Festival Club
The Wharf
$10 at the door
Thursday May 22
7 for 7.30pm
Talkin' it Up: A Celebration of Indigenous spoken-word poetry
Romaine Moreton, Samuel Wagan Watson, Anita Heiss, Michelle Blanchard.
MC Cathy Craigie.
Presented by Message Sticks and Sydney Writers' Festival.
9pm
The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists
Chair: Malcolm Knox.
Friday May 23
6-7pm
Australia Talks Books.
Join Radio National's Sandy McCutcheon and ABC TV's
James Griffin in Australia's biggest book club,
live to air.
7-10pm
ABC 702 Sydney's James O'Loghlin's live broadcast.
8pm
In Bed with Danny Katz.
9pm
John Larkin in stand-up comedy mode.
9.45pm
John Birmingham's new book, Dopeland, delves into a world of bucket bongs and drug busts while New Zealand writer Chad Taylor's Electric tells of blackouts and high living.
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Saturday May 24
7-8.30pm
The Pitching Competition.
9pm
Hello Kitty.
Join poets Natasha Cho, Cuong Nguyen, Ying Gilbert and Andy Quan for poetry karaoke-style. Your hostess for the evening is Happy Ho. Not to be missed. A sell-out at the 2002 Gay Games.