Sydney Writers' Festival

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You’ve Got To be Kidding! Code: SR1  |  Type: Workshops   |  Genres: Fiction, Children & Families

Tristan Bancks shows you how to write for children.

Meet Morris Gleitzman Code: SR2  |  Type: Author Talk   |  Genres: Fiction, Children & Families

Morris Gleitzman talks about his exciting new book.

Catherine Jinks: Drawn From Life Code: SR3  |  Type: Author Talk   |  Genres: Fiction, Children & Families

Catherine Jinks reflects on her life as a fiction writer living in the Blue Mountains.

Steven Herrick Performs Code: SR4  |  Type: Author Talk   |  Genres: Fiction, Children & Families

Local writer Steven Herrick brings the verse novel to young adults.

The People’s Train  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR5  |  Type: Conversation   |  Genres: Fiction

Tom Keneally tells Ed Campion about his latest novel.

Fiction in History  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR6  |  Type: Conversation   |  Genres: Fiction

Three talented Varuna alumni tell us about their historical fiction.

New Voices from Across the Globe  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR7  |  Type: Panel   |  Genres: Fiction

Three new writers from this year’s Commonwealth Writers’ Prize talk about their work.

AA Gill is Away  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR8  |  Type: Conversation   |  Genres: Nonfiction, Travel, Food Writing

The often controversial, occasionally offensive and always entertaining AA Gill on his latest preoccupations.

Poetry Unbound  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR9  |  Type: Reading   |  Genres: Poetry

Local and regional poets read from their work.

Let My Daughters Be the Last to Die  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR10  |  Type: Conversation   |  Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics, Current Affairs

Palestinian doctor and peace advocate Izzeldin Abuelaish speaks with Sara Dowse.

Indelible Ink  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR11  |  Type: Conversation   |  Genres: Fiction

Fiona McGregor talks with Tegan Bennett Daylight.

Memory of Love: Aminatta Forna  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR12  |  Type: Conversation   |  Genres: Fiction

Aminatta Forna tells Geordie Williamson about her work.

Celebrating Varuna: Disturbing the Status Quo  * SOLD OUT * Code: SR13  |  Type: Panel   |  Genres: Culture & Heritage, History, Publishing, Politics

Carole Ferrier and Humphrey McQueen celebrate Varuna’s figurehead, Eleanor Dark, and her circle.

Cultivating Desire: On Food and Writing Code: SR14  |  Type: Conversation   |  Genres: Food Writing, Nonfiction

A lively discussion on food writing to whet your appetite.