Finding the words in Ubud
Poet Zachariya Amartya was the first Thai in many years to take part in the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF). The 12th edition of Southeast Asia’s top literary festival was held between Oct 28 and Nov 1 on the Indonesian island of Bali. The host nation had just been the featured country at the Frankfurt Book Fair and was the festival’s focus under the theme “17,000 Islands Of Imagination”.