. KPBA is invited to be part of this collaboration as KPBA is considered to have many experiences in conducting Storytelling Events
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Sharing her knowledge on writing folktales and her experiences working with reputable local and international publishers.
IBBY Indonesia Artificial Intelligence and Young TalentsIn collaboration with Kelompok Pencinta Bacaan Anak (KPBA), IBBY Indonesia (INABBY) organised a series of webinars and seminars during the second half of 2023. Some interesting topics of the webinar include Artificial Intelligence and Young Talents. Artificial Intelligence has been a popular discussion topic among experts and journalists, including children’s book writers and illustrators, in Indonesia. On 26
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As usual KPBA and INABBY webinar went well. Webinar #32 gave many new insights to the participants.Dr Murti Bunanta showed some her works of early readers to give insights how shaping a good stories for kindergartners (pic 2,3). Also she showed her newest book published in Singapore (pic 4,5).Three other speakers: Dr Ida Farida Sachmadi, Nicke Yunita Muharram M.A and Jessica Florencia, medical doctor
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A visit to a special school in Bali , December 4th 2023. The Children showed a good response and participated in all programs: making storytelling devices, with KPBA representatives Dwi Julyanti, Murti Bunanta, storytelling sessions with Margaret Read MacDonald (pic 8 , 9 – Fat Cat was handed over to the head master afterwards) and Made Taro and Gde Tarmada.They also astonished us with
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