Ubud Writers & Readers Festival is partnering with Writing WA to create UWRF Perth, running 8-10 October. This will be a hybrid event, combining live events and presentations at The Rechabite Hall in Perth, and in Bali. There will also be online participation from international speakers. These events will be live-streamed, allowing for interaction in real-time with live audiences in both Perth and Bali, and with our online audience across the globe.
In The Nutmeg’s Curse, Amitav Ghosh shares how Western colonialism and exploitation in the Banda Islands, Maluku, is the origin of climate change’s current dynamics. Hilmar Farid, the Director-General of …
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Celebrated Indonesian author Ayu Utami, a pioneer of women’s erotica in Indonesia, along with Fogarty Award-winner Rebecca Higgie, will share stage and screen with Professor Krishna Sen to explore the …
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In Phosphorescence, Julia Baird immerses herself in nature to explore friendships, family, loss, and illness, to seek the inner light that brightens our lives in the darkest times. In The …
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Australian politician and academic Anne Aly, award-winning children’s author Meg McKinlay, and documentary filmmaker Victoria Midwinter Pitt are all three exceptional women of widely different backgrounds. They have come together …
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In Semut, Christine Helliwell shares the story of an Australian secret military operation launched into the remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, in the final months of …
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Vincent Bevins’ bold and comprehensive debut work, The Jakarta Method, highlights his incisive reporting for The Washington Post and uses declassified documents and eyewitness testimony to reveal a shocking legacy …
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Kalyakoorl, ngalak warangka (Forever, we sing) is a celebration of the rare Noongar language and the things we share as a community. It is a collection of songs representing the first …
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Follow the story of three individuals of different backgrounds fighting against single-use plastic pollution: Gede Robi, vocalist for the band Navicula from Bali, Tiza Mafira, a young lawyer from Jakarta, …
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Australia’s First Nations people are the country’s first memory holders and storytellers. However, their stories are often left unheard. Join three First Nations writers, Elfie Shiosaki, Jarrad Travers, and Cass …
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When a global health crisis closes borders between and within countries, does literature’s potential to transport people to new places take on greater significance? David Allan-Petale, whose debut novel, Locust Summer, …
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For the last two decades, we’ve been striving to improve Indonesia’s literary landscape through the wonder of books. As the flag-bearer of Indonesia’s literacy culture, we aim to create a …
In partnership with the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP), Ubud Writers & Readers Festival is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 AAWP X UWRF Translators’ Prize and …
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