Main Programme

From intimate conversations among leading authors and thinkers to fiery debates on some of the region’s most pressing concerns, our main programme has you covered.
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Date
Time
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 09:00 - 09:15
Festival Welcome with Janet DeNeefe Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 09:15 - 09:30
Festival Keynote with Tari Lang Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 12:30 - 01:30
Fatima Bhutto: The Hour of the Wolf Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 10:00 - 11:00
Kiran Desai: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30
Rachel Clarke: The Story of a Heart Get Ticket
Main Programme
24 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00
Tash Aw: The South Get Ticket
Main Programme
25 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00
Tiffany Tsao: But Won't I Miss Me and Budi Darma Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00
Adania Shibli: Minor Detail Get Ticket
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23 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00
Fahruddin Faiz: Finding Meaning in the Everyday Get Ticket
Main Programme
24 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00
Prabal Gurung: Walk Like a Girl Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45
Matthew Campbell: The Man Who Stole the Gods Get Ticket
Main Programme
24 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30
Randa Abdel-Fattah: Discipline Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 15:15 - 16:15
Debbie Argue: Little Species, Big Mystery Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30
Tari Lang: My Neighbour, The Dictator Get Ticket
Main Programme
24 October 2026 | 15:15 - 16:15
Honouring Aprila Wayar's Voice from Papua Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15
Reimagining the World: Nation-state and Technology Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15
Tales from the Heartland Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15
Writers, Solidarity, and the Fight for Free Expression Get Ticket
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22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15
Real Stories, Magical Becomings Get Ticket
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22 October 2026 | 12:30 - 13:30
The Various Roles of a Writer Get Ticket
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22 October 2026 | 12:30 - 13:30
Emilio Pucci in War and Peace Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 13:45 - 14:45
Comic Relief in Memoir Writing Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00
The Political Convergence of Javanese Cosmology Get Ticket
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22 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00
Defence of Poetry Get Ticket
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22 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00
Imagining Future Fiction Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15
Demystifying Literary Magazines Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15
Who Gets to Tell the Story of Paradise? Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00
Women Who Write Women Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 04:15 - 05:15
Forbidden Stories: Banned Media and Magazines Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15
Honest Histories Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30
Writing Short, Writing Sweet Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45
Writing with Longing Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45
Translating to the Mother Tongue
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 14:00 - 15:00
The Domestic is Political Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 10:00 - 11:00
Our History, Our Hands Get Ticket
Main Programme
22 October 2026 | 17:30 - 18:30
The Language of Belonging Get Ticket
Main Programme
23 October 2026 | 16:30 - 17:30
Ageing: A Social Movement Get Ticket
Main Programme
24 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00
Dandhy Laksono: Reset Indonesia Get Ticket
Main Programme
24 October 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15
The Violence of Culture Get Ticket
Main Programme
24 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45
Third-Culturism in the Literary World Get Ticket
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