Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Literary Festival: politics and social issues take centre stage at ‘uniquely charming’ event Andrew Heyn, Chair of Irrawaddy Literary Festival, welcomes Myanmar Board’s assumption of responsibility for local organisation of the Festival https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3038974/myanmars-irrawaddy-literary-festival-politics-and-social 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 South China Morning, Post 24 November 2019