V.S. Naipaul dropped from Ubud writers' festival for '11th-hour requests'

By Susan Wyndham
Updated September 26 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 15 2014 - 8:34am
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.
Lost headliner: V.S. Naipaul was let go after a fee demand.
Lost headliner: V.S. Naipaul was let go after a fee demand.
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.
Lost headliner: V.S. Naipaul was let go after a fee demand.
Lost headliner: V.S. Naipaul was let go after a fee demand.
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.
Lost headliner: V.S. Naipaul was let go after a fee demand.
Lost headliner: V.S. Naipaul was let go after a fee demand.
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.
Janet DeNeefe: Focus on emerging Indonesian writers.

The late cancellation of Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul from next month's Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has exposed the fierce competition and delicate negotiations behind the flourishing international festival scene.

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