Sydney Writers' Festival

22-28 May 2017

Festival 2017 Latest Podcasts

The 2017 Sydney Writers' Festival is now over.

The Festival will return 30 April—06 May 2018.

Festival Highlights

22-28 May 2017

Special Event

SWF Gala: Advice from Nasty Women

27 May 2017 - 8:30 PM

Conversation

Elaine Welteroth: On Editing Teen Vogue

26 May 2017 - 6:00 PM

Conversation

Thomas Friedman: The Case for Optimism

26 May 2017 - 6:00 PM

Conversation

Roxane Gay: Difficult Women

26 May 2017 - 8:30 PM

Conversation

Ian Rankin: Rather Be the Devil (Parramatta)

27 May 2017 - 7:30 PM

Author Talk

Not to Scale: Numbers and the Immigration Debate

25 May 2017 - 8:30 PM

Conversation

2017 Closing Address: Susan Faludi

28 May 2017 - 6:00 PM

Special Event

Live from Sydney: Slate's Culture Gabfest

27 May 2017 - 6:00 PM

Panel

American Carnage

26 May 2017 - 8:30 PM

Special Event

SWF Gala: Origin Story

24 May 2017 - 6:00 PM

Reading

Readings from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy

25 May 2017 - 4:30 PM

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Stories

Featured Author

Anne Enright

Podcasts

Listen: 2017 Opening Address — George Saunders 12 Jun 2017
Listen: 2017 Opening Address — Brit Bennett 11 Jun 2017
Bob Brown — On Optimism 24 Mar 2017

All Podcasts

Post-Festival Recommendations by Alyx Gorman

09 Jun 2017

Highlights from the 2017 Festival

31 May 2017

A Message from the Lord Mayor

07 Apr 2017

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