Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
ubud writer reader festival uwrf annual fourday literary festival held every october ubud island bali indonesia established considered southeast asia’s biggest meaningful literary festival host writer artist corner world discussion cultural literary political issue held alongside book launch film premiere longtable lunch workshop reading live music village walk performance organised notforprofit foundation yayasan mudra swari saraswati ubud writer reader festival first conceived melbourneborn janet deneefe cofounder yayasan mudra swari saraswati together native balinese husband ketut suardana daughter laksmi deneefe suardana healing project response first bali bombing first held part effort help revive tourism island’s main economic lifeline terrorist bombing devastated island’s kuta district year earlier since festival’s perth edition presented partnership writing wa provided annual forum exchange view writer creator country wide range topic two year virtual form perth edition held person rechabite hall australian city perth western australia – october festival known biggest festival word idea southeast asia many celebrated writer artist thinker performer participate festival named one top five literary festival world daily telegraph uk chosen one prime cultural festival autumn wall street journal named southeast asia’s significant literary event australian weekly newspaper saturday paper named one best literary festival visit around world dua lipas lifestyle platform service th edition uwrf held venue across bali writer world took part controversy raised proposed discussion indonesia anticommunist purge killed estimated people th edition uwrf held attended world’s leading author artist performer uwrf th edition festival held october october participated author artist activist country th edition uwrf held october october focusing gender equality diversity theme th edition held october october karma speaker country participated festival program including panel discussion various issue film screening art exhibition book launch writing workshop festival planned held october november postponed covid pandemic theme proposed called kembali inaugural ubud writer reader festival perth uwrf perth scheduled held – october perth western australia organised partnership writing wa overlapping bali event scheduled run – october two year held online hybrid th edition festival held fully person october october writer thinker festival’s theme memayu hayuning bawana centred around humanity’s capacity strengthen tie individual world festival marked th anniversary celebration festival taking place october explored theme atita wartamana anagata past present future featured two hundred speaker equal number program attracting festivalgoers making one successful edition date festival take place october exploring theme satyam vada dharmam chara speak truth practice kindness program delve word idea shape public discourse influence societal norm writer amplify value truth kindness world increasingly going way mud literary club laksmi deneefe suardana official website