FREE EVENT
Opening Tuesday 6 October
16.00 – 17.00 DAILY
Images of Suka Duka: a painting exhibition
Casa Luna
Eight local painters showcase their visual interpretation of Suka Duka, drawing upon the richness of Balinese culture and daily life. Their works are displayed in a month long exhibit at the newly-refurbished Casa Luna, one of Ubud’s renowned establishments.
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WEDNESDAY 7 October
10.00 – 19.00 DAILY
Stories in Cloth: Motifs and Meaning in Indonesia’s Textile Arts
Across Indonesia, traditional textile motifs convey meaning across the generations, offering each weaver the opportunity to interpret and contribute to the lore expressed through her work. Through an exhibition of contemporary textiles, Threads of Life offers a unique insight into the world of heritage cloth.
Sponsored by Threads of Life
free event
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WEDNESDAY, 7 October
19.00 – 20.00
Tribute to Rendra
Pura Dalem
The Festival will pay homage to WS Rendra. A night of performance and readings under the stars in one of Ubud’s majestic temples will follow the Gala Festival Opening
free event
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WEDNESDAY, 7 October
20.00 – 21.00
Bach in Bali
Pura Dalem
JS Bach’s magnificent D Minor Partita, the Mt Everest of solo violin music, meets the very best in contemporary Balinese dance.
Performed by Nyoman Sura and Robert Brown
Be enchanted by a unique coupling of cultures that illustrates the universality of two timeless traditions. In a Balinese take on the German cultural icon Johann Sebastian Bach, Nyoman Sura, famed Balinese dancer and choregrapher, and Robert Brown, international concert violinist, tell the story of Bach’s youthful visit to Bali, where he met and fell in love with a Balinese princess.
free event
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THURSDAY 8 October
09.00 – 12.00
Fringe Event: Talkshow
Udayana University, Denpasar
Set in the Udayana University’s Faculty of Literature, West Sumatra’s Romi Zarman and Lampung’s Inggit Putria Marga, and Bali’s Komang Adnyana will discuss their creative process with the students and the island’s young writers.
free event
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THURSDAY 8 October
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Film Screening
Casa Luna
Lawrence Blair presents The Dream Wanderers of Borneo.
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THURSDAY 8 October
4.00 – 5.00 pm
Readings in the rice fields:
A Walk of Solitude – meet at Indus 3.45
Join a leisurely walk along a narrow path that crosses scenic rice fields, where fresh air, afternoon glow and soaring birds will comfort the exhausted body. The walk will lead to a feast of organic foods and a reading of poems from nature.
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THURSDAY October 8
18.00
Story & Song from East Flores
Light refreshments served
The opening of the Stories in Cloth exhibit at the Threads of Life gallery will be accompanied by a presentation in words and song about the motifs and meanings of the traditional textiles of Sikka in Flores by members of the Sanggar Bliran Sina cooperative. They will also explain their ongoing work to recover, document and replicate the motifs of all their community’s traditional cloths, and discuss how they are sharing their work through local schools and their own small community exhibition space.
free event
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THURSDAY 8 October
18.00 – 19.00
Twilight Playreadings: Wole Soyinka
Yoga Barn
The season of readings will feature a star-studded cast from Indonesia and Australia. “The Trials of Brother Jero by Africa’s most distinguished playwright and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is a satirical farce, which follows one eventful day in the life of Jero, a con-man and charlatan.
free event
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THURSDAY 8 October
21.30
Karaoke Cabaret
Jazz Cafe
Join karaoke-loving wordsmiths and wild performers in an unpredictable evening of singing and surprise. If you hunger for the Bee Gees, ABBA, Michael Jackson or just plain old-fashioned love songs this is the event for you. So be prepared to laugh out loud as top writers and performers entertain you in an uber night of literary shenanigans and vocal brilliance.
free event
THE KARAOKE CABARET IS CANCELED. Sincerest apologies to all our Guests at Ubud Writers & Readers Festival due to this though as compensation Balawan & Batuan Ethnic Fusion Ensemble – Ubud’s Jazz and Gamelan sensation will be entertaining all of you!
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FRIDAY 9 October
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Film Screening
Casa Luna
Dany Laferrière presents Heading South.
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FRIDAY 9 October
09.30 am – 12.00
Denpasar Fringe: Discussion Panel
Balai Bahasa, Denpasar
The event will kick off with a panel discussion on how historical events inspire literary works featuring Jakarta’s Zeffry Alkatiri, Bandung’s Anton Kurnia and Bali’s Ngurah Suryawan, Malaysia’s Vinita Ramani Mohan, and Australia’s Tara June Winch will be finish with poetry readings and art performances from several school theatres in Denpasar.
free event
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FRIDAY 9 October
18.00 – 19.30
Twilight Playreading:
Cok Sawitri’s Bubat for Gumiati Suid
Yoga Barn
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FRIDAY 9 October
16.00 – 17.00
Readings from a bridge
Tjampuan Bridge – meet at Indus 3.45
As the sun surrenders to the night, poets will commune at Ubud’s suspension bridge, a remnant of that bygone time when Ubud was a quiet village and darkness was the night. Poems will be offered to the unseen guardians of the river below as well as to the passing men looking for light.
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FRIDAY 9 October
19.00 – 21.00
Words and Sounds of Poems
Denpasar Arts Centre
Poetry reading night with Indonesian poets.
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FRIDAY 9 October
19.30 – 21.00
Pecha Kucha
Lotus Stage
It’s the latest craze – a creative jam night! Pecha Kucha [Japanese for “chit-chat”] is a fast moving night of creativity, ideas, and sharing. It’s egalitarian, and it’s “20 x 20” – everyone gets 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide to present something that knocks the audience’s socks off! Come see writers, poets, performers, designers, artists, dancers, inventors, fim-makers, illustrators, young, old get up and shake their creative stuff.
free event
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FRIDAY 9 October
21.00 – 22.30
Ode to a Martini
Naughty Nuris
The festival continues its celebration of martinis, myrrh and mayhem at the legendary Naughty Nury’s. Join our lethal line-up of poets and authors with late-night readings of the x-rated kind to honour one of Nury’s iconic and most potent cocktails.
free event
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SATURDAY 10 October
10.30 am – 12.30
Film Screening
Casa Luna
Amir Muhammad presents The Year of Living Vicariously.
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SATURDAY 10 October
16.00 – 17.00
Readings in the woods – meet at Indus 3.45
Enter the Monkey Forest sacred sanctuary, the largest community-managed forest on the island, Following a cordial introduction to the forest’s population – two competing tribes of monkeys – poets will read their works around a sacred
spring, whose water, it is believed, can cleanse the soul.
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SATURDAY 10 October
17.30 – 18.30
Exhibition: Imagemakers of the Future
presented by BLIPfest
Alila Ubud Bali
An exhibition showcasing the works of emerging young Indonesian photographers.Taken from different areas of the photographic spectrum, they represent the future of the already rich field of Indonesian photography.
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SATURDAY 10 October
18.00 – 19.00
Twilight Playreadings: Marco Calvani
Yoga Barn
The season of readings will feature a star-studded cast from Indonesia and Australia. “The City Beneath” by Italian writer, Marco Calvani, is a complex portrait of the culture clash between civilizations, the impossible rapport between those who wield power and those who are subjected to it, between those who speak out and those who stay silent, those who love and those who harm.
Previously presented to sell-out audiences in New York, it has been translated into English by Bing Taylor. Marco Calvani will direct the reading.
free event
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SATURDAY 10 October
19.00 – 20.00
Monologue:
Lily Yulianti Farid’s The Kitchen (Dapur)
by Luna Vidya – Makkunrai Project
Pradha
A monologue adapted from Lily Yulianti Farid’s short story, The Kitchen. This is the story of a memory held by a woman named Kalyla, which centered on a kitchen where as a little girl she witnessed and shared lives of other two elder women, her mother and her nanny. How her life has been impacted by the two other women wounds, fears, obsessions, and values, response to religious-based conflict in Ambon and corruptions. The Kitchen is the area where values were transferred into the little girl’s life, the kitchen wooden table was a place where others’ live experiences were blend in into her life, just like what happen in the kitchen when dough is prepared for baking.
She then grows into a personality shaped and sharpened by her memories of the two beloved women. For Kalyla, the truth is there on the kitchen table where we are all dough’s of Life. We share the opportunity of ‘blending in’ with others’ life, and it gets us into what we are, who we are.
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SATURDAY 10 October
19.00
Kajeng Street Party
Enter Jalan Kajeng, one of Ubud’s most charming streets and enjoy a village celebration of the spoken word. Share in the community spirit of Ubud and savour local food in a carnival-type atmosphere of Barongs, joged, monologues, poetry, comedy, music and more along the length and breadth of this cosy street. So join in the action and enjoy a dose of Ubud magic.
free event
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SATURDAY 10 October
19.30 – 21.30
Poetry Slam
Casa Pasta
Our poetry slam returns with an open-mic uber evening of wild performances and original words. Omar Musa, Australia’s Slam champ and the Festival’s hottest poets will entertain while tomorrow’s budding stars vie for the coveted title as winner of the UWRF Poetry Slam. Some poets are shamelessly competitive, so be prepared.
Supported by Better Read than Dead.
free event
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SUNDAY 11 October
10.30 – 12.30 pm
Film Screening
Casa Luna
Asitha Ameresekere presents Do Not Erase and 14.
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SUNDAY 11 October
10.00- 12.00
Museum Sidik Jari Denpasar
Denpasar fringe : Talk show
Aan Mansyur, Tjahjono Widijanto, Clara Ng
free event
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SUNDAY 11 October
19.00 – 20.00
Into the Muse: where poetry merges with melody
Gaya Fusion Gallery
Join us for an evening of exploring the soulful sounds of Daphne Tse’s musical creations interspersed with the richness and depth of multi-faceted artist, John O’Sullivan’s poetic musings. The Twin Brothers of Different Mothers exhibition will also be launched.
free event
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SUNDAY 11 October
20.00 – 23.00
Closing Night Party
Antonio Blanco’s Renaissance Museum
Come celebrate the closing of the 2009 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival with hot music, street performers and other very special guests. Food and drinks available.
free event
