In this first Secrets From the Green Room Special Series podcast episode, Irma Gold talks to travel writer Nina Karnikowski about why she no longer wants a five day trip to Paris and now prefers longer immersive travel, her tips for starting out as a travel writer, and her advice on pitching travel articles.

In a special series, the Australian podcaster duo Irma Gold and Karen Viggers of Secrets from the Green Room chatted with some incredible writers about their experience of the writing and publishing process in honest, green-room style, uncovering some of the plain and simple truths, as well as some of the secrets.

Join us for our free Climate Day on the grounds of Bumi Kinar on Festival Sunday, 2 November. Get up-close-and-personal with some of the region’s most impressive climate activists, advocates, and change-makers.

Join us in exploring these timeless questions through conversations with Booker Prize winners, inspiring memoirists, political thinkers, musicians, poets, and emerging voices shaping the future of Indonesian literature.

Have you seen our brand-new mural in the heart of Ubud, celebrating this year's festival artwork on the walls of the Blanco Museum? If not, here’s a glimpse of our new lasting piece that now shines for the community and visitors alike.

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