After successfully luring 26,000 bookworms and literature lovers to Bali in 2014, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) returns to the Island’s heartland October 28 –November 1, 2015.
A global melting pot of big ideas and extraordinary stories the UWRF is offering [Early Bird Ticket Prices].
Heading UWRF's International line-up is Pakistani author of runaway hit How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Mohsin Hamid; bestselling Chinese-American memoirist Anchee Min; short-story author Nam Lee of The Boat; The Rosie Project’s Graeme Simison; and creators of the worldwide travel institution The Lonely Planet Guides - Tony and Maureen Wheeler.
Spanning five days of intimate panel discussions, workshops, literary lunches, book launches, poetry slams, film screenings and more, the UWRF program will also feature debut of novelist of The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma and 2015 Stella Prizewinner Emily Bitto; North Korea defector and TED Talk sensation Hyeonseo Lee; Palestinian scholar Mazin Qumsiyeh and winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Award - Sofie Laguna.
Exploring the UWRF 2015 theme “17,000 Islands of Imagination” the event will showcase the incredible diversity of Indonesian talent, including leading literary figure Putu Oka Sukanta; controversial award-winning filmmaker Nia Dinata; short-story writer and political journalist Seno Gumira Ajidarma; and winner of the 2013 Southeast Asian Writers Award Linda Christanty.
The Festival will also welcome social advocate Andreas Harsono;
celebrated Indonesian novelist Eka Kurniawan; humanitarian and East Timor rights campaigner Galuh Wandita; and Founder of the ASEAN Literary Festival, Okky Madasari.
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