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Links 2003
Monday 19 May |
Sunday, May 25, 2003
Please note: This event has been completed.
10.00-12.00
WORD FOR WORD
SDC 1
Verbatim Theatre uses the words of real
people. Award-winning playwright Alana Valentine
conducts a two-hour workshop.
$15.
Bookings: 9252 7734.
10-11.30am
How we live together
SDC 2/3
Palestinian authors Ghada Karmi and Raja Shehadeh discuss options for peace with Israeli poet Ronny Someck and ABC Radio National's Stephen Crittenden.
10-11am
The Life of Rosalind Franklin
SDC 4
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, biographer Brenda Maddox looks at the life of the woman who, until now, has been the dark lady of science.
Chair: Robyn Williams.
10-11am
Bad for Business
SPC
Journalist Mark Westfield traces the story of Australia's biggest corporate collapse with former Bankers Trust director Rob Ferguson.
Presented by John Wiley & Sons.
11am
Special Screening - Mad Max
Dendy Opera Quays
After the screening, Adrian Martin heads a panel discussion with Jane Mills and Goose himself, Steve Bisley.
$18/15. Bookings: 9247 3800.
Presented by Currency Press and ScreenSound Australia.
10-11am
Indigenous Publishers' Forum
BM
Indigenous publishing houses provide an important role voice for indigenous Australians.
Chair: James Valentine.
10-11.30am
Portraits
BT
Distinguished author Robert Dessaix presents an illustrated lecture on portraiture and the influence of certain painters on the way he writes.
Presented by Picador.
11.30am-1pm
The New Nuclear Danger
SPC
Dr Helen Caldicott.
11.30am-12.30pm
Badlands
BM
Discover Australia's dark side with Ross Gibson.
11.30am-12.30pm
Gallipoli: The Last Man Standing
SDC 4
Join historian Jonathan King on a remarkable Australian's journey of the heart.
Presented by
John Wiley & Sons.
12-1.30pm
Crime Scene and Forensics
BT
Gabrielle Lord and Detective Sergeant Roger Johnson take you to a real-life crime scene.
Adult supervision required for children under 15.
12-1.30pm
Cricket
SDC 2/3
Cricket writing has a long and distinguished history. Ramachandra Guha, Louis Nowra and Mike Coward discuss the beauty of the game and the words that
describe it.
1-2pm
Ireland
BM
Three irishmen in conversation. Ken Bruen, John Larkin
and Leo Cullen.
1-2.30pm
The Inaugural
Caroline Simpson MEMORIAL Talk
SDC 4
Historian Inga Clendinnen and author Anne Deveson share their thoughts on autobiography and history.
2-4pm
InterContinental Sydney
Afternoon Tea and Readings
Enjoy afternoon tea while listening to readings by
Janette Turner Hospital, C.K. Stead, Michelle de Kretser, Nicolas Rothwell and Lisa Moore.
Hosted by
Geraldine Doogue.
$35. Bookings: 9240 1261.
1.30-2.30pm
The Growth Fetish:
Why Bigger Isn't Always Better
SPC
Clive Hamilton.
Chair: Robyn Williams.
2-3.30pm
Imagining Australia
SDC 2/3
Prominent Australians Simon Longstaff, Larissa Behrendt, Dame Leonie Kramer, and Ghassan Hage discuss their vision for the nation.
Chair: Sandra Yates.
2.30-3.30pm
Poetry Reading
BM
Judith Beveridge, Antigone Kefela,
Jill Jones and Emily Ballou.
Chair: Ivor Indyk.
3-5pm
Cafe Scientific
SDC Cafe
The scientist as literary hero with Alan Saunders, Brenda Maddox and special guests.
Presented by ABC, the British Council and New Scientist magazine.
3-4.30pm
Apartments - Living in a Box?
BT
Dream Home author Mark Wakely, architectural writer Davina Jackson, architect Graham Jahn, curator Caroline Butler Bowden and Janne Ryan talk about apartments.
Presented by Walsh Bay Partnerships.
3-4pm
The Promoters
SPC
A colourful inside account of the music industry with author Stuart Coupe and music critic Bernard Zuel.
Chair: Annette Shun Wah.
3-4.30pm
The Historical Novel
SDC 4
Anthony O'Neill, Alan Attwood, Sarah Dunant, Annamarie Jagose and Tobsha Learner talk about research and imagination.
Chair: Glenda Adams.
4-5.30pm
Hope
SDC 2/3
Mary Zournazi, Ghassan Hage, Peter Andren and Susan Maushart.
Chair: Radio National's Rachael Kohn.
5pm
Launch: Dream Home
BM
Mark Wakely.