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The best session at Ubud festival so far was the first one this morning by Canadian/Chinese Madeleine Thien about her new novel Do not Say We Have Nothing. It was shortlisted by Man Booker prize in 2016 and won several other rewards – deservingly. I was recommended by a few literary friends. I started to read while flying over to Bali. Already I am hooked and most impressed. It follows a ten-year-old girl Marie and her mother who takes in a young woman fleeing the aftermath of Tiananmen protests. It is ambitious and powerful and so beautifully written. I can’t recommend it higher.

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