The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival congratulates Anna Funder on winning this year’s Miles Franklin Award and keenly anticipates her participation as a highlight of the forthcoming 2012 festival program. 
In a triumphant year for the Australian-born author of All That I Amand Stasiland, Anna Funder was also awarded the Independent Bookseller’s Award for Best Debut Fiction, Indie Book of the Year 2012, Australian Book Industry Awards' Book of the Year and Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Barbara Jefferis Award 2012.‘All That I Am remains one of the most intensely memorable, disturbing and rewarding books I read in 2011. I was moved by both the story and the skill
the Miles Franklin judges chose this book and we are honoured and delighted that Anna Funder has consented to participate in our program. This is a book that not only reflects history but speaks of its relevance to our world today. Our audiences will flock to Anna's conversations and panel sessions’ said Janet de Neefe - Festival Founder and Director.
Secure your place to meet this award-winning author and more than one hundred writers and thinkers from across the globe at the most acclaimed and exotic festival on the international literary circuit this October.
For a strictly limited time the Ubud Writer & Readers Festival invites you to join this unique celebration of literature by offering a discounted Early Bird Pass - available now from www.ubudwritersfestival.com.
The full program including supplementary workshops, literary lunches, dinners and gala events is available at the end of August.