Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Podcast

The 21st of February is International #MotherLanguageDay! To celebrate the power of mother languages, we are presenting another #UWRF22 highlight session. This time, featuring Irish Novelist, Audrey Magee, who’s ‘The Colony’ novel got shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. As well as the celebrated Indonesian Writer, Saut Poltak Tambunan, and Indonesian Writer and Translator, and selected Festival Emerging Writer, Putu Juli Sastrawan.

You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session also on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.

Join music editor Lauren Ziegler for a special in-conversation with Meita Kasim, Sally Breen, and Gede Robi. It’ll be a powerful and accessible exploration about music, and its key role in social activism and human rights movements. In this special episode, the three guests share how music has influenced their lives, their passions, and fuelled their creative pursuits.

You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.

The third highlight episode features Australian author and columnist, Brigid Delaney, as well as American former foreign correspondent and travel writer, Eric Weiner. In this special meeting of minds, the duo discusses with Gill Westaway their latest works. They also share their perspectives in their eternal search for spirituality, cultural enlightenment, and bliss. You can listen to this episode on Spotify or watch it on YouTube.

You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.

Listen to an engaging conversation with Huda Fadlelmawla, Bandana Tewari, and Fariha Roisin who share their unique perspectives with Eva Fernandes, on the wellness industry—which has become a multi-billion-dollar business that claims to improve our health, happiness, and longevity!

You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.

In this session, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, who shares her incredible story of survival after being accused of espionage and sentenced to an Iranian jail for 804 days.

You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.