If you can’t come to Germany then join me in Bali…
September 16th, 2009
I’m ‘appearing’ at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in October (the pic is of me and Tony Wheeler talking at the 2008 festival). It’s a fantastic festival taking place in stunning locations all around Ubud. Harpers Bazaar magazine called the festival ‘One of the six best literary festivals in the world’. I’ll let the folk from the festival give you the lowdown of what it is all about: ‘This year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival promises to be as exciting as ever. Our 2009 theme Suka-Duka: Compassion & Solidarity. The theme reflects the Festival’s commitment to turn this literary gathering into an inspiring moment, through which writers and readers from every corner of the world can establish a mutual understanding as well as a common platform to remind the world of the need to think and act as one single, compassionate entity, particularly during this epoch of violent conflicts and social turmoil.’
I don’t how ‘inspiring’ I will be or how much ‘mutual understanding’ I’ll be sharing around, but I am doing a couple of great talks with fellow writers Jaimal Yogis, Andrew McMillan, and Lee Su Kim. I’m also leading a three hour walk n’ talk through the rice paddies of Ubud on a ‘Jalan Jalan’. But, the biggest highlight of the festival for me is on Thursday the 8th of October. It’s ‘Festival Club goes Karaoke’. The program describes it like this: ‘Join karaoke-loving wordsmiths and wild performers in an unpredictable evening of singing and surprise. If you hunger for the Bee Gees, ABBA, Michael Jackson or just plain old-fashioned love songs this is the event for you. So be prepared to laugh out loud as top writers entertain you in an uber night of literary shenanigans and vocal brilliance.’ I’m sure there will be plenty of inspiration and mutual understanding going on that night.
It’s a great excuse to come to Ubud – and if you’re in Kuta and need a break from getting wasted come on up (they serve beer there as well).
Check out the full program here or my events page here.
On September 16th, 2009 Craig Dunn said:
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