Festival Programme

Category

Date

Time

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Tiffany Tsao: But Won't I Miss Me and Budi Darma Get Ticket

Main Programme

24 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Tash Aw: The South Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Rachel Clarke: The Story of a Heart Get Ticket

Main Programme

24 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Prabal Gurung: Walk Like a Girl Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 10:00 - 11:00

Kiran Desai: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Get Ticket

Main Programme

24 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Randa Abdel-Fattah: Discipline Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 12:30 - 13:30

Fatima Bhutto: The Hour of the Wolf Get Ticket

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15

Ali Sethi: Ghazal, Music and The Pathways of Longing Get Ticket

Masterclass

24 October 2026 | 08:30 - 11:30

Photojournalism, Conflict, and the Future of Truth Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Adania Shibli: Minor Detail Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15

Fahruddin Faiz: Finding Meaning in the Everyday Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 09:00 - 09:15

Festival Welcome with Janet DeNeefe Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45

Matthew Campbell: The Man Who Stole the Gods Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 09:15 - 09:30

Festival Keynote with Tari Lang Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 15:15 - 16:15

Debbie Argue: Little Species, Big Mystery Get Ticket

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Indonesia Children Literature Nowadays Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Tari Lang: My Neighbour, The Dictator Get Ticket

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Is Indonesia Eating Its Own? Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00

Richard King: Brave New Wild Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15

Tales from the Heartland Get Ticket

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 15:15 - 16:15

Anthologies for Archival

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15

Defying Silence Together Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 10:00 - 11:00

The Various Roles of a Writer Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 12:30 - 13:30

Emilio Pucci in War and Peace Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 13:45 - 14:45

Comic Relief in Memoir Writing Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00

The Political Convergence of Javanese Cosmology Get Ticket

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

A Defence of Poetry Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15

Imagining Future Fiction Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15

Demystifying Literary Magazines Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Women Who Write Women Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15

Forbidden Stories: Banned Media and Magazines Get Ticket

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00

Plotting the Unplottable Get Ticket

Masterclass

23 October 2026 | 12:00 - 14:00

What It Takes to Get Your Writing Published Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Honest Histories Get Ticket

Special Event

22 October 2026 | 18:30 - 21:00

Dining with the Ancestors Get Ticket

Main Programme

24 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Burning Books, Accepting Artifice: Man or Machine? Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15

Radical Acceptance of a Troubled Past Get Ticket

Special Event

23 October 2026 | 12:00 - 14:00

A Lunch Between Here and There Get Ticket

Masterclass

22 October 2026 | 12:00 - 14:00

Charcoal Drawing with Anne Spudvillas Get Ticket

Special Event

23 October 2026 | 20:00 - 22:30

Festival Fundraising Dinner Get Ticket

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Speaker Cancellations

Rana Dasgupta, who was originally scheduled, will no longer be joining the Festival.

Rescheduled Sessions

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Special Announcements

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