The 2009 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival program is gathering momentum, and a rich array of panel sessions, readings, book launches, literary lunches, nighttime gatherings and workshops are coming together at Legong-speed to create yet another magical event.
With the theme of Suka Duka: loosely translated as ‘Compassion and Solidarity’ leading the way, some of the finest writers from 23 countries will converge to discuss the great themes of our time: religion, identity, the legacy of colonial brutality and the postcolonial voice, human rights, race and identity, exile, gender, censorship, literary expression and the state.
Sponsored by the Australia-Indonesia Institute, the event will kick off 4 days of panel sessions, debates, readings and in-conversations with the world’s greatest exponents of their craft. Hear Wole Soyinka, the first African to receive a Nobel Prize for literature, discuss his lifetime of work and humanitarianism, meet Fatima Bhutto, the outspoken poet, journalist and novelist from Pakistan, be dazzled by the brilliant women poets of Not A Muse, explore Lloyd Jones’ heart-wrenching empathy in the Bougainville-set military fable, Mr Pip, discover the unpredictable and eccentric Dany Laferriere, and solve Mohammed Hanif’s A Case of Exploding Mangoes (Source: ubudwritersfestival.com)
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