What are the dates of the 2012 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival?

Oct 3-7 2012

When will the program be announced?

2012 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Program will be available here on the UWRF website in August 2012. The program will also be available from bookshops, hotels and outlets throughout Bali and Jakarta.

Where does the Festival take place?

The main sessions of the program take place at Left Bank, Indus restaurant and Neka Museum all located in Sanggingan in Ubud. We also use other venues including The Four Seasons, Maya Ubud, Casa Luna and Alila. In 2011, our satellite and Fringe program included events in Denpasar, Makassar, West Java, Sumatera, Papua, Seminyak, Jimbaran Bay and Jakarta.

Do I need to buy tickets to attend UWRF events?

The Festival is made up of a combination of ticketed and free events.

Tickets to the main program can be purchased as Early Bird tickets from July. Ticket prices and booking details for the special events, workshops, cultural workshops are listed against each event in the program. Details of how and where to buy tickets are also listed on the UWRF website. Paid Special Events do sell out so it is recommended that you purchase tickets in advance.

Can I volunteer?

Yes! Each year Ubud Writers & Readers Festival recruits a team of approximately 200 volunteers, without whom the Festival would not be possible. For more information on becoming a volunteer please visit the Volunteers page on our website.

I am a writer. Can I present my work at the Festival?

Invitations are issued at the discretion of the Creative Producer and Direcctor, who creates the program well ahead of each Festival.

Each year the Festival receives many hundreds of unsolicited submissions from authors wishing to speak at the Festival or people putting forward an idea for the program. We welcome these suggestions, but due to the large volume of unsolicited submissions received, UWRF is unable to respond to every submission or return materials sent for consideration.

I am a writer. Can I present my work to publishers during Sydney Writers' Festival?

While publishers do attend Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, the Festival is not the appropriate avenue to present your book to publishers. Publishers who are attending are either audience members or involved in specific events discussing books and authors who are already published.

We recommend that you approach publishers through the usual channels, either by submitting your manuscript directly or by engaging a literary agent.

Can you put me in touch with an author on the program?

For privacy reasons, we are not able to pass on contact details for authors attending Ubud