This site brings together the publications of Dr. Sara Niner about people & politics in Timor-Leste.

29 September, 2010

Ubud Readers and Writers Festival

http://ubudwritersfestival.com/writer/sara-niner

Dr. Sara Niner is an Endeavour Fellow and Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, Australia. She is the editor of To Resist is to Win: the Autobiography of Xanana Gusmão with selected letters and speeches (Aurora Books, Melbourne, 2000) and author of Xanana: Leader of the Struggle for Independent Timor-Leste (Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2009).


Along with academic pursuits she has worked in solidarity with the East Timorese community in Melbourne since 1991 and as a volunteer and consultant in Timor-Leste since 2000. She is currently living in Dili, Timor-Leste, researching and writing about contemporary society there and enjoying tropical living. Dr. Niner hopes to soon concentrate on writing a crime fiction novel based on recent Timorese political history.

Festival Appearances

Other People's Lives 8 Oct 15:45 Neka Museum

Timor L'Este in Words 9 Oct 16:30 Citibank Lounge

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