Less than one week until the 2019 Festival

Sydney Writers' Festival

29 April-05 May 2019

VIEW THE 2019 PROGRAM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE

Welcome to Australia's biggest celebration of writing and ideas.

29 April—05 May 2019.

Festival Highlights

29 April–5 May

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Author Talk

Closing Address: Fatima Bhutto

05 May 2019 - 6:00 PM

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Conversation

Stan Grant: Australia Day

03 May 2019 - 8:00 PM

Trent Dalton: Boy Swallows Universe

02 May 2019 - 11:30 AM

Leigh Sales: Any Ordinary Day

03 May 2019 - 10:00 AM

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Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room

04 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

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Conversation

George Saunders in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber

02 May 2019 - 6:30 PM

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Panel

Festival Highlight

Insiders Live at Sydney Writers’ Festival

03 May 2019 - 8:30 PM

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Lie to Me: An Evening of Storytelling at Sydney Town Hall

04 May 2019 - 8:30 PM

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: Friday Black

05 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

Ben Quilty: Home

03 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

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Boys to Men: The Masculinity Crisis

04 May 2019 - 4:30 PM

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Andrew Sean Greer: Less

05 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

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Stories

Featured Author

Brittney Cooper

Podcasts

Listen: 2019 Program Announcement: Annabel Crabb and Michaela McGuire 14 Mar 2019
Listen: Helen Garner's Savage Self-Scrutiny 02 Aug 2018
Listen: SWF Gala: Power 19 Jul 2018

Selling fast: Festival favourites are filling up

Selling fast: Festival favourites are filling up

17 Apr 2019

Between the Lines with Daisy Johnson

Between the Lines with Daisy Johnson

04 Apr 2019

In Deep Lit: History

In Deep Lit: History

16 Apr 2019

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