Upcoming Events
Making her first festival appearance, New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth will speak about her stellar career, from writing her first novel on maternity leave and gaining interest from Hollywood heavyweights, to recently publishing her ninth novel, Darling Girls. Hosted by Amy Lovat.
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To be human is to be haunted by the past: the narratives of our collective and subjective worlds. Three authors grapple with colonial, personal, and family history in their recent fiction, blurring the lines of fantasy and reality and creating characters who ask, ‘Can we lay these ghosts to rest?’ With Winnie Dunn, Mirandi Riwoe and Lucy Treloar. Hosted by Cath Keenan.
Thought you knew the story of The Teacher’s Pet? Walkley Award-winning journalist Hedley Thomas shares insights from behind the scenes of one of the most intriguing Australian murder cases of our time. He will speak with Richard Glover about what prompted him to explore the disappearance of Lynette Dawson, how he created the #1 podcast, and his involvement in the trial that ultimately convicted Chris Dawson of murder.
This event will be live streamed. Details for the Zoom event will be emailed to you after 8.00am AEST on the day of the event. If you have not received this information prior to the event please check your spam folder.
In this new series of conversations about issues we don’t speak about, we invite authors to share how they interrogate tough topics in their writing lives.
Peter Polites and Jessie Stephens discuss reckoning with class in fiction. Hosted by Beejay Silcox.
This is a free event; no bookings required.
Join us to celebrate the launch of Quietly Confident: An introvert’s guide to knowing and expressing your worth. Published by Pan Macmillan.
History, fantasy, and queer culture combine in Shelley Parker-Chan’s No. 1 bestseller She Who Became the Sun and follow-up novel He Who Drowned the World. Described as ‘Mulan meets The Song of Achilles’, the books reimagine the rise to power of the Hongwu Emperor in 14th century China, but with a gender-bending twist. Shelley speaks with Chris Flynn about how gender, masculinity, and white Australian culture find centre stage in their genre-defying novels.
This is a free event; no bookings required.