SPECIAL EVENTS
Download the booking sheet [here] and please email back to registration@ubudwritersfestival.com
WEDNESDAY, 7 October
17.30 – 18.30
Gala Opening
Ubud Palace
Festival Friends are invited to join us for the Gala Opening of the Sixth International Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. Mingle with Nobel Laureates, the cream of the international literary scene, Balinese artists and Ubud royalty in a cultural festivity to mark the beginning of the festival. Tickets to this event are limited and highly sought, so book early. Includes canapés from Ubud’s finest hotels and restaurants, refreshments and entertainment.
Rp 500.000 FESTIVAL FRIENDS ONLY
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WEDNESDAY, 7 October
19.00 – 21.00
Premiere: Midsummer Night’s Dream in Ubud
Arma Resort
This magical Balinese adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic explores our relationship with ourselves, our environment and each other, dissolving the boundaries between audience and actor, East and West, seen and unseen. Directed by South African theatre maker Rehane Abrahams, with digital gamelan and video installation designed by Noe SaKAna this feast for the senses will delight audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Not to be missed!
Season runs: Thursday 7, Saturday 10, Sunday 11 October 19.00.
Rp 250,000; KITAS Rp150,000; Student Rp 75,000
Indonesian Rp 50,000; 20% discount to Writers Festival pass holders
Bookings and info: www.thenewearthworks.com/dream or +62 (0) 813 530 05985
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THURSDAY 8 October
12.30 – 15.00
Literary Lunch: Dangerous Women
Alila Ubud Bali
The festival brings together our hottest and most passionate women writers in a daring expose on love, sexuality, the body and all things erotic. Be prepared to blush and giggle at their brave new words while savouring an unforgettable three course meal at the Alila Resort. Featuring Laksmi Pamuntjak, Sonja Hartnett, Mansoura Ez Eldin, Sushma Joshi, Cok Sawitri, Shamini Flint, Lee Su Kim
Rp 750.000 / AU$90
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THURSDAY 8 October
15.30 – 17.30
Voices from the Chocolate Lands
Rumah Rio
The festival honours chocolate, reputed aphrodisiac and one of the world’s most sensual flavourings, in an afternoon of luscious readings and performances from the lands of the cacao tree. Be charmed by voices from Mexico, Africa and Indonesia, third largest producer of cocoa, in a seductive celebration of words and wild pleasures while savouring Chocolate Monggo, locally produced chocolate from the highlands of Java and Sumatra.
Rp 250.000 / AU$30
SOLD OUT!
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THURSDAY 8 October
19.00 – 21.30
Master Chefs of Prose and Poetry
Casa Luna
Enjoy a celebration like no other with a global menu of favourite recipes from our esteemed writers. Feast on exotic dishes from Burma, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Nepal while our writers share their family secrets and stories of making these treasured dishes that represent award winning authors, poets and playwrights from all corners of the globe.
Rp 750.000 / AU$90
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THURSDAY 8 October
19.30 – 21.30
Writers Rock Hard
Hard Rock Café, Kuta
Join Sam Cutler, former tour manager of Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead, and Jerinx from Superman is Dead in conversation with Degung Santikarma in a wild and dynamic session on the secret life of rock stars and what it takes to become a legend.
Free return transport from Ubud.
Rp 450.000 / AU$55 ( including dinner )
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FRIDAY 9 October
09.00 – 10.30
Book Club Breakfast: Wena Poon
3 Monkeys
The Ubud Book Club hosts Wena Poon, author of Lions in Winter and The Proper Care of Foxes.
Rp 150.000 / AU$20
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FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER
12.30 – 15.00
Literary Lunch with Wole Soyinka and Hari Kunzru
Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan
Join Wole Soyinka, the first African writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, as he discusses his life and achievements with Hari Kunzru over a glorious Balinese-style banquet. Known as a political activist with a fierce commitment to individual liberty and human rights, Soyinka will share tales of growing up in Nigeria and his subsequent imprisonment and exile in an unforgettable and inspirational afternoon at the spectacular Four Seasons Resort Sayan.
RP 750.000 / AU$90
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FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER
18.30 – 20.30
Q & A Cocktails with Vikas Swarup
Amandari
Join acclaimed author Vikas Swarup for a candle-lit night of Q&A with Deepika Shetty while he recounts the writing of the novel that shot him to paperback stardom and the consequent making of the award-winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. Savour cocktails and exotic canapés on a balmy Indian-style evening at the elegant Amandari.
Rp 750.000 / AU$90
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SATURDAY 10 October
07.30 – 10.30
Jalan-Jalan with Brian Thacker
From Casaluna to Villa Chapung
Take a journey through the rice paddies with Brian Thacker, travel adventurer, writer and winner of the 2009 Travel Book of the Year as he recounts tales of his recent travels through Southeast Asia with Tony and Maureen Wheeler’s original 1975 Southeast Asia on a Shoestring [Lonely Planet] as his only guide.
Rp 250.000 / AU$30
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SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
09.00 – 10.30
Book Club Breakfast: Mohammad Hanif
3 Monkeys
Join the Ubud Book Club and Mohammad Hanif as they attempt to solve The Case of the Exploding Mangoes.
Rp 150.000 / AU$20
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SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
12.30 – 15.00
Literary Lunch : Indonesia at Home
Maya Ubud Resort & Spa
From rendang to rujak, from spoken word to sambal, dine with NH Dini, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Dede Oetomo, Nurhady Sirimorok and Janet De Neefe. If you know them, you already love them. But if you haven’t had the chance to delve into Indonesian literature, this is the perfect occasion to sample the most exciting the archipelago has to offer while savouring some of Indonesia’s finest dishes from the pages of Fragrant Rice.
Rp 750,000 / AU$90
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SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
12.30 – 15.00
Long Table Lunch
John Hardy Jewelry Workshop
Join our exclusive writer’s Long Table Lunch at the John Hardy Jewelry Workshop & Design Studio, located in the middle of the beautiful rice fields of Mambal, Bali. Dine with our acclaimed writers while sharing an organic Balinese feast, prepared traditionally on the property. Also experience guided tour of organic farm & jewelry making process.
It doesn’t get any better than this!
Rp 950,000 / AU$115
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SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
15.30 – 17.30
High Tea with Lloyd Jones
Biku, Seminyak
Step into Bougainville in the South Pacific with Lloyd Jones and his breathtaking novel, Mr Pip. Short listed for the Booker Prize, Mr. Pip tells the extraordinary tale of a child’s imagination, the power of storytelling and survival in the face of tragedy. Enjoy the finest teas and freshly baked cakes in Biku’s elegant antique Javanese joglo in an intimate gathering with one of New Zealand’s most accomplished authors.
Rp 300,000 / AUD 35
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SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
7pm onwards
Slum It At Sarong
Sarong Restaurant, Seminyak
www.sarongbali.com
The drum roll opens with a glam event at Sarong, the hippest restaurant on the island, with a night that will dazzle Seminyak. “Slum it at Sarong” features Vikas Swarup, of Q&A and Slumdog Millionaire fame, in conversation with the charismatic Asitha Amereskere, Sri Lankan film-maker and author. Appearing alongside Vikas is the wickedly funny and unashamedly outrageous Dany Laferriere, author of the stories behind the movie Heading South, who will share his x-rated views on island life, love and lust; writer, word-poet and prankster Tom Cho will present his sharp-witted skits and Jeet Thayil, Indian guitar-strumming performance-poet will sing gritty tunes of punchy prose.
The talented Will Meyrick, Sarong’s dishy chef, is flicking through his recipes as we speak to present you with a menu of culinary genius. So be prepeared for one of the island’s coolest events that takes the S out of Sarong and slots it snugly into Seminyak: celebrating the spoken-word ever so styllishly.
Rp 800,000 / AUD 95
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SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
19.00 – 20.30
Tolstoy’s Wife
Written and performed by Jennifer Claire
Amandari
Back by popular demand, Jennifer Claire transports us to 1850 St Petersburg as a woman relives her life with one of the world’s most renowned writers. Taken from the diaries of Countess Tolstoy.
Proceeds to Amandari’s Kesayan Ikang Papa Orphanage for disabled children.
Rp 250.000 / AU$30
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SUNDAY 11 October
12.30 – 15.00
Literary Lunch with Fatima Bhutto and Desi Anwar
Chedi Club
Described as “the bright new star of a revered political dynasty”, Fatima Bhutto is the niece of the assassinated former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, who came to fame after the appearance of her first book, a collection of poems, Whispers of the Desert, written when she was just 15 years old. Fatima Bhutto will discuss her colourful life as a writer, journalist, politician in training and heir apparent to Benazir’s throne with Desi Anwar.
Rp 750.000 / AU$90
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SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER
15.30 – 17.30
Voices from the Coffee Lands
Linda Garland Estate
Enjoy an extraordinary gathering of the festivals smoothest performance poets and authors from the fabled coffee lands of Kenya, Haiti, Sumatra, Papua and Bali as they deliver shots of aromatic and full-bodied words. Sip on freshly brewed coffee from the Kintamani highlands, courtesy of Five Senses, and savour our finest voices to the beat of music from the coffee lands.
Rp 250.000 / AU$30
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