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Thursday 8 October

9.00 – 10.00 am Festival Opening and Australia-Indonesia Institute Keynote Address, Neka Museum

NEKA

10.15 – 11.45
The future of compassion
Wole Soyinka
Seno Gumira Ajidarma
Chair Melani Budianta

12.00 – 1.30
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis: rediscovering the short story

Lloyd Jones
Angelo Lacuesta
Wena Poon
Chair Chris Hanley

1.45 – 3.15
Moving Stories: the pleasures of writing for screen

Asitha Ameresekere
Dany Laferrière
Amir Muhammad
Chair Debra Yatim

3.30 – 5.30
HiVOS Indonesian writers in translation
2009 HiVOS/ UWRF Anthology

9.00 – 10.30
The poetics of prose
Lloyd Jones
Sonya Hartnett
Chair: Jill Eddington
INDUS

10.15 – 11.45
Poetry across the archipelago
Ahmad Muchlish Amrin
M Aan Mansyur
Nyoman Manda
Chair Laksmi Pamuntjak

12.00 – 1.00
The Rug Maker
Najaf Mazari
Robert Hillman
Chair Mungo McCallum

1.15 – 2.15
In Conversation:
Hari Kunzru
Neel Mukherjee
Chair Stephen Fitzpatrick

2.30 – 3.30
In Conversation
Fatima Bhutto
Bejan Matur
Chair Stephen McCarty

3.45 – 4.45
In Conversation: Suring the world Brian Thacker
Jaimal Yogis
Chair Jeni Caffin

LEFT BANK LOUNGE

10.15 – 11.45
Folklore, myth and the new millenium
Michelle Cahill
Mansoura Ez Eldin
Dian Hartati
Yonathan Rahardjo
Chair Wayan Juniartha

12.00 – 1.30
Telling tales: the role of storytelling Arthur Flowers
Vinita Ramani Mohan
Clara Ng
Arnold Zable
Chair Annie Gastin

1.45 – 2.45
Covering the world

Bruce Dover
Rahul Jacob
Woon Tai Ho
Chair Dominique Schwartz

3.00 – 4.30
In conversation

Mohezin Tejani
Jamal Mahjoub
Chair Shalini Gidoomal

4.45 – 5.45
Translation as Suka Duka
Pam Allen
Anton Kurnia
Max Lane
Chair Kadek Krishna Adidharma

Friday 9 October

NEKA

9.00 – 10.30
KRA Presents
Literary Criticism in the digital age
Jamal Mahjoub
Neel Mukherjee
Richard McGill Murphy
Chair Melani Budianta

10.45 – 12.15
Breaking the Taboos Queer Asian writing

Amir Muhammad
Ng Yi Sheng
Cok Sawitri

Ernest JK Wen
Chair Dede Oetomo

12.30 – 2.00
Reclaiming the colonial legacy Nurhady Sirimorok
Angelo Lacuesta
Jeet Thayil
Thant Myint-U
Chair Rahul Jacob

2.15 – 3.30
Writing in the new world: Obama and dissent

Fatima Bhutto
Antony Loewenstein
Jamal Mahjoub
Chair Michael Vatikiotis

3.45 – 5.30
Evoking the natural world

Jacky Djokosetio & Linda Hoffman
Esha Tegar Putra
Cat Wheeler
Jaimal Yogis
Chair Shamini Flint

INDUS

9.00 – 10.30
In Conversation: a note on suffering Seno Gumira Ajidarma
Putu Fajar Arcana
Chair Wayan Juniartha

10.45 – 11.45
In conversation
Alison Lester
Chair Jeni Caffin

12.00 – 1.00
In Conversation

Tony Mochama
Chair Shalini Gidoomal

1.15 – 2.15
In Conversation

Mohammad Hanif
Chair Chris Hanley

2.30 – 3.30
In conversation

Lloyd Jones
Chair Jill Eddington

3.45 – 5.00
M
entor and protégée
Wole Soyinka
Tara June Winch
Chair Stephen McCarty

LEFT BANK LOUNGE

9.00 – 10.30
Wanderlust: Travelling stories Andrew McMillan
Lee Su Kim
Brian Thacker
Chair Annie Gastin

10.45 – 12.15
Keeping it short: the art of the essay Esha Tegar Putra
Yonathan Rahardjo
Cat Wheeler
Tjahjono Widijanto
Chair Lily Yulianti Farid

12.30 – 2.00
Biography, genre and narrative
Robert Hillman & Najaf Mazari
Jennifer Mackenzie
Woon Tai Ho
Chair Jamie James

2.15 – 3.30
Creative non-fiction: stories of the real
Putu Fajar Arcana
Hari Kunzru
Andrew McMillan
Chair Laksmi Pamuntjak

3.45 – 4.45
In conversation
Vinita Ramani Mohan
Amir Mohammad
Chair Janet Steele

5.00 – 6.00
Australia Indonesia Institute Australians engaging with the region

Saturday 10 October

NEKA

9.00 – 10.30
The poetics of prose
Sonya Hartnett
Julia Leigh
Tjahjono Widijanto
Chair Janet De Neefe

10.45 – 12.15
In the face of evil:
violence and compassion
Putu Fajar Arcana
Riaz Hassan
Ngurah Suryawan
Chair Vinita Ramani Mohan

12.30 – 2.00
Writing the Subcontinent:

Fatima Bhutto
Mohammad Hanif
Sushma
Joshi
Vikas Swarup
Chair Richard McGill Murphy

2.15 – 3.45
The legacy of Rendra
Doel CP Allisah
Max Lane
Tjahjono Widijanto
Chair Wayan Juniartha

4.00 –5.30
Across genres: identity, family and place
Nelden Djakababa
Lee Su Kim
Inggit Putria Marga
Wena Poon
Chair Janet De Neefe

INDUS

9.00 – 10.00
In Conversation Look Who’s Morphing

Tom Cho
Chair Angela Meyer

10.15 – 11.15
In Conversation

NH Dini
Nelden Djakababa
Chair Desi Anwar

11.30 – 12.30
In Conversation

Dede Oetomo
Chair Degung Santikarma

12.45 – 1.45
In Conversation

Dany Laferrière
Chair Jean Couteau

2.00 – 3.00
In conversation
Vikas Swarup
Chair Deepika Shetty

3.15 – 4.45
Interplay: words, music, pictures Arthur Flowers
Hari Kunzru
Jeet Thayil
Chair Vinita Ramani Mohan

5.00 – 6.00
Suka Duka
Michelle Cahill
Amarjiva Lochan
Cok Sawitri
Ketut Suardana
Chair Wayan Juniartha

LEFT BANK LOUNGE

9.00 – 10.30
Women’s voices: around the globe Inggit Putria Marga
Viki Holmes,
Kate Rogers
Sushma Joshi
Tara June Winch
Bejan Matur
Chair Pam Allen

10.45 – 12.15
Literary communities
Angelo Lacuesta
M Aan Mansyur
Omar Musa
Ng Yi-Sheng
Chair Degung Santikarma

12.30 – 2.00
Global nomads
John O’Sullivan
Mohezin Tejani
Arnold Zable

Chair Angela Meyer

2.15 – 3.45
Dying voices: the politics of language
Nyoman Manda
Bejan Matur
Romi Zarman
Chair Lily Yulianti Farid

4.00 – 5.30
Recovering the past: history, memory and narrative
Zeffry J Alkatiri
Diana Darling
Jennifer Mackenzie
Thant Myint-U
Nurhady Sirimorok
Chair Melani Budianta

Sunday 11 October

NEKA

9.00 – 10.30
Make ‘em laugh
Tom Cho
Dany Laferrière
Mohammad Hanif
Chair Hari Kunzru

10.45 – 12.15
Indonesian literature on the global stage
Seno Gumira Ajidarma
Zeffry Alkatiri
NH Dini
Anton Kurnia
Chair Pam Allen

12.30 – 2.00
First Person: Finding the Voice Lloyd Jones
Vikas Swarup
Romi Zarman
Chair Deepika Shetty

2.15 – 3.45
Literature and activism
Nelden Djakababa
Max Lane
Arnold Zable
Chair Lily Yulianti Farid

4.00 – 5.30
A new frontier: blogging, dissent and solidarity
Doel CP Allisah
Dian Hartati
Antony Loewenstein
Ng Yi-Sheng
Chair Angela Meyer

INDUS

9.00 – 10.00
In Conversation
Antony Loewenstein
Chair Dominique Schwartz

10.15 – 11.15
In Conversation

Julia Leigh
Chair Chris Hanley

11.30 – 12.30
In Conversation
New Mexican Narratives
Paulo Pedro Angel Garcia
Chair Jamie James

12.45 – 1.45
In Conversation

Sonya Hartnett
Shamini Flint
Chair Jill Eddington

2.00 – 3.00
In conversation
Sam Cutler
Chair Stephen Fitzpatrick

3.15 – 5.00
Into Africa
Jamal Mahjoub
Mansoura Ez Eldin
Tony Mochama
Shoes Robson & Michael Mabwe
Mohezin Tejani
Chair Shalini Gidoomal

LEFT BANK LOUNGE

9.00 – 10.30
Lit Chefs: Passion, food and words Janet De Neefe
Lauraine Jacobs
Laksmi Pamuntjak
Chair Neel Mukherjee

10.45 – 11.45
Working together:
co-authors and collaboration
Jacky Djokosetio
Linda Hoffman
Chair Debra Yatim

12.00 – 1.30
Bali: a paradise questioned
Komang Adnyana
Nyoman Manda
Cat Wheeler
Chair Degung Santikarma

1.45 – 3.15
Bodily expressions: Writers who go to far
Ahmad Muchlish Amrin
Tom Cho
Cok Sawitri
Ernest JK Wen
Chair Melani Budianta

3.30 – 5.00
Transgression: Bomb, terror and word
Ngurah Suryawan
Marco Calvani
Riaz Hassan
Mungo McCallum
Chair Michael Vatikiotis