Asymptote is proud to announce a collaboration with Southeast Asia’s biggest literary festival! Held in Ubud, Bali, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival will take place this October, featuring exciting and instructive conversations, talks and performances by leaders in world literature. Do read on to find out how you can get a discounted festival pass with Asymptote.
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) celebrates its fifteenth year as Southeast Asia’s leading festival of words and ideas, from 24-28 October in Ubud, Bali. From humble beginnings, the UWRF has grown into Indonesia’s leading platform for showcasing its writers and artists, and one of the world’s ’20 Best Literary Festivals’ (Penguin Random House).
The five-day program of insightful in-conversations, intimate literary lunches, impassioned debates and powerful performances will feature more than 180 authors, journalists, translators, artists and activists from 30 countries. From Indonesia to Ireland, Sweden to Spain, the Philippines to Pakistan and dozens of countries in between, this year’s UWRF promises a world of stories, ideas, and solutions at a time when amplifying diverse voices and rarely-heard perspectives is more critical than ever.
Following in the footsteps of his beloved grandfather, the Festival is thrilled to welcome Ndaba Mandela, who’ll share the lessons that have inspired him to carry on one of the world’s most powerful legacies. Among the leading literary luminaries are revered British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist, Hanif Kureishi, Booker Prize-nominated Indian novelist, Anuradha Roy, one of Indonesia’s best-loved poets, Sapardi Djoko Damono, twice-winner of the Miles Franklin, Australia’s premier literary prize, Kim Scott, Pakistani author and memoirist, Fatima Bhutto, widely translated Palestinian poet, Ghayath Almadhoun, and bestselling Italian novelist, Giuseppe Catozzella.
The Festival is honoured to welcome Asymptote’s Australia Editor-at-Large, Tiffany Tsao, and Indonesia Editor-at-Large, Norman Erikson Pasaribu. Tiffany will be part of the panels Cosmopolitan Creativity and Serial Storytellers. Norman will be part of the panels Fantastical Realms and Off Limits.
Asymptote readers can save 20% on the 4-Day Pass by entering the code MPAS at the online checkout. Visit the UWRF website, and follow the Festival on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, for all information and updates. #UWRF18
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