September 2017
October 2017
Literature and Ideas Festival (LIFEs) 2017
Komunitas Salihara proudly presents a festival of literature and ideas, LIFEs—a new name and format for Salihara’s Literary Biennale. This year’s theme is Viva! Reborn! focusing on “reading Latin America”. LIFEs culminates in October, the Month of Language—one of the reasons why we choose October as the time to hold this two-yearly event. A few programs will start as early as April. Then, four days each week between 7 and 29 October will be filled with exciting programs: Tuesday dance club, Thursday book…
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The 14th Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
From 25-29 October, the world’s leading authors, artists, thinkers and performers will converge on the 14th Ubud Writers & Readers Festival to share ideas and stories under the banner of this year’s theme, ‘Origins’. Across the Festival’s five-day program, the theme will unfold the powerful movements which have influenced and continue to shape the world – from the political to the technological, environmental to spiritual – and their cyclical manifestations throughout our existence. It will challenge audiences to consider the…
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George Town Literary Festival 2017
In a world ruled by demagogues, we are reminded of a time when the immortals – the gods – ruled, where myth and legends pervaded our understanding of the world and the cosmos, where human beings were human and the gods immortal. Monsters lived in their midst and it was one of the reasons the gods went to war, to wage battle against fearsome beasts who threatened all manner of destruction. But there were also men who became monsters, who…
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LIFEs (Literature & Ideas Festival) 2019
History is a story, and literature provides ample space for these diverse stories to be told. Unfortunately, we find that people tend to fight with one another over different versions of history. One of the problems facing this country is its closed and dogmatic historiography, which rarely allows space for diversity. We need history writing that is more inclusive and exciting. This year, LIFEs invites writers and readers to celebrate the diversity and richness of individual stories, to fill the…
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