Writer come together this week as the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival commences in Bali. Writers from across the globe will settle in the Bali luxury villas and private villas in Bali in this mountain area of the island of the gods.
Started by Australian writer and chef, Janet de Neefe, some nine years ago, about 140 writers who come from 30 different countries have started arriving on the island to take part in this 4-day event.
According to de Neefe, the foremost reason she started this writers and readers festival in Ubud was to turn around the impacts of the Bali bombing ten years ago and make something worthwhile for the community.
About 2,000 literature enthusiasts have been attracted to this event. And because of its wide reach, it has even included programs for children not just in Bali but across the whole Indonesia.
Those who are confirmed to attend the said event include John Pilger, an author, journalist, and filmmaker; Nick Cave, a musician, Anna Funder, a novelist, and Jose Ramos Horta, president of East Timor.
It is the fervent hope of de Neefe that such a gathering of writers will also inspire and motivate a new breed of writers who will carry on the task of making inspiring stories and accounts.
"We take some of our authors and they engage with these literary communities, like in Aceh and Sulawesi and Ambon and Papua and all sorts of places,” said de Neefe.
Marcelo Romero conducts classes for children at the said festival. He acknowledges the amazing feeling of meeting children abroad.
He said, "Its amazing how it happens that you can actually help them realize that we are all human beings, that we are all people, that we have dreams and all that."
Started by Australian writer and chef, Janet de Neefe, some nine years ago, about 140 writers who come from 30 different countries have started arriving on the island to take part in this 4-day event.
According to de Neefe, the foremost reason she started this writers and readers festival in Ubud was to turn around the impacts of the Bali bombing ten years ago and make something worthwhile for the community.
About 2,000 literature enthusiasts have been attracted to this event. And because of its wide reach, it has even included programs for children not just in Bali but across the whole Indonesia.
Those who are confirmed to attend the said event include John Pilger, an author, journalist, and filmmaker; Nick Cave, a musician, Anna Funder, a novelist, and Jose Ramos Horta, president of East Timor.
It is the fervent hope of de Neefe that such a gathering of writers will also inspire and motivate a new breed of writers who will carry on the task of making inspiring stories and accounts.
"We take some of our authors and they engage with these literary communities, like in Aceh and Sulawesi and Ambon and Papua and all sorts of places,” said de Neefe.
Marcelo Romero conducts classes for children at the said festival. He acknowledges the amazing feeling of meeting children abroad.
He said, "Its amazing how it happens that you can actually help them realize that we are all human beings, that we are all people, that we have dreams and all that."
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