Read My World 2026 welcomes special guests from Maluku and West Papua. Their work forms the starting point for a programme in which writers, artists, musicians, and thinkers come together around stories of memory, resistance, and solidarity.

The ocean is central as a space of movement, memory, and encounter. It connects narratives of migration and diaspora and shows how people, languages, and traditions become intertwined across generations and continents.

From West Papua, Maluku, the Caribbean, and the Netherlands, the programme reflects on colonial legacies, the search for freedom, and the transmission of knowledge and culture. Music, literature, poetry, textiles, and visual culture play an important role as carriers of memory, loss, and resilience.

The programme brings together diverse voices, from living song archives to diaspora stories and conversations about activism and justice. At its core is the question of how art and culture can contribute to collective strength, care, and possible futures.

Oceanic Solidarity invites audiences to listen to voices that resonate across time and distance, with the ocean as a dynamic space where memories circulate and solidarity continues to grow.