Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 5-9 October 2011 - an update from the organisers

Thus far we have over 80 writers in the international program, writers from all over the world who will converge with local writers in Ubud from 5 - 9 October to share their stories, words and ideas with each other and our audiences..

One of the guests confirmed for this year's Festival include author Junot Diaz (above). US based Diaz, was born in the Dominican Republic and is the author of Drown and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, African Voices, Best American Short Stories (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000), in Pushcart Prize XXII and in The O'Henry Prize Stories 2009.

Another of our guest writers is Professor Tim Flannery, one of Australia's leading thinkers and writers. An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Tim's books include the definitive ecological histories of Australia (The Future Eaters) and North America (The Eternal Frontier). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers.