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| Title : | Ubud Writers & Readers Festival - Tri Hita Karana: God, Humanity & Nature |
| Venue : | Ubud Bali,Indonesia |
| Date & Time : | Tue 14 – Sun 19 Oct 2008 |
| Phone : | +62(0) 361 7808932 / 8038391 |
| Email : | info@ubudwritersfestival.com |
| URL : | http://www.ubudwritersfestival.com |
| Synopsis : | Tri Hita Karana - a Balinese Hindu concept that translates as the inter-relationship between God, Humanity and Nature - is the theme of the fifth International Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF). Invited international guests include acclaimed Indian author Vikram Seth, US novelist John Berendt, Arabic Booker prize winner Bahaa Taher from Egypt, Camilla Gibb from Canada, Mexican author Alberto Ruy-Sanchez, Australians Alexis Wright, Steven Carroll and Father Frank Brennan, 2007 Man Booker Prize short-listed writer Indra Sinha, Chinese writer Geling Yan, Philippine poet Alfred Yuson and environmentalist and food ecologist, Helena Norberg-Hodge. Indonesian writers include emerging stars, Andrea Hirata, Dyah Merta and Saur Marlina Manurung. The collision of cultures will be one of the underlying themes of the 2008 festival with established and emerging writers confronting the issues of ‘us and them’. Discussions on the environment, world religions, globalisation and the politics of food will be delved into together with the subject of migration and its impact on communities. Hot debates addressing crime and punishment in Asia, and more specifically drugs, civil rights and moral dilemmas, will also take centre-stage. On the Indonesian front, the festival will pay homage to the late Sutan Takdir Alijshabana, acclaimed writer and philosopher, for the contribution he made to the development of Bahasa Indonesia in modern times. A night of performance and readings under the stars at one of Ubud’s majestic temples will be one of the feature events. You're promised book launches, performances, exhibitions, cocktail parties, celebrations into the early hours of the morning and loads more! |
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