Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is patron of the Irrawaddy Literary Festival. Photo: AFP
Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Literary Festival: politics and social issues take centre stage at ‘uniquely charming’ event
- British foreign correspondent Richard Lloyd Parry, Indonesian-Chinese writer Xu Xi and Chinese film producer Yi Han among international panellists
- The three-day literary festival gives participants unfettered space to freely discuss sensitive political and social issues between locals and foreigners
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Books and Literature
Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is patron of the Irrawaddy Literary Festival. Photo: AFP