2013 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival

11th - 15th October 2013, Alila Ubud

2013 marks an important year for Ubud Writers and Readers Festival as the event get set to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Southeast Asia's most renowned literary event. Ubud Writers and Readers Festival comes full circle returning to its original theme Through Darkness to Light/Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang honouring Indonesia's beloved women's right pioneer RA. Kartini, Paying homage to Kartini the Festival focuses on women's stories, women's rights and education, heroes and visionaries, and embraces writers across all genres including travel writers, songwriters, playwrights, poets, comedians and graphic novelists. 'To add to the excitement of celebrating our ten years, the Festival welcomes our new International Program Manager - Summa Durie who joins our existing programming team of Kadek In breaking news - the dates of the 2013 UWRF have now changed to 11 - 15 October to avoid a clash with the upcoming APEC meeting, which is being held in Bali early October. Please make sure to update your diaries and calendars now with our new dates.