Podcasts about ubud writers

Janet de Neefe’s explorations of cooking and writing have seen her publish her hybrid memoir-cookbook ‘Fragrant Rice’ and open various restaurants and guesthouses in Bali, Indonesia. Speaking to Georgina Godwin in Ubud, De Neefe discusses her many businesses, including founding the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, her Balinese cultural integration and spirituality, and further plans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How did yesterday's talks between Zelensky and Trump go so wrong? International journalist Nina dos Santos joins Emma Nelson to unpack the disastrous meeting, plus more of the week's news and culture. Then: Georgina Godwin continues her literary tour of Asia and film critic Karen Krizanovich speaks to Fernando Augusto Pacheco ahead of tomorrow's Academy Awards.

Ahead of Germany's federal election on Sunday, we hear from a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund, Sudha David-Wilp, at the Munich Security Conference. Plus, communications consultant Simon Brooke joins Emma Nelson for a look at the week's news and culture stories while Georgina Godwin continues her literary tour of Asia, including a stop at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) Omar Musa chats with Irma about how growing up in an artistic family set his course, why he stopped reading and writing during a dark period and how a new form of expression saved him, the ways in which earning a living from the thing you love can be deeply problematic, why winning the Australian Poetry Slam took him to UWRF and was a gateway into the literary world, why he wants to challenge his own assumptions and biases through his work, why he found it so difficult to go from poetry to writing his first novel, what it's like collaborating with his cellist wife, and how he deals with deep fear and self-doubt.About OmarOmar Musa is a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist and poet. He has released four poetry books, four hip-hop records, and a novel, Here Come the Dogs, which was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award and Miles Franklin Award. In 2015, he was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Young Novelists of the Year. His one-man play, Since Ali Died, won Best Cabaret Show at the Sydney Theatre Awards in 2018. He has had several solo exhibitions of his woodcut prints, and his most recent book, Killernova, combines prints and poetry. His next novel Fierceland is out 2025, and here at the Ubud Writers and Readers festival he is performing The Offering with cellist Mariel Roberts.

Dalam rangka Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2024, Ida Lawrence menjadi perupa yang diajak berkolaborasi dalam membuat poster acara. Selain itu, Ida juga mengadakan pameran "Reality Check" di Purga Art Space bersama Kurator Dwi S. Wibowo. Pameran ini bermain komposisi dalam ruang pamerannya, para pengunjung diajak mencari-cari dan menginterpretasi berbagai hal dengan permainan kata-kata. Lalu "Reality Check" atau Cek Realitas apa yang ingin dilakukan Ida? Yuk dengerin

In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Bora Chung chats with Irma about how she wrote her first short story solely for prize money but it eventually led to a short fiction collection that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, why her publisher thought an approach from Anton Hur to translate her collection into English was a scam, what it was like to be at the Booker Prize ceremony and the strange thing every judge said to her, how the Booker has impacted her career, why she doesn't translate her own work into English even though she is a translator herself, the future of AI in terms of both writing and translation, why she translates books just for fun without the promise of a publishing contract, and why her Indian publisher recently submitting Your Utopia for a small Indian prize has meant more to her than shortlisting for the Booker.About BoraBora Chung has written four novels and six collections of short stories. In 2022, her collection Cursed Bunny was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2023, it was a finalist in the U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature. She has an MA in Russian and East European studies from Yale University, and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. She has taught Russian language and literature and science fiction studies at Yonsei University, and translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean.

In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Laura Jean McKay chats with Irma about the experience of touring her books to the UK, why she threw up in a caravan sink after finishing her novel, how the publishing landscape for short fiction has changed over the last two decades, a disastrous book event that ended up in an Oscar-winning performance, writing about big political themes, the surreal experience of recording her audiobook during the pandemic, why winning prizes can be a lonely experience, the overwhelming and unexpected support of the sci-fi community, how to develop writing muscles, the worst writing advice she received from a very famous author, why a serious illness altered the development of her novel, and the practical methods that she used to climb out of an intense period of writer's block.About Laura Jean MackayLaura Jean McKay is the author of The Animals in That Country - winner of the prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award, The Victorian Prize for Literature, the ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year and co-winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2021. Laura is also the author of Holiday in Cambodia and was Adjunct Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University. Her latest collection is Gunflower, shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Award and named one of The Guardian's best books of 2023.

In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Aube Rey Lescure chats with Irma about how she initially followed a friend's advice not to become a writer but then ditched law to pursue it anyway, how being multilingual impacts the way she writes, why she refused to follow the career trajectory her creative writing course advised, why she got fixated on publishing a book before she was 30 – and then was forced to let go of it, how her mum's April Fool's joke led to an important plot line in her debut novel, how she approached writing from different POVs, why she let go of the need for external valuation – and was then shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the pressure of writing the second novel, the impact of her essay on women's safety, what she learnt from the publication day disappointment of not finding her book in stores, and the phone call that made her squeal on the streets.ABOUT AUBE REY LESCUREAube Rey Lescure is a French-Chinese-American writer. She grew up between Provence, northern China, and Shanghai, and graduated from Yale in 2015. Her debut novel, River East, River West, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024, and her fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in Guernica, Best American Essays, The Florida Review online, and more. She has also co-authored and translated two books on Chinese politics and economics, and is the Deputy Editor at literary magazine Off Assignment. 

In a special series direct from the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Nam Le chats with Irma about why his first unpublished novel was a spectacular failure but still worthwhile, why for a long time he was a secret writer and the renowned Iowa Writers Workshop was him ‘coming out' to the world, how he naively thought the crazy success of The Boat was what all writers experienced, why Nam made a pact with himself that he would find the good in every publicity question, how his publisher felt about him wanting to publish a poetry collection – notoriously the smallest selling genre – and why he had to fight for the book in the US market, the ways in which he is wrestling with his cultural identity and the notion that he must represent a particular voice, why he puts so much pressure on himself as a writer, the good and the bad of the writers' room on film and TV projects, and how self-doubt can become damaging.ABOUT NAM LENam Le burst onto the literary scene in 2008 with his collection of short fiction, The Boat, which was translated into 14 languages and won every prize imaginable, including the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Award. It was also selected as a New York Times Notable Book and named book of the year by everyone from The Guardian to The Australian. Since then Nam has published a monograph, On David Malouf, as part of the Writers on Writers series, and most recently a collection of poetry, 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem. He has also written for film and television.

The 21st Ubud Writers and Readers Festival will be held in Bali in 2024, from October 23 to October 27. - Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2024 akan berupaya untuk mengangkat temanya ‘Satyam Vada Dharmam Chara', atau ‘Ucapkan Kebenaran, Terapkan Kebaikan' melalui perbincangan tentang etika media; bahayanya menyampaikan kebenaran dan tentang suara-suara terpinggirkan yang sering tidak didengar.

Irma and Karen chat about the upcoming Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. Then Karen talks to Kylie Needham about how a short story turned into her debut novel, the joys and challenges of writing for television and the screen, the collaboration of the writers' room and the vulnerabilities of the process, what writing scripts taught her about moving the narrative forward, whether authors should get involved with screen adaptions of their work, the inequality and sexism of television in the 2000s, and a beautiful moment with a literature high school teacher decades later.About Kylie:Kylie Needham is an award-winning screenwriter. She has won two AWGIE (Australian Writers' Guild) Awards for television scriptwriting, and her work has been published in several literary journals. Her first novel GIRL IN A PINK DRESS, published in 2023, won the MUD Literary Prize for the best debut literary novel by an Australian author, and also won the MARION Writers Prize for Fiction.

Irma and Karen reveal exciting new partnerships with Ubud Writers and Readers Festival and Writers Victoria. Then Karen chats with Beejay Silcox about literary criticism in Australia – what good critics endeavour to do, the blowback from a tough review, what is lacking in Australian criticism, the impact of shrinking page space, the inability to make a sustainable career out of criticism, and her deep regret over one particular review. And then on judging the Stella Prize – how the process works, the role of chair and how the panel is selected, how a shortlist and then a winner is decided, and the alchemy of a strong process. About BeejayBeejay Silcox is an Australian writer and literary critic. She is the Artistic Director of Canberra Writers Festival, and was chair of the 2024 Stella Prize judging panel. Her literary criticism regularly appears in national and international arts publications, and her award-winning short fiction has been published in several literary magazines. She also teaches creative writing. 

Jennifer Mackenzie is a poet and critic. She has published two books which focus on Indonesia, Borobudur and Navigable Ink (both with Transit Lounge), and is working on a third. She is a member of the management committee of Australian Pacific Writers and Translators (APWT), and is co-editor of the Australian edition of the international, Nepalese-based, Pratik, a magazine of contemporary writing. Jennifer's appearance at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, where the Australian edition of Pratik was launched, was courtesy of Creative Australia and APWT.Here she talks about curating along with her fellow editors Australian poetry for Pratik in conjunction with APWT. The Australian edition of the magazine, Fire and Rain, was launched in Ubud in 2023 and in Melbourne in 2024. The edition includes a collaboration with Red Room Poetry to highlight the work of First Nations authors.The Australian edition of Pratik is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Pratik-Fire-Special-Australian-Issue/dp/B0CK8MSDBN/ref=sr_1_106?crid=S1ZPIKBXO46L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ITPjoAiRveNdwx52uUDQbdyCFAa1A4TYwfySydUQbIVeHH6e7KEh6bZt-aybCMQQcmhsnbj4rE4D80ZY9pEWTw8ZtGPF9JAIUa7T8iIzjv99pj9yYaZkBwIKGKm49lpQ6eXSIuwtZcB_3F78crdBAj3Z3tN5poitSoOSxT29GBs.QxE7mlnbVjsaDwTP7Z0RyAWZiZGHsHYERYTbf9UvceY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Nirala%20Publications&qid=1719129788&s=books&sprefix=nirala%20publications%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C596&sr=1-106&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR21iPnG0255IPM07kSGn-4_U1f--VTQBCs3UfcynFd9DkwN8YQfccmkgJk_aem_KkwHEbCZOZW6x2S8sOr1tg  Production and Interview: Tina Giannoukos                Photo: Gay LynchProduction and Interview: Tian Giannoukos

A live show recorded at the Ubud Writers' Festival in Bali, where Sales has been reading Murakami by the pool and Crabb is indignant about a couple canoodling next to her on the plane. Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  (0.10) Ubud Writers & Readers Festival | Website (2.31) Frank Moorhouse: A Life, by Catharine Lumby | Booktopia (2.36) Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder | Booktopia (3.04) A Mind of it's Own by Cordelia Fine | Booktopia  (4.51) The Love Boat | Apple TV+ (6.48) Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Booktopia  (6.50) Something Bad is Going to Happen by Jessie Stephens | Booktopia (7.00) Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami | Booktopia (7.30) The Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman | Booktopia (8.23) You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith | PREORDER Booktopia (8.30) Good Bones by Maggie Smith | Booktopia (14.00) Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie | Booktopia (14.28) London Fields by Martin Amos | Booktopia (16.42) A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz | Booktopia (20.15) The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck | Booktopia (20.20) Sophie's Choice by William Styron | Booktopia  (21.23) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt | Booktopia (22.45) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown | Booktopia (24.04) The Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence | Booktopia (24.14) Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan | Booktopia (26.45) Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | Booktopia (27.50) The Child in Time by Ian McEwan | Booktopia (29.15) Dublin Murder Squad Series by Tana French | Booktopia (30.58) Sex Education | Netflix (31.15) Ozark | Netflix (31.55) The Thursday Murder Club Audiobook | Audible (32.10) 1984 by George Orwell Audiobook | Spotify  (32.36) Brideshead Revisited Audiobook | Audible (35.45) Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales | Booktopia (35.50) 30 Rock | Binge  (36.13) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Audiobook | Audible (38.26) Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey | Audible (38.29) The Storyteller by Dave Grohl Audiobook | Spotify (38.34) Blowing the Bloody Doors Off by Michael Caine Audiobook | Audible (30.27) The Woman in Me by Britney Spears | Audible (40.44) Putting the Rabbit in the Hat by Brian Cox Audiobook | Audible (41.55) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas | Booktopia (42.21) 50 Shades of Grey by E L James | Booktopia (42.45) Kay Scarpetta Series by Patricia Cornwell | Booktopia (45.30) Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty | Booktopia (48.54) To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf | Booktopia (50.36) Detainee 002 by Leigh Sales | Booktopia (54.27) Normal Gossip Podcast | Listen (58.19) Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan | Booktopia (58.30) The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt | BooktopiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eka Kurniawan membagi cuplikan novel terbarunya Anjing Mengeong, Kucing Menggonggong dalam Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2023 di Ubud, Gianyar - Bali. Berikut obrolan reporter KBR, Asrul Dwi bareng Eka Kurniawan. *Kami ingin mendengar saran dan komentar kamu terkait podcast yang baru saja kamu simak, melalui surel ke podcast@kbrprime.id

Intan Paramadhita biasa mengeksplorasi cerita rakyat Indonesia ke dalam karya-karyanya yang dikemas dalam genre sastra gotik. Novel keduanya, Malam Seribu Jahanam, memadukan mitos-mitos Indonesia dengan kisah-kisah Islami. Reporter KBR, Asrul Dwi, sempat ngobrol bareng Intan di sela-sela  Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2023 di Ubud, Gianyar - Bali.  *Kami ingin mendengar saran dan komentar kamu terkait podcast yang baru saja kamu simak, melalui surel ke podcast@kbrprime.id

Delve into the contemporary global challenges in finance, security, and climate change as analyzed by Ray Dalio, a seasoned authority in the field. In this 60-minute conversation, the Founder and CIO Mentor of Bridgewater Associates provides an in-depth perspective on how individuals, professionals, nations should respond to these polycrisis. Moreover, he elucidates the pivotal role of updating the capitalist system in disentangling these multifaceted issues. A collaboration with Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2023. #Endgame #GitaWirjawan #RayDalio ----------------------- Start your investment journey with Pluang and insert promo code RAYDALIO upon registration to get a bonus of Rp25.000 US Stocks, click here to get started: https://pluang.onelink.me/jTjO/znova8kq (T&C applied, read further here: https://bit.ly/pluangraydalio) If you are a Pluang user, you can get a bonus of Rp50.000 Crypto assets in the form of Bitcoin. Enter promo code PLUANG50RB on the mission page, click here to get started: https://pluang.onelink.me/jTjO/w9cst0xi (T&C applied, read further here: http://get.pluang.com/bonus-bitcoin-50ribu-tnc) ----------------------- Get Ray's best “Principles” books: "Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail" (2021) "Principles: Life and Work" (2017) ----------------------- About Luminary: Ray is a global macro investor for more than 50 years, major philanthropist, and best-selling author. He founded Bridgewater Associates out of his two-bedroom apartment in NYC and ran it for most of its 47 years, building it into the largest hedge fund in the world and the fifth most important private company in the US according to Fortune Magazine. His investment innovations (e.g., risk parity, alpha overlay, and All Weather) changed the way global institutions approach investing, making his achievement in receiving TIME magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World." His famous books include “Principles: Life and Work” (2017), “Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order” (2021), dan “Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises” (2018). Ray founded Dalio Philanthropies with his wife, Barbara. The philanthropy deeply devoted to exploring the oceans and closing the education, financial, and healthcare opportunity gaps in the US. From inception to date, the Dalio family has given over $6 billion in funding to Dalio Philanthropies to support philanthropy. About the Host: Gita Wirjawan is an Indonesian entrepreneur, educator, and currently a visiting scholar at The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), Stanford University. Gita is also just appointed as an Honorary Professor of Politics and International Relations in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK. ----------------------- Understand this episode better: https://sgpp.me/eps158notes ----------------------- SGPP Indonesia Master of Public Policy: admissions@sgpp.ac.id https://admissions.sgpp.ac.id https://wa.me/628111522504 Other "Endgame" episode playlists: Daring Entrepreneurs Wandering Scientists The Take Visit and subscribe: SGPP Indonesia Visinema Pictures

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival atau yang dikenal sebagai UWRF memasuki tahun ke 19. Perjalanan yang cukup panjang itu tidak lepas dari pembahasan perkembangan kesenian di Indonesia dan dunia juga. Di UWRF ke-19 ini Rupa Bali berkesempatan melakukan media coverage dan berkesempatan mengikuti Press Call dan program-program festival. Di episode ini ada cuplikan panel "Where is Indonesian Art Going?" bersama pembicara Aaron Seeto dan Saras Dewi yang menyentuh juga tentang Documenta 15 (Bahasa Inggris), dan bincang bersama Sidhi Vhisatya tentang yang dibicarakan di panel tersebut (Bahasa Indonesia). Penasaran apa aja pembicaraannya? Yuk, didengerin!

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival atau yang dikenal sebagai UWRF memasuki tahun ke 19. Perjalanan yang cukup lama itu juga diikuti tidak saja tentang pembahasan buku dan sastra terbaru, tetapi juga perkembangan seni rupa. Di UWRF ke-19 ini Rupa Bali berkesempatan melakukan media coverage dan berkesempatan mengikuti Press Call dan program-program festival. Di episode ini kita ngobrol bareng Mbak Ika Vantiani tentang karya dan workshop "Kata untuk Perempuan" yang hadir di festival kali ini, beserta tentang keterlibatannya di Panel "Representing Women in Cinema and Popular Culture". Penasaran apa aja pembicaraannya? Yuk, didengerin!

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival atau yang dikenal sebagai UWRF memasuki tahun ke 19. Perjalanan yang cukup lama itu juga diikuti poster artwork unik yang dibuat oleh seniman Bali maupun Indonesia berdasarkan tema festival di setiap tahunnya. Di UWRF ke-19 ini Rupa Bali berkesempatan melakukan media coverage dan berkesempatan mengikuti Press Call dan program-program festival. Di episode ini ada beberapa cuplikan pembicaraan tentang latar belakang pemilihan artwork UWRF bersama Founder dan Director UWRF, Janet DeNeefe (Bahasa Inggris), dan bersama perempuan perupa yang diajak tahun ini, Ni Luh Pangestu, yang membuat karya cukil yang di-digitalisasi untuk artwork UWRF bertemakan "Memayu Hayuning Bawana" (Bahasa Indonesia). Penasaran apa aja pembicaraannya? Yuk, didengerin!

Ubud Writers and Readers Festival atau yang dikenal sebagai UWRF memasuki tahun ke 19. Perjalanan yang cukup lama itu juga diikuti pembahasan dan pengembangan kesempatan baru untuk para penulis muda juga dalam penerbitan buku. Di UWRF ke-19 ini Rupa Bali berkesempatan melakukan media coverage dan berkesempatan mengikuti Press Call dan program-program festival. Di episode ini ada beberapa cuplikan pembicaraan Dewan Kurator Emerging Writers, Made Adnyana Ole dan Emerging Writer 2022, Agus Wiratama saat Press Call, wawancara tentang penerbit Henbuk.com bersama CEO Hendika Permana yang baru menandatangani kerjasama dengan UWRF, serta ngobrol bersama Emerging Writer 2022 Juli Sastrawan tentang perjalanannya menjadi penulis beserta kegiatan-kegiatan sastra yang ia kembangkan bersama Agus Wiratama dkk. Penasaran apa aja pembicaraannya? Yuk, didengerin!

Our emotions and animal instincts are part of who we are. How can we make sense of it better? How can nations be aware of this to sustain humanity? From the perspective of history, neuropsychology, and philosophy — Yuval Noah Harari and Mark Solms discourse on the cause of the flooding rage in society, the ''hidden'' missing piece of the advancement of science and technology, and the future fate of humanity. Professor Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and bestselling author. He is considered one of the world's most influential public intellectuals today. His books ("Sapiens," Homo Deus," and "21 Lessons for the 21st Century) have sold 40 million copies in 65 languages, including Bahasa Indonesia. He just released the first volume of ''Unstoppable Us", a brand new children's book series aimed at "liberating our future generations from our past." Professor Mark Solms — the Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. His latest book, "The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness," takes us on a journey to solve contemporary neuroscience's most giant unsolved puzzle: our emotions. He is the authorized editor and translator of the forthcoming Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. #GitaWirjawan #YuvalNoahHarari #MarkSolms -------------------------- Join the talk of other incredible bestselling authors at Ubud Writers & Readers Festival on October 27—30, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. Use promo code ENDGAME100 and get a special 15% discount on festival passes: http://www.ubudwritersfestival.com/ticket-hub/ Follow UWRF on social media: facebook.com/ubudwritersfest instagram.com/ubudwritersfest twitter.com/ubudwritersfest -------------------------- Episode Notes: https://endgame.id/eps100notes Mark's latest book: The Hidden Spring https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393542011/ Yuval's latest book: Unstoppable Us https://www.ynharari.com/book/unstoppable_us/ -------------------------- Pre-Order the official Endgame merchandise: https://wa.me/628119182045 SGPP Indonesia Master of Public Policy 2022/24 November intake closes soon: admissions.sgpp.ac.id admissions@sgpp.ac.id https://wa.me/628111522504

Claire Coleman is a Noongar writer, born in Western Australia and now based in Naarm. Her family have been from the area around Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun on the south coast of WA since before time started being recorded. She has written three works of speculative fiction to date - Terra Nullius: A Novel (2017), which was shortlisted for The Stella Prize, among many other awards, The Old Lie (2019) and Enclave (2022).  Her acclaimed non-fiction book, Lies Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation was published in 2021. Claire has appeared on The Garret before. You can find a detailed discussion of Terra Nullius here, as well as a discussion recorded live at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2019 here. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Instagram, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A fantastical journey of an inspiring poet and metaphorical wizard! having the delight to sit and understand the ways Phillip's mind works and then see it galvanise the youths of the area in our recent poetry workshops was a true blessing. Philip Wilcox is a full-time teaching and touring poet. He is a former Australian Poetry Slam champion and two-time New South Wales Poetry Slam champion. He has featured at the Sydney Writers' Festival, the Beijing Bookworm Festival and the Ubud Writers' and Readers' Festival. In 2018 he took his poetry/theatre show (also called Beetle Prayer) on tour in Asia. This is his first collection of poems.

With Thomas Keneally, Hannah Kent and Christos Tsiolkas. Chaired by David Sly. Established by passionate readers to support the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and Adelaide Writers' Week, the MUD Literary Club celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2022. As the only philanthropic organisation in the country exclusively dedicated to supporting literature, MUD is a unique and proudly Adelaide institution that has supported Australian authors since its inception. A powerhouse panel of “MUD Mates” Thomas Keneally, Hannah Kent and Christos Tsiolkas discuss the role of literature in contemporary culture and MUD in Australia and we learn the winner of the 2022 MUD Literary Prize.

Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since long before history started being recorded. She writes fiction, essays, poetry and art writing while either living in Naarm (Melbourne) or on the road. In 2021 she released her first work of non-fiction, Lies, Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation. During an extended circuit of the continent she wrote a novel, Terra Nullius: A Novel, which won the black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship and was listed for eight awards including a shortlisting for The Stella Prize. Her second novel was The Old Lie, and her third, Enclave, will hopefully be released in 2022. Claire has appeared on The Garret twice before - talking about Terra Nullius: A Novel, and at a live event at the 2019 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Indonesia. NOTE: Claire was on the road due to the pandemic when we recorded this interview, and the sound quality is not at our usual standard. We recommend reading the transcript whilst listening to the interview. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. The interview was recorded by Zoom, and we can't wait to start recording in person again soon. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brendan Fredericks, is an ardent advocate for curiosity and creativity. He straddles the literary and commercial worlds to deliver transformative, energetic and engaging publicity campaigns, develops winning project proposals, strategically represents his clients, and provides excellent author management. Brendan has worked in the book industry for nearly twenty years. As a bookseller and events manager with Angus & Robertson he worked with authors from Steve Waugh, Warrick Capper to Jane Fonda. As in-house book publicist and publicity manager with the prestigious publishers Hachette and Bloomsbury, he promoted and toured luminaries such as Elizabeth Gilbert, Germaine Greer, Robyn Davidson, Richard Ford, A.C. Grayling and Jeff Lindsay. His marquee author tours included major literary and ideas festivals around Australia and overseas, as well as Sydney Opera House All About Women Festival, Festival of Dangerous Ideas, The Wheeler Centre, Jaipur Literature Festival in India, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, and Wellington Writers Festival. In 2015 Brendan established BFredericksPR from a desire to provide outstanding representation to authors, and offer a fresh approach to the marketing and management of his clients. He is committed to quality author care, elegant stakeholder management, and is acutely aware of, and embraces, cultural difference. He collaborates with a team of consultants to offer honest advice and provides full transparency throughout his unique and highly successful campaigns and tours. Henry talks with Brendan about his work. This conversation was originally broadcast on 3SER's 97.7FM Casey Radio in 2019 It was produced by Rob Kelly.

As an island that relies heavily on tourism, the COVID-19 crisis has led to Bali’s most challenging period in recent memory. Our panelists have spent decades in Indonesia’s tourism industry … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | When the World Stopped Traveling appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Pelatih somatik dan instruktur bela diri, Made Janur Yasa, menemukan cara yang praktis dan efektif untuk mendorong warga mengelola sampahnya. Bagaimana? Dengan menukarnya dengan beras sumbangan. Seperti inilah terobosan pengelolaan … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Made Janur Yasa: From Rubbish to Rice appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

In Sea People, Christina Thompson explores the fascinating story of Polynesia’s ancient voyagers, as well as the sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers who have puzzled over this history … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Christina Thompson: Sea People: the Puzzle of Polynesia appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Man of Contradictions, the first English-language biography of Jokowi, argues that the president embodies the fundamental contradictions of modern Indonesia. He is caught between democracy and authoritarianism, openness and protectionism, … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Ben Bland: Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. His new book Sand Talk provides a template for living. It’s about how lines, symbols, and shapes can help us … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Tyson Yunkaporta: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Edwidge Danticat’s latest book of short stories, Everything Inside, is set in Port-au-Prince, Miami, and beyond. It reflects on community, family, and love, and how people come to terms with death, … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Edwidge Danticat: Everything Inside appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Independent investigative journalist, Febriana Firdaus, is a regular contributor to The Guardian, covering topics from COVID-19 to the Black Lives Matter movement in West Papua. Her works have appeared in … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Febriana Firdaus: Investigative Reporting in Indonesia appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

“My stories come from a very unconscious place. I don’t premeditate them, I don’t know what’s going to happen in them.” There’s no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Etgar Keret: Anything but Ordinary appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

“My stories come from a very unconscious place. I don’t premeditate them, I don’t know what’s going to happen in them.” There’s no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take place at the crossroads of the fantastical, searing, and hilarious. His characters grapple with parenthood and family, war and games, marijuana and cake, memory and love. Join Etgar Keret in an interview that promises to be anything but ordinary. Featuring Etgar Keret and Eve Tedja.

Join James Oseland to hear about his travels in search of the world’s best restaurants, street food stalls, and home cooks. James is the author and editor of World Food, … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | James Oseland: In Search of the Cradle of Flavor appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

The Guardian called Intan Paramaditha’s debut novel The Wandering an “ingenious choose-your-own-adventure challenge, [which is] at least five books in one.” Originally published in Indonesian as Gentayangan and translated into English by Stephen J. … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast| Intan Paramaditha: The Wandering appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

Born in Denpasar, Cynthia Dewi Oka grew up as an ethnic minority and religious minority in Bali and Java. These experiences pushed her family to migrate to Vancouver, Canada, where Cynthia faced a whole other beast of diasporic experiences. Now a poet with three Pushcart Prize nominations, she lives in Philadelphia, where she partnered with Asian Arts Initiative to offer Sanctuary: A Migrant Poetry Workshop for Philly-based immigrant poets. Cynthia shares with us her journey across many borders, working as an organizer, a poet, a teacher, and a mother. We talk about martabak, motherhood, medok accents, imagination, imperialism, and immigration. Cynthia Dewi Oka is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and author Salvage and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water. She is also a recipient of the Leeway Foundation's Transformation Award; the Tupelo Quarterly Poetry Prize; the Fifth Wednesday Journal Editor's Prize in Poetry; the Amy Clampitt Residency (2021-2022); and scholarships from Voices of Our Nations (VONA) and Vermont Studio Center. She has performed her poetry in various venues across the US and internationally, including at The New School, The Nuyorican, Poet's House, the Langston Hughes House, Nick Virgilio Writer's House, Noyes Art Garage, Woman Made Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, the Philly Pigeon, the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Busboys and Poets, Writers Resist Philadelphia, The Laura Flanders Show, Split This Rock Poetry Festival, Hobart Festival of Women Writers, Festival Internacional de Poesia de la Habana, and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. She is a contributor to ESPN's The Undefeated the anthologies Soul Sister Revue: A Poetry Compilation (Jamii Publishing, 2019) as well as other anthologies. Cynthia has been a poetry mentor for The Speakeasy Project, taught Foundations of Poetry for the Blue Stoop, and served as a guest poet in universities across the United States. In 2018, she visited Widener University as a featured poet in the English and Creative Writing Departments' Distinguished Writers Series. As a Dodge Poet, she has visited and worked with young poets in high schools through mini-festivals across New Jersey. She has also facilitated poetry workshops for organizations and initiatives such as Community Building Art Works, FreeWrite Prison Writing Group, Women Writers in Bloom, Women's Mobile Museum, and Training for Change. www.cynthiadewioka.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sugar-nutmeg/support

(Bag 1 dari 2) Ngobrol bareng Mas Kurnia Effendi, RUANG BUAL COLACHINO ; Kurnia Effendi lahir di Tegal, 20 Oktober 1960. Menulis pertama kali untuk publik tahun 1978 melalui majalah Gadis, Aktuil, dan koran Sinar Harapan. Pada era 80-an gemar mengikuti sayembara menulis fiksi dan berhasil mengumpulkan sekitar 30 penghargaan, 8 di antaranya juara pertama. Saat kuliah bergiat di Grup Apresiasi Sastra ITB. Tahun 1996 bergabung di Komunitas Sastra Indonesia hingga sekarang. Diundang dalam sejumlah perhelatan sastra, antara lain Mimbar Penyair Abad 21 (DKJ, 1996), Pertemuan Sastrawan Nusantara (1997), Panggung Cerpen Indonesia Mutakhir (TUK, 2003), Temu Sastra Kota (DKJ, 2003), Biennale Festival Sastra Internasional (TUK, 2005), Mitra Praja Utama (Disbudpar, 2009), Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (2010), Bali Emerging Writers Festival (2011), Temu Sastra Indonesia-Malaysia (2015). Telah menerbitkan 15 buku terdiri dari antologi puisi, kumpulan cerpen, himpunan esai, novel, dan memoar. Untuk menyebut beberapa buku, antara lain: Bercinta di Bawah Bulan (kumcer, Metafor, 2004); Merjan-Merjan Jiwa (novel, Pustaka Kartini, 2009); Mendaras Cahaya (antologi puisi, Rumah Anggit, 2011); Musim Gugur Telah Usai (kumcer, Elexmedia, 2013); Kincir Api(GPU, 2005), menempati 5 besar Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2006; Anak Arloji(Serambi, 2011), meraih penghargaan sastra Badan Bahasa 2013. Memoar yang pernah ditulis: Hee Ah Lee, The Four Fingered Pianist (Hikmah, 2006); Sue Aziz: Jalan Indah menuju Usia Emas (2012). Selain menulis, ia juga menjadi pembicara dalam diskusi sastra, juri lomba sastra, instruktur pelatihan penulisan kreatif, penyunting lepas sejumlah penerbit, redaktur tamu pada sebuah tabloid di bidang seni budaya (2006 – 2009), dan kurator festival sastra.

(Bag 1 dari 2) Ngobrol bareng Mas Kurnia Effendi, RUANG BUAL COLACHINO Kurnia Effendi ; Kurnia Effendi lahir di Tegal, 20 Oktober 1960. Menulis pertama kali untuk publik tahun 1978 melalui majalah Gadis, Aktuil, dan koran Sinar Harapan. Pada era 80-an gemar mengikuti sayembara menulis fiksi dan berhasil mengumpulkan sekitar 30 penghargaan, 8 di antaranya juara pertama. Saat kuliah bergiat di Grup Apresiasi Sastra ITB. Tahun 1996 bergabung di Komunitas Sastra Indonesia hingga sekarang. Diundang dalam sejumlah perhelatan sastra, antara lain Mimbar Penyair Abad 21 (DKJ, 1996), Pertemuan Sastrawan Nusantara (1997), Panggung Cerpen Indonesia Mutakhir (TUK, 2003), Temu Sastra Kota (DKJ, 2003), Biennale Festival Sastra Internasional (TUK, 2005), Mitra Praja Utama (Disbudpar, 2009), Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (2010), Bali Emerging Writers Festival (2011), Temu Sastra Indonesia-Malaysia (2015). Telah menerbitkan 15 buku terdiri dari antologi puisi, kumpulan cerpen, himpunan esai, novel, dan memoar. Untuk menyebut beberapa buku, antara lain: Bercinta di Bawah Bulan (kumcer, Metafor, 2004); Merjan-Merjan Jiwa (novel, Pustaka Kartini, 2009); Mendaras Cahaya (antologi puisi, Rumah Anggit, 2011); Musim Gugur Telah Usai (kumcer, Elexmedia, 2013); Kincir Api(GPU, 2005), menempati 5 besar Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2006; Anak Arloji(Serambi, 2011), meraih penghargaan sastra Badan Bahasa 2013. Memoar yang pernah ditulis: Hee Ah Lee, The Four Fingered Pianist (Hikmah, 2006); Sue Aziz: Jalan Indah menuju Usia Emas (2012). Selain menulis, ia juga menjadi pembicara dalam diskusi sastra, juri lomba sastra, instruktur pelatihan penulisan kreatif, penyunting lepas sejumlah penerbit, redaktur tamu pada sebuah tabloid di bidang seni budaya (2006 – 2009), dan kurator festival sastra.

The world needs to understand Indonesia in the way that Indonesia has always deserved to be understood. For far too long, the story of Indonesia has been written with a foreign pen. Janet DeNeefe, the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival founder, is seeking to change that by harnessing Indonesian youth's immense power. Through food, literature, and other creative means, she believes that now is the time for Indonesia to finally author its own story and enchant the world.

This episode, 'Burnt Sugar', was a part of the 2020 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, and was originally released on 5 November 2020. It features Avni Doshi in conversation with Astrid Edwards. Avni Doshi's 'Burnt Sugar' has been shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. “An unsettling, sinewy debut, startling in its venom and disarming in its humour from the very first sentence,” according to The Guardian, it's a love story and a story about betrayal. But not between lovers – between a mother and daughter.  Avni is an award-winning author with an Art History degree from Barnard College in New York and a Masters in History of Art from University College London. She was awarded the 2013 Tibor Jones South Asia Prize and 2014 Charles Pick Fellowship.  Burnt Sugar, karya Avni Doshi, telah masuk daftar panjang untuk penghargaan Booker Prize 2020. “Sebuah debut yang mengguncang, mengejutkan dengan bisanya dan melucuti dengan humornya dari kalimat paling pertama,” menurut The Guardian, ini adalah sebuah kisah cinta dan pengkhianatan. Namun bukan di antara sepasang kekasih, melainkan antara ibu dan anak. Bergabunglah dengan Avni saat ia membongkar ikatan memori dan mitos yang mengikat dan memisahkan kedua perempuan tersebut. Avni adalah penulis peraih penghargaan dengan gelar Sejarah Seni dari Barnard College di New York dan Magister Sejarah Seni dari University College London. Ia dianugerahi Tibor Jones South Asia Prize 2013 dan Charles Pick Fellowship 2014. Novel pertamanya, Burnt Sugar, telah masuk dalam daftar Booker Prize 2020. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com.  You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abdul Samad Haidari is a Hazara-Afghan journalist turned refugee poet, currently in Indonesia waiting for resettlement. Besides volunteering as a humanitarian-aid worker and teacher, Abdul is the author of the poetry collection “The Red Ribbon,” which is the 3rd best-selling book in Indonesia. Abdul talks to us about his background, his family, his book, his activities with the refugee community as well as the literary circles in Indonesia, coping with trauma, religion and censorship in Indonesia versus Afghanistan, and his views on life in Indonesia as a refugee. ​ Abdul fled his home country at the age of seven and grew up wandering in Pakistan and Iran as a child refugee, and was separated from his family for the majority of his childhood. For two years, at the age of eight and nine, he was forced into child labour in the construction industry in Iran. In contrast, Pakistan offered refugees like him the opportunity to study and work. This education and work experience culminated in Abdul teaching computer studies and English language courses at the Intel Computer Center and Pak Oxford Professionals. After the collapse of the Taliban government, Abdul returned to Afghanistan thinking that the security situation had improved, and that he could take part in the reconstruction of his war-torn country. With this in mind, Abdul served as a freelance journalist and humanitarian aid-worker in areas of the country that remained dangerous to civilians because of the influence of terrorist groups. Abdul served with the Norwegian refugee council (NRC), ActionAid Afghanistan, Daily Outlook Afghanistan group of newspapers, and The Daily Afghanistan Express. As a freelance journalist, Abdul wrote articles and editorials about on-the-ground realities, which were then circulated widely. These had a particular focus on women and children's rights, corruption, transparency and accountability in government, warlords and terrorist groups' actions and the systematic persecution of minority groups in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Abdul was invited to Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in 2019. He attended several literary festivals in Jakarta and spoke in various human rights panel discussions with the UNHCR, IOM, and in other refugee-focused discussion groups. He is currently working on his PTSD book and has a few books of poetry, ready for editing to be published. ​ Abdul can be reached at: abdulsamad.haidari96@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sugar-nutmeg/support

It's deja vu for the Ubud Writers Festival which was born to rebuild the tourism economy after a crisis. Instead of cancelling, this year's festival called KEMBALI 2020: A Rebuild Bali Festival offers the event's broadest and most diverse lineup of some of the world's most celebrated writers, artists and cooks. Janet DeNeefe is the founder and director of multiple hospitality ventures in Bali, a massive foodie and book lover. She started the Ubud Writers Festival in response to the 2002 Bali bombings and later the Ubud Food Festival in 2015.Quotes From Episode"I was telling staff since March that we have to go online and because I was in Italy in February, so I can see the full effect of this tidal wave coming towards me like... I just thought holy mackerel, this is bigger than I imagined. So I came back from Europe and said to the team, we have to go online (and) I think they were just in a state of shock ... But it's very exciting too because it's all, new technology.""Another beautiful story is this weaving in Pejeng, they sort of dusted off the looms and decided to start weaving again. So we went to visit their little cottage industry and it was quite extraordinary because the age of the weavers started at about 25. I've never seen that before in 30 years, never seen young women at the looms."-Janet DeNeefeDon't miss:2:23 - Why this pandemic is completely deja vu in Bali4:30 - How the Balinese are pivoting5:45  - Sourdough bread adventures9:01 - Re-imagining Bali after Covid13:12 - Why Janet didn't cancel the festival this year19:21 - How the program is different this time20:53 - An unexpected Covid outcome with young Balinese weavers31:58 - Janet's annual holiday in a pirate shipResources or Links Mentioned:www.ubudwritersfestival.comwww.ubudfoodfestival.comcasalunabali.comConnect with Upon Arrival: Email: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com

Bagaimana jika tirai ini aku buka dan ternyata sudah pagi? Bagaimana jika pendekar yang kamu ceritakan itu ternyata sudah selesai bertarung dan alun-alun kota sudah sepi? Bagaimana jika sepanjang kita ada di sini, ternyata di luar sana kota ini telah bangkit dari reruntuhan dan kita tidak mengenalinya lagi?” Kumpulan cerita pendek Raka Ibrahim yang pertama, sebelumnya lebih dikenal sebagai wartawan musik berjudul “Bagaimana Tuhan Menciptakan Cahaya” (Commabooks, Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2018) berkisah tentang upaya seorang lelaki yang berupaya menyelamatkan hubungannya –dan perempuan yang dicintainya—dengan mendongeng gaya Scheherazade dalam Kisah 1001 Malam. Apakah mereka akhirnya bersatu kembali dan sang kekasih melihat cahaya kehidupan atau cerita-cerita itu akhirnya sia-sia belaka berakhir sebagai kata-kata? Podcast “Coming Home with Leila Chudori” akan membedahnya di dalam “In Contemplation with Seno Gumira Ajidarma”. Sastrawan Seno Gumira Ajidarma akan membahas cerpen-cerpen itu dengan asyik dan seru. Seno Gumira yang juga pernah menjadi curator Ubud Writers akan berbincang tentang perkembangan kelahiran para penulis baru di Indonesia.

Richard Fidler, host of ABC's Conversations, discusses his love of history and what drives him to write about it, the role of literature in this most tumultuous of years and what we can learn from the history that has gone before. Richard is a writer of historical travel non-fiction and his works include The Golden Maze, Saga Land and Ghost Empire. Richard and Astrid have previously spoken about historical fiction, and you can listen to their discussion recorded at the Ubud Writers and Readers festival in 2019 here. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. The interview was recorded by Zoom, and we can't wait to start recording in person again soon. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indonesia, 1998. With the fall of Suharto’s 32-year autocratic regime following years of political turmoil and violence, the ‘Reformation Era’ was ushered in. Heaped upon it were promises of freedom, … The post UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Twenty Years Later appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

On Episode 33 of EBR | The Writer's Show, Irvine Welsh talks about writing, Trainspotting and his new book Dead Mens Trousers. Recorded at the 2019 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival.  Full shownotes at ebrpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Sink it” became a national catchphrase after Indonesia’s maverick (now former) Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries fulfilled her threat to sink any foreign boats found illegally fishing in Indonesian … The post UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Susi Pudjiastuti: Sink It appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.