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SESSION: FEAST AND FICTION, AT THE BRIDGES, BALI A PREVIOUS VISITOR TO WALTER SPIES' HOUSE IN ISEH: DAVID BOWIE AT VILLA ISEH, BALI, WALTER SPIES' OLD BAMBOO HUT IS NOW A BEAUTIFUL BOUTIQUE HOTEL SESSION: WHAT A MAP CUTS UP; ABOUT BOUNDARIES, NATIONALISM, ART, WRITING SESSION: CARL HOFFMAN SPEAKING SPEAKING ON THE WILD MEN OF BORNEO NOTES AND THOUGHTS A SISTERHOOD OF GREAT READERS SESSION: FEAST AND FICTION; FATIMA BHUTTO TALKING ABOUT THE RUNAWAYS SESSION: THE BIG READ. STORYTELLING, PLAIN AND SIMPLE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS SESSION: FEAST & FICTION, GAIL JONES SPEAKING ON THE DEATH OF NOAH GLASS UNASKED QUESTIONS SESSION: ISLANDS OF INSPIRATION  WHERE WILL BUCKINGHAM, CARL HOFFMAN AND I TALKED ABOUT THE CONNECTION OUR BOOKS HAVE TO INDONESIA MY BOOK WILL JOIN THE THE OTHERS IN THE WALTER SPIES BOOKSHELF IN HIS OLD HOME IN ISEH SESSION: FEAST AND FICTION. A MEMENTO SARASWATI, GODDESS OF LEARNING A

This has been a dizzying couple of weeks. All the Lives we Never Lived was shortlisted, on 3rd October, for the JCB Literature Prize. And today it has been announced that it is part of the longlist for DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.   "The longlist represents the best of South Asian fiction writing over the last year and includes submissions from a diverse mix of publishers and authors of different backgrounds writing on a wide range of issues and themes. The novels include stunning portrayals of migration, war and the pain of displacement, poignant love stories, the exploration of new found relationships and identities, and vivification of the personal struggles, hopes and aspirations that symbolize the urgent and divisive realities of contemporary South Asian life," the Prize committee said in a statement. Apart from authors based in South Asia, it also features those based outside the region who have brought alive the subtle nuances of South Asian life and cult