As a not-for-profit aims to enriching the lives of Indonesians through literature and the arts, the Festival is working hard to ensure that we have programs that are accessible to all.
Gula Gulali is a magical girl with the delightful power of turning things around her into cakes and sweets! However, she lives in the non-magical realm of Terra, where her …
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Felia Salim’s fastidious and witty book, Notes From A Scrapbook, compiles some of her most thought-provoking insights from a long career oscillating between banking and community- building activism. It is …
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Let’s play with words and weave them into poetry. Join Indonesian poet Theoresia Rumthe as we experiment with objects in nature during this enjoyable activity. Please note that this workshop …
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Shortly after he turned 33, Segara Alam started revisiting his journey from childhood to adulthood. All events were imprinted vividly in his mind. Thanks to his photographic memory, Alam remembered …
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With a focus on reclaiming the stories of women in history and reimagining the heroines of legend, fairytale and mythology in ways that are both resonant and startlingly new, The …
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Cerita Putu introduces a young Balinese boy who shares his world with his young brother. Delightfully illustrated by Sumie Isashi, this bilingual book shows daily life in a small village. …
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This book describes the struggle of publishing Playboy magazine in Indonesia which received a lot of rejection and resistance from the public as it was considered a pornographic magazine. However, …
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Did you know there is a Bamboo School in the heart of Bali’s Jungle? Our Green Change team follows Sandra and her family on their quest to go ‘green’ as …
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At a time when Australia turned its back on Asia and White Australia buried its origins, a curious girl refused to accept the stuffy options on offer and reached out …
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This is a story about Heart, a rather gentle one. This is a story about the people who inhabit this heart. from a distance, you’ll see a healthy functioning heart, …
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We’re excited to introduce Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana as the official Ambassador of Yayasan Mudra Swari Saraswati, the driving force behind the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and the Ubud Food …
In the lead-up to this year’s Festival, our new Head of International Programming, Hannah Curtis, sat down with us to talk about her new position, the aspirations for the future …
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