Full program announced for Ubud 2019
The full program has been announced for the 2019 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which runs from 23–27 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Joining a total of 180 speakers from...
Ubud releases 2018 festival program
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has released the main program for its 2018 festival, which will run from 24-28 October in Ubud, Indonesia. Among the newly announced international...
Ubud announces 2015 dates
The 2015 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) will be held from 28 October to 1 November in Bali, Indonesia, and will explore the theme ‘17,000 Islands of Imagination’. Organisers...
Naipaul dropped from Ubud after ‘11th hour requests’
VS Naipaul has been dropped from this year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) after the festival was unable to meet his ‘11th hour requests’, organisers have announced. UWRF founder...
Ubud announces 2014 program
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full program for its 11th festival, which will run from 1-5 October in Bali, Indonesia.Among the line-up are a number...
Ubud partners with DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has partnered with the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. ‘The partnership will commence with Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2014, and will involve...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2013 ‘a glowing success’
This year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), which ran from 11 to 15 October in Bali, Indonesia, has been described as ‘a glowing success’ by festival founder and director Janet DeNeefe,...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival date change
The dates for the 2013 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), held annually in the Bali village of Ubud, have been changed to 11-15 October to avoid a clash with the...
Caffin returns to BBWF
Former Byron Bay Writers’ Festival (BBWF) director Jeni Caffin is returning to head up the festival. Caffin will start in the role at the beginning of November. She will also resume her former role...
Ramos-Horta to feature at Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced that Jose Ramos-Horta will feature in the main program of the festival. Ramos-Horta is a founder of the Republica Democratica de Timor-Leste...
Funder to headline Ubud writers festival
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced that Miles Franklin winner Anna Funder will appear as a headline author at this year’s festival. ‘I am not surprised the Miles...
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'Meanjin' to be available as ebookMeanjin has announced that the literary journal will be available to purchase as an ebook ‘in coming weeks'. The announcement follows the re-launch of the...
AsiaLink 2012 residencies announced
The recipients of Asialink's 2012 residencies have been announced. The recipients of the Arts Management residencies related to writing, and the projects they will work on, are:Lisa Dempster, Indonesia: Dempster...
Ubud writers festival: 20% audience growth
Organisers report that audience figures grew by 20% at the 2011 ANZ Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia, compared to the 2010 festival. Festival director Janet DeNeefe told the...
ANZ to sponsor Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
The organisers of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia, have announced a new partnership with the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Group), which will see...
Citibank pulls sponsorship from Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia has been left without a major sponsor, following an announcement from Citibank that it will no longer financially support the festival....
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National Year of Reading 2012 patron announced Author William McInnes has been announced as the patron of the National Year of Reading 2012. Chair of the National Year of Reading founder...
Attendence up at 2010 Ubud writers festival
The 2010 Citibank Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali, Indonesia last week was the largest in the festival's history. The four-day festival was attended by 135 writers from 27...
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New role for HawthorneSusan Hawthorne, co-founder and director of Spinifex Press, has been appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University.CBCA awards to be presented on 20...
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iPad launches in NZ; 'Hairy Mclary' app at #1Apple has launched its iPad in New Zealand. Since the release of the iPad on Friday 23 July, Penguin Books New Zealand's...