How to Speak Planet Earth

Rebecca Higgie is an Australian writer whose debut novel, The History of Mischief, won the Fogarty Literary Award. Her short form work has won awards and been published in journals, anthologies and newspapers, including The West Australian, Westerly and The Hope Prize Anthology. She is passionate about climate, history and the intricacies of storytelling during times of crisis. Her newest novel, The Book of the After, is out in October 2026. Formerly an academic at Curtin University and Brunel University London, she holds a PhD in cultural studies and has published research on satire and politics.

Rebecca Higgie adalah seorang penulis Australia yang novel debutnya, The History of Mischief, memenangkan Fogarty Literary Award. Karya bentuk pendeknya telah memenangkan penghargaan dan diterbitkan di jurnal, antologi dan surat kabar, termasuk The West Australian, Westerly dan The Hope Prize Anthology. Dia bersemangat tentang iklim, sejarah dan seluk-beluk bercerita di masa-masa krisis. Novel terbarunya, The Book of the After, keluar pada Oktober 2026. Sebelumnya seorang akademisi di Curtin University dan Brunel University London, dia memiliki gelar PhD dalam studi budaya dan telah menerbitkan penelitian tentang satire dan politik.

Sekar Bestari is an Indonesian artist and illustrator based in Yogyakarta, working primarily on book-related projects, including book covers and children's illustrations, with a portfolio spanning the Indonesian editions of Sally Rooney's novels, Intan Paramaditha's Gentayangan, Tablo's Blonote, and Greenpeace's Climate Litigation Series for children. Her latest solo exhibition, Ritus Pasase, explores the transformation of the self through motherhood, reflecting on the labour of caregiving in a fast-paced world that rarely values it; when not in the studio, she can often be found at an independent bookshop on the north side of Yogyakarta, where she lives upstairs with her family.

Sekar Bestari adalah seorang seniman dan ilustrator asal Indonesia yang berbasis di Yogyakarta, yang berkarya terutama pada proyek-proyek terkait buku, termasuk sampul buku dan ilustrasi buku anak, dengan portofolio yang mencakup edisi bahasa Indonesia dari novel-novel karya Sally Rooney, Gentayangan karya Intan Paramaditha, Blonote karya Tablo, dan Seri Litigasi Iklim untuk anak-anak dari Greenpeace. Pameran tunggal terbarunya, Ritus Pasase, mengeksplorasi transformasi diri melalui pengalaman menjadi ibu, merefleksikan kerja pengasuhan yang kerap luput dari perhatian di tengah dunia modern yang serba cepat dan jarang menghargainya; saat tidak berada di studio, ia kerap ditemukan di sebuah toko buku independen di sisi utara Yogyakarta, tempat ia tinggal di lantai atas bersama keluarganya.

Kynan Tegar is an Indonesian storyteller from the Iban people of present-day West Kalimantan, on the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. She creates films that portray her own people through her own emic perspective, an indigenous gaze that aims to humanise and ground what it means to be indigenous. Through filmmaking, activism, and policy engagement, she aims to amplify the voices of indigenous communities, articulate the challenges they face, and explore emerging pathways in understanding what it means to be Indigenous.

Kynan Tegar adalah seorang pencerita asal Indonesia dari suku Iban di wilayah Kalimantan Barat saat ini, di bagian Indonesia dari pulau Kalimantan (Borneo). Ia membuat film yang menggambarkan masyarakatnya sendiri melalui perspektif emik miliknya sendiri, sebuah sudut pandang pribumi yang bertujuan untuk memanusiakan dan mengakarkan makna menjadi masyarakat adat. Melalui pembuatan film, aktivisme, dan keterlibatan dalam kebijakan, ia berupaya menyuarakan aspirasi komunitas-komunitas adat serta menyampaikan tantangan yang mereka hadapi, sekaligus mengeksplorasi jalan-jalan baru dalam memahami makna menjadi masyarakat adat.