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Welcome to the Big Reveal
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The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2011 Unveiled
The waiting is over: all the riches of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival are now revealed.
The 4 day pass continues to bring you great value: the chance to see every single writer featured and full access to all main program events. If you prefer, rush in for a 1 day pass. Name your day and we'll see you in the crowd!
The full Festival program awaits you now at the click of a button. Eat it up, there's something for all tastes.
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AND FEATURING
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The dazzling range of feature events designed to entertain and enthral. A word to the wise: choose immediately! It's the perfect way to discover Ubud's unique and diverse culinary charm by day and the sumptuous range of cocktails and dinners give the Festival its sparkling glamour by night. Tickets are limited in every case and events will sell out. Warm to the new features presented for the very first time: there are items to suit every budget and desire
Eight years old and bristling with over one hundred and twenty fabulous writers, this will be a Festival to remember. Discover the newest of the new mingling with writers at the peak of their careers: voices from Indonesia, Cuba, Egypt and the US, to name but a few. Novelists, historians, screenwriters, poets, playwrights and pundits. Add yourself into the mix and the picture's complete. Join us at the Festival for thinkers: bring an open mind and a love of ideas and fine writing and you're in for a treat. Make your choices now and get set: full range of tickets online now
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WORK IT OUT
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While you're skipping through the program, selecting the features that will make your Festival complete, check out the range of writing skill development workshops on offer. That manuscript languishing in your bottom could get just the boost it needs to send it on its way to publication! Whether it's travel or editing, fiction or journalism, you will find something to kickstart the creative urges. Sharpen your wits and pencil yourself in: who knows, it could be you on the stage at a future Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
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PICTURE YOURSELF HERE
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The main program of the Ubud Writers Festival 2011 is a banquet of literary tastes and treats, but to totally understand the entire Festival experience, we recommend the sensory overload that is an Ubud Writers & Readers Festival special event.
Picture this: the Alila Ubud resort perches high on the edge of the emerald Agung river valley and is a tranquil oasis of secluded courtyards, private gardens and traditional Balinese architecture. Boasting the most verdant views over the plunging valley is the Plantation Dining restaurant. Here you partake in one of the literary lunches for which the Festival is renowned. Conversation with authors Chris Abani and Mohezin Tejani will flow as they relate their out of African adventures accompanied by a feast of North African specialties, selected by legendary New Zealand chef-author, Peta Matthias,
Perhaps you'd like a little exercise to whet your appetite? Jalan-Jalan across the Tjampuhan Ridge with Brian Thacker, travel adventurer and writer, as he recounts tales of his journeys through Southeast Asia. Finish up at the staggeringly majestic Made Wijaya-designed Villa Keliki, enjoy a glorious brunch followed by a travel writing workshop to fine tune your writing skills.
If all these hot hot days and balmy nights are making you sway, you're ready for Latin Rhythms.The festival celebrates our Latin authors from Cuba to Colombia in the plush lounge of the award-winning Mozaic restaurant. Sip on margaritas, graze on gourmet tapas, stare at the chandeliers and listen to the words of Junot Diaz, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Edel Rodriquez and Marcelo Romero while the sun sets over Sanggingan. If you are not mesmerized, blame it on the Bossa Nova.
Now that we've introduced you to Mozaic, one of Ubud's celebrated fine dining restaurants, why not learn how they create the magic? Join in an intimate demo-cooking class with Chef Chris Salans. Chris will introduce some of the recipes featured in his first book "Mozaic: French Cuisine, Balinese Flavours" in the exclusive surrounds of Mozaic's private workshop / dining room. Learn the secrets and get behind the scenes of his literary work that combines the story of Chef Salans' journey in Indonesia, his discovery of the island's ingredients and the birth of Mozaic, Chef Salans' award-winning restaurant. Complemented with Mozaic-style recipes, his book introduces Balinese ingredients in depth and then suggests recipes
Where else could you possibly be in October? The best literary experience awaits…you know what to do next
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CHILDREN & YOUTH PROGRAM
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Why must adults get all the fun in a literary festival? With what we have in store for our Children & Youth program for this year's Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), the grown ups will wish they could travel back in time and enjoy the array of fun activities we have prepared for children and teenagers.
You're perfect the way you are, but wouldnt it be fun pretending to be someone else from time to time? On stage, that is. UWRF offers a fun and hands-on acting lesson in our Theatre Workshop with Cok Sawitri. Teens aged 15 to 19 can get insights on how to rule the stage by learning voice techniques, facial expressions, and exploring just how much our body movements can change our characters.
Working as a TV presenter sounds like a dream job, but is it really as easy as looking cool in front of a camera? UWRF, together with Public Speaking Santy Sastra Production, invites young people aged 13 to 18 to attend this free workshop and learn what it really takes to be a confident and articulate TV presenter.
The intensity of the internet and social networking sites in our modern lives can be very overwhelming. Multiply that by 10 times if you are a teenager. But do not let the internet rule us, instead, how can we use it to our advantage? How can we become our own 'media company'? Can we be real agents of change for our community using our social media accounts? Find out the answers to these questions in a workshop titled "Personal Branding: Who am I in social Media?"
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