Become a Friend of the Festival

The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival is offering you the opportunity to be a part of one of South-East Asia's most dynamic literary gatherings that is contributing to intercultural dialogue between the great minds of Asia and the rest of the world.

Since 2004, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has been bringing together world-renowned writers, journalists, literary agents, artists and publishers from across the region in a dynamic meeting of minds.

As well as promoting Bali as an important cultural and artistic centre, the Festival also aims to foster a love of literature amongst young Indonesians.

The Festival relies on the generosity of individuals and corporations to keep it going from year to year. Please join us in supporting our exciting event by becoming a Friend of the Festival.

Friends receive a wide range of benefits:
• receive the Festival brochure first
• exclusive Friends preferential booking period
• hear about updates to Festival programme events [when email address is provided]
• receive email news and special offers
• receive a friends tshirt

Special ticket prices:
• for Festival events [limit two per Friend]

Invites to exclusive events at special prices:
• Gala Festival Opening at the Ubud Palace
• Exclusive writers dinners during the Festival

The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival will be holding literary lunches, dinners and gatherings throughout the year. Friends will receive a special discounted price for these events.

Tri Hita Karana is the theme of the Fifth International Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and translates as our relationship between God, Humanity and Nature. Invited international guests include acclaimed Indian author, Vikram Seth, UK author Caryl Phillips, Mexican writer Alberto Ruy-Sanchez, and 2007 Man Booker prize short-listed writer, Indra Sinha.

Satisfy your passions by lavishing in the lush surroundings of some of Ubud's most elegant hotels and gracious homes with literary lunches, dinners and other culinary surprises. Enjoy workshops that teach the craft of writing, in between book launches, performances, exhibitions, cocktail parties and celebrations into the early hours of the morning. And if that is not enough, the 2008 Festival will take to the streets, literally, with international street performers matching their wits against Ubud's youth in a carnival of skill and artistry.

We are very excited to be exploring this theme and hope you will join us for the culmination of this journey at the fifth Ubud Writers & Readers Festival from 14-19 October 2008.  

You can pay now on Paypal

If you would like to join, please download the form, return it to andy@ubudwritersfestival.com and deposit your donation into one of our accounts:

Yayasan Saraswati
IDR account
Bank name : Permata Bank - Ubud Branch
Account Name : Yayasan Saraswati
Account No : 5801268120
Swift code : BBBAIDJA

USD $ account
Bank name : Permata Bank - Ubud Branch
Account Name : Yayasan Saraswati
Account No : 5802151219
Swift code : BBBAIDJA

Bank: ANZ Bank
Name: Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
BSB: 013345
Account Number: 497399116
Held at: East kew, Victoria

The 2008 Friends of the Festival membership is valid until 31 December 2008. If you have any questions, please call us at 0361 780.8932 or email: andy@ubudwritersfestival.com

You will soon receive your Friend of the Festival card. Please use this card when booking events or signing up for workshops.

Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Saraswati Foundation
PO Box 181, Ubud, Bali 80571 ph/fax: (0361) 780.8932
info@ubudwritersfestival.com www.ubudwritersfestival.com