Festival Programme

Category

Date

Time

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

25 October 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15

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

Main Programme

24 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Randa Abdel-Fattah: Discipline Get Ticket

Main Programme

24 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Tash Aw: The South Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 12:30 - 13:30

Fatima Bhutto: The Hour of the Wolf Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Rachel Clarke: The Story of a Heart Get Ticket

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

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

Indus Supper Club

25 August 2026 | 19:00 - 21:00

Indus Supper Club Open Mic Night: Merdeka Edition Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 15:15 - 16:15

Debbie Argue: Little Species, Big Mystery 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

24 October 2026 | 15:15 - 16:15

Honouring Aprila Wayar's Voice from Papua Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15

Reimagining the World: Nation-state and Technology Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15

Tales from the Heartland Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15

Defying Silence Together Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 11:15 - 12:15

Real Stories, Magical Becomings Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 12:30 - 13:30

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

22 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00

A Defence of Poetry Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 15:00 - 16:00

Imagining Future Fiction Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 16:15 - 17:15

Demystifying Literary Magazines Get Ticket

Main Programme

22 October 2026 | 17:30 - 18:30

Who Gets to Tell the Story of Paradise? Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

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

23 October 2026 | 10:15 - 11:15

Plotting the Unplottable Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 11:30 - 12:30

Honest Histories 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

Main Programme

25 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45

Solidarity as Cross-Cultural Exchange Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 09:00 - 10:00

Writing Short, Writing Sweet Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45

Writing with Longing Get Ticket

Main Programme

23 October 2026 | 12:45 - 13:45

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Speaker Cancellations

Romanian author Andreea Răsuceanu has also cancelled her appearance at the Festival.
Indonesian design maker Budiman Ong won’t be appearing at Climate Day.
British author and researcher Elizabeth Pisani is unable to appear at this year’s Festival.
Irish novelist John Boyne has cancelled his appearance at this year’s Festival.
Australian journalist and author Julia Baird won’t be participating in the Festival.
Saad Mohseni, Co-founder of Moby News, will no longer be attending the Festival.
Palestinian American journalist Sara Hamdan will no longer be appearing at the Festival.

Rescheduled Sessions

Main Programme: The session 100 Years of Pramoedya, originally scheduled for Saturday, 1 November, will now take place on Friday, 31 October, from 17:45 to 18:45 at the Valley Stage.

Special Announcements

No changes at the moment.

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