Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced its full program and lineup of over 180 authors, journalists, artists and activists from 30 countries.

‘I am what Robert Park, an American sociologist would have described as a Marginal Person. Somebody who lives in two worlds, but who is more or less a stranger in both.’ Melanie Cheng on liminality, first read at the launch of LIMINAL issue #1.

‘Depending on who you talk to, the d-word can be either dreaded, detested, or divine. It’s a word that, when laundered through the spin-cycle of contemporary culture, has been wrung to absolute death.’ A Review of Three Performances at Melbourne Fringe 2019.

The values of Melbourne Fringe, as professed in the 2018 Annual Report “Who We Are” section (p2), centre “inclusivity” and “diversity.” As such, we are dismayed, alarmed, concerned and disturbed to note one of the programmed works at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe, “Aisha the Aussie Geisha” by Kate Hanley Corley.

Together, we speak of Perth in its wondrous complexity, in the shifting sands of time, and in partnership with the other communities that also belong here.

This year, Sydney Writers Festival explores the ways that writing can be used to deceive others in an increasingly post-truth world, look at the lies that we tell ourselves and each other, and those we collectively tell as a country.