Storytelling Samarasā: Awareness. Empathy. Action.

Louie Buana is an Indonesian writer from Makassar and a history researcher at the Institute for History, Leiden University. He is also a Guest Researcher at KITLV — Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. His research areas include customary law, Southeast Asian maritime networks, and colonialism. Since 2011, he has actively promoted the La Galigo epic to young generations through new media and founded the Lontara Project, a youth community dedicated to preserving the epic from South Sulawesi as a UNESCO Memory of the World. He holds an Advanced Master in European and International Human Rights Law from Leiden University, awarded in 2016, and graduated from the Colonial & Global History Program at the Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University in 2015.

Louie Buana adalah seorang penulis Indonesia dari Makassar dan peneliti sejarah di Institut untuk Sejarah, Universitas Leiden. Dia juga menjabat sebagai Peneliti Tamu di KITLV — Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. Bidang penelitiannya mencakup hukum adat, jaringan maritim Asia Tenggara, dan kolonialisme. Sejak 2011, dia secara aktif mempromosikan epos La Galigo kepada generasi muda melalui media baru dan mendirikan Lontara Project, sebuah komunitas pemuda yang didedikasikan untuk melestarikan epos dari Sulawesi Selatan sebagai UNESCO Memory of the World. Dia memiliki gelar Master Lanjutan dalam Hukum Hak Asasi Manusia Eropa dan Internasional dari Universitas Leiden, diberikan pada 2016, dan lulus dari Program Sejarah Kolonial dan Global di Fakultas Ilmu Humaniora, Universitas Leiden pada 2015.

Trinity is a leading travel writer in Indonesia, with 15 national bestselling books, including the legendary The Naked Traveler series, adapted into two feature films. Di Luar Radar: Kisah Keberagaman dari Kuburan Jakarta sampai Hutan Amazon is her latest work, blending travel writing with personal reflection and socio-cultural insight on diversity. Beyond writing, Trinity is a professional wanderer who has explored 111 countries and remains active on naked-traveler.com, Indonesia's first travel blog, running since 2005, as well as across social media as a content creator. She is frequently invited to speak at forums on creative writing, tourism, and the digital world. She holds a Master's degree in Management from the Asian Institute of Management in Manila, Philippines, and currently lives in Jakarta.

Trinity adalah penulis perjalanan terkemuka di Indonesia, dengan 15 buku bestseller nasional, termasuk seri The Naked Traveler yang legendaris, yang telah diadaptasi menjadi dua film layar lebar. Di Luar Radar: Kisah Keberagaman dari Kuburan Jakarta sampai Hutan Amazon adalah karya terbarunya yang memadukan catatan perjalanan dengan refleksi pribadi dan wawasan sosial-budaya tentang keberagaman. Selain menulis, Trinity dikenal sebagai tukang jalan-jalan profesional yang telah menjelajahi 111 negara dan tetap aktif berbagi cerita di naked-traveler.com, blog perjalanan pertama di Indonesia yang telah berjalan sejak 2005, serta di berbagai media sosial sebagai kreator konten. Ia juga kerap diundang menjadi pembicara dalam berbagai forum, membahas topik seputar penulisan kreatif, pariwisata, dan dunia digital. Ia meraih gelar Master di bidang Manajemen dari Asian Institute of Management di Manila, Filipina, dan kini tinggal di Jakarta.

Sumanto Chattopadhyay is an Indian writer known as The English Nut, who chats up words like old friends with scandalous pasts. An advertising veteran, actor and author of Stories of Words and Phrases, he was formerly Chief Creative Officer and Chairman of 82.5 Communications and Executive Creative Director, South Asia, at Ogilvy, earning honours at Cannes Lions, Clios and the One Show along the way. Since 2019, his award-winning channel The English Nut has built a following of over 150,000 subscribers with weekly videos on vocabulary, grammar and etymology. In his book, he uncovers the surprising journeys of words across history, cultures and centuries, showing that the hidden history of words can be as gripping as detective fiction and every bit as entertaining.

Sumanto Chattopadhyay adalah seorang penulis asal India yang dikenal sebagai The English Nut, yang mengajak berbincang dengan kata-kata layaknya sahabat lama dengan masa lalu yang penuh skandal. Seorang veteran periklanan, aktor, dan penulis buku Stories of Words and Phrases, ia sebelumnya menjabat sebagai Chief Creative Officer dan Chairman di 82.5 Communications serta Executive Creative Director, South Asia, di Ogilvy, dan telah meraih berbagai penghargaan di Cannes Lions, Clios, dan One Show. Sejak 2019, kanalnya yang meraih penghargaan, The English Nut, telah membangun basis pengikut lebih dari 150,000 orang melalui video mingguan tentang kosakata, tata bahasa, dan etimologi. Dalam bukunya, ia mengungkap perjalanan menakjubkan kata-kata sepanjang sejarah, budaya, dan berabad-abad, menunjukkan bahwa sejarah tersembunyi di balik kata-kata bisa sama memikatnya dengan fiksi detektif dan sama menghiburnya.

Arantza García Ferrand is a Peruvian writer, living and performing on Kaurna Yerta, South Australia. Arantza is the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam Champion, having won the national final at the Sydney Opera House. She is an organiser, co-host and designer for The Gathered Sound, a poetry collective platforming the voices and experiences of poets of colour. She was shortlisted for the Deep Creek residency in 2025, and has had her work published in Cordite Poetry Review, Pure Slush, Sweatshop, and Word Travels. She has a prose collection coming out with Pink Shorts Press in 2027.

Arantza García Ferrand adalah seorang penulis asal Peru, tinggal dan berkarya di Kaurna Yerta, Australia Selatan. Arantza adalah Juara Australian Poetry Slam 2025, setelah memenangkan final nasional di Sydney Opera House. Ia adalah penyelenggara, salah satu pembawa acara, dan desainer untuk The Gathered Sound, sebuah kolektif puisi yang menampilkan suara dan pengalaman para penyair kulit berwarna. Ia masuk dalam daftar pendek residensi Deep Creek pada 2025, dan karyanya telah diterbitkan di Cordite Poetry Review, Pure Slush, Sweatshop, dan Word Travels. Ia akan menerbitkan kumpulan prosa bersama Pink Shorts Press pada 2027.

Eva Fernandes is an Indian, Bali-based writer, poet, playwright, and spoken-word artist. Her work explores transnational identity, belonging, feminism, grief, and ultimately love. Eva is the author of the book DeColonize Your Eyes and the plays Fat Dharma, GOLD, and Gifts of Grief. Previously, she trained and worked as a journalist in the Middle East, where she published for Yahoo, The New York Times T Magazine, Kippreport, and Gulf News, among other publications.

Eva Fernandes adalah seorang penulis, penyair, penulis naskah drama, dan seniman spoken-word asal India yang berbasis di Bali. Karyanya mengeksplorasi identitas transnasional, rasa memiliki (belonging), feminisme, kedukaan, dan pada akhirnya cinta. Eva adalah penulis buku DeColonize Your Eyes serta naskah drama Fat Dharma, GOLD, dan Gifts of Grief. Sebelumnya, ia berlatih dan bekerja sebagai jurnalis di Timur Tengah, di mana tulisannya dimuat di Yahoo, The New York Times T Magazine, Kippreport, dan Gulf News, di antara publikasi lainnya.

Rachel Clarke is a British practising palliative care doctor and the author of four Sunday Times bestselling books about medicine. The most recent of these, The Story of a Heart, won the 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize. Before going to medical school, Rachel was a broadcast journalist who made current affairs documentaries on subjects such as the Iraq War and the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She continues to write regularly for the Guardian, Sunday Times, New Statesman, and Lancet, among others.

Rachel Clarke adalah seorang dokter perawatan paliatif asal Inggris yang masih aktif berpraktik dan penulis empat buku tentang dunia medis yang masuk daftar bestseller Sunday Times. Karyanya yang paling baru, The Story of a Heart, memenangkan Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025 dan masuk daftar pendek Baillie Gifford Prize 2024. Sebelum masuk sekolah kedokteran, Rachel adalah seorang jurnalis siaran yang membuat dokumenter berita terkini tentang topik-topik seperti Perang Irak dan perang saudara di Republik Demokratik Kongo. Ia terus menulis secara rutin untuk Guardian, Sunday Times, New Statesman, dan Lancet, di antara media lainnya.

Anna Carey is an Irish Book Award-winning writer. Her debut novel, The Real Rebecca, won the Senior Children's Prize at the 2011 Irish Book Awards. Our Song, her first novel for adults, was shortlisted for the Popular Fiction Prize at the same awards in 2025. Her second novel for adults, Love Scene, is out now.

Anna Carey adalah seorang penulis peraih Irish Book Award. Novel debutnya, The Real Rebecca, memenangkan Senior Children's Prize di Irish Book Awards 2011. Our Song, novel pertamanya untuk pembaca dewasa, masuk nominasi Popular Fiction Prize di ajang yang sama pada tahun 2025. Novel keduanya untuk pembaca dewasa, Love Scene, sudah terbit sekarang.