EBR caught up with H.M Naqvi at the 2019 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. He was a guest speaker at the Location, Location Location sessions. He spoke to EBR about the importance of sense of place in his fiction.
EP 31 – Rhik Samadder
I Never Told You I Love You Rhik talks about the cathartic power of writing about his depression and family Rhik Samadder was a featured speaker at the October 2019 Ubud Writers Festival. The podcast interview was recorded when he came off stage after speaking about his memoir about mental illness, bad acting, backpacking with […]
EP 30 – Andy Craven-Griffiths
We talk to Andy Craven-Griffiths about poetry, creativity and what it takes to make art from words Andy talks about the power of the spoken word and his new one-man interactive theatrical experience ‘Joygernaut’ An interactive, one-person show exploring kindness, cruelty and how each affects people, and our ability to choose. Very thought-provoking. Loved it. […]
EP 29 – The Best of 2018 UBUD Writers Festival
In our final podcast from the 2018 Ubud Writers Festival we get some good advice… We recap our favourite interviews from the 2018 Ubud Writers Festival and ask 4 successful authors: “what is the best advice you ever received as a new writer?” The Ubud Writers Festival 2019 is only a few short months away. […]
EP 28 – Carlo Pizzati
We head back to the 2018 Ubud Writers Festival to talk to journalist and author Carlo Pizzati. Carlo talks about his cross cultural journey from journalist to author and his life in a small Indian village which inspired his memoir Mappillai Mappillai meaning ‘son-in-law’ in Tamil, is the story of journalist Carlo Pizzati, a European living […]