Ubud Writers And Readers Festival was faced with a large appearance fee for the celebrated author.
Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul has been dropped by an international literary festival in Bali after the event refused to meet his “11th-hour request” for a US$20,000 (RM64,000) fee to appear, its organisers said Wednesday.
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