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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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Festival Highlight

Conversation

George Saunders in Conversation with Paul Holdengräber

02 May 2019 - 6:30 PM

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Conversation

Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room

04 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

Opening Address: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Max Porter and Meg Wolitzer

30 Apr 2019 - 6:30 PM

Simon Schama: Wordy

04 May 2019 - 6:00 PM

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Festival Highlight

Author Talk

Closing Address: Fatima Bhutto

05 May 2019 - 6:00 PM

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Conversation

Festival Highlight

Casey Legler: Godspeed

04 May 2019 - 6:00 PM

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Festival Highlight

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

04 May 2019 - 8:30 PM

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Conversation

Andrew Sean Greer: Less

05 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

Jenny Erpenbeck: Go, Went, Gone

04 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

Meg Wolitzer: The Female Persuasion

05 May 2019 - 11:30 AM

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Thinking Globally

Conversation

Ben Quilty: Home

03 May 2019 - 3:00 PM

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Festival Highlight

An Evening with Antony Beevor

03 May 2019 - 6:00 PM

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Stories

Featured Author

Behrouz Boochani

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

A Message from the Artistic Director

A Message from the Artistic Director

14 Mar 2019

Lie to Me: It can't get any worse than this

Lie to Me: It can't get any worse than this

19 Mar 2019

In Deep Lit: Essay & Memoir

In Deep Lit: Essay & Memoir

20 Mar 2019

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