For our 2023 Festival Highlights finale, listen to unexpected stories of pride and resilience from four incredible queer poets and writers. Hear from Virginia Helzainka, Chris Tse, Norman Erikson Pasaribu, and Broede Carmody as they discuss their journeys of self-discovery, and the rich diversity of queer poetics and the queer community, in conversation with fellow Adolfo Aranjuez.

In this short highlight moment, Indonesian writer Norman Erikson Pasaribu talks about using poetry to advocate for a world where queerness is not just tolerated but warmly embraced.

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This week, get inspired by our in-depth conversation with 2019 Booker Prize–winning author Bernardine Evaristo, who discusses her radically honest memoir, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up, serving as an inspiring guide for how to be persistent in your craft, career, and life, with the Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Jenny Niven.

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For our next live-recorded highlight session from our 2023 Festival, listen to urban experts in sustainable development and local Balinese figures Cok Putra, I Nyoman Satya Kumara, Putu Yindy Kurniawan, and Gungtik Rismayanti, and Dian Tri Irawaty as they discuss opportunities, challenges, local solutions and best practices, as well as lessons learned in Bali’s journey to achieve net-zero emissions goal by 2045, with Wayan Juniarta.

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Revisit our 2023 Festival highlight conversation recorded live at Indus Restaurant. Listen as Professors Aaron Corn, Marcia Langton, and Todung Mulya Lubis join Katie Carr to discuss their personal approaches on how indigenous traditions and laws can drive innovation and how we can initiate a dialogue about reshaping settler colonial systems using indigenous law for a more sustainable future.

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On this week's 2023 highlight conversation program, watch the Festival High Tea Book Club recorded live at Ubud's most iconic hotel Amandari with host Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana and dazzling female guests Tracey Lien, Claudia Bellante, Megan Nolan, and Dias Novita Wuri, who are talking about books that have inspired them, and the joys of reading.

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In an extraordinary conversation, eminent Indian author and Hindi language novelist Geetanjali Shree takes the stage to reflect on her literary journey. Winner of the International Booker Prize for her recently translated Tomb of Sand, she has written fiction novels, short stories, and essays, earning recognition and acclaim for her insightful and thought-provoking writings that reflect on the challenges and experiences of women in Indian society. She also explores themes of identity, love, and individuality, using her stories to challenge traditional societal norms and expectations.

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Dengan kebijaksanaan dan kejujuran yang mengagumkan, penulis, cendekiawan akademis, dan mantan Menteri Agama Indonesia di Kabinet Pembangunan Keempat pada 1998 silam, M. Quraish Shihab yang memimpin Pusat Studi Al-Qur'an membagikan penafsirannya yang melimpah, tentang seluk-beluk masyarakat, dan kapasitasnya untuk menjawab tantangan dalam komunitas Islam global. Nantikan penjelajahan yang mencerahkan ke dalam esensi Islam yang beraneka ragam, dipandu oleh Debra Yatim, seorang aktivis, jurnalis, kolumnis, pembuat film, dan pendiri beberapa organisasi, termasuk Yayasan Kalyanamitra, salah satu LSM perempuan tertua di Indonesia. 

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For our next 2023 Festival Live-Recorded highlight conversation, listen to Geraldine Brooks, an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, as she discusses her recent novel 'Horse' with Australian journalist Leigh Sales. Casting fresh light on America's past, her latest novel explores the story of a real-life racehorse named Lexington, one of the most famous thoroughbreds in American history, packed in multi-layered historical fiction. Through the lens of horse racing, Brooks weaves a rich tapestry of race, art, love, greed, betrayal, and ambition.

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