Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2005-part I

'Between Worlds'-Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Bali, Indonesia,
6-11 October 2005

The lush Balinese mountain village of Ubud-artistic heartland of one of the world's richest and most hospitable cultures-will host the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival from 6 to 11 October 2005.

The Festival is being produced under the auspices of the non-profit Saraswati Foundation for the Arts, a Bali-based organization devoted to literacy education and the cultivation of artistic and cultural collaboration between east and west.

The 2005 festival theme, "Between Worlds", emerged from the inaugural 2004 event, where issues of identity, faith, and global-local interface were repeatedly raised by authors juggling modern versus traditional ways, caught between religious or geographical boundaries, or straddling two or more cultures.

This year's diverse and exciting program brings together over 100 speakers: novelists, poets, cultural observers and journalists, along with filmmakers and photographers from all over the globe, especially Indonesia, Australia and the Asia Pacific region.

Special international guests will include Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan Canadian author of Booker Prize- winning The English Patient, who will reveal the secrets of his magical prose and poetry in a discussion of his life and work.

For program details and to book, The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival