Bali is not all Bintang beers in Kuta, CBD discovered as we headed into the mountainous interior for the annual Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

There at the gala opening dinner at Balinese restaurant Casa Luna, CBD spotted reality TV treasure Gina Chick and former political prisoner journalist Peter Greste . Also present, was CBD favourite, Wellmania author and former Tanya Plibersek staffer Brigid Delaney , who regular readers will recall quit the Albanese government just before launching her stoicism novel The Seeker and the Sage (stoicism being a prerequisite for life as a government staffer, we presume).

Another attendee was ABC slayer Antoinette Lattouf , fresh from her Federal Court unfair dismissal victory, which surely must rank as one of the most egregious episo

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