At 10am Michael Cathcart, presenter of ABC RN’s Books and Arts, hosts a live broadcast event from the Pier 2/3, featuring conversations with top Festival guests. At 11am Richard Fidler, presenter of ABC Radio’s Conversations, draws you into a fascinating real life story, also broadcast live in a special event for Sydney Writers’ Festival. Be in the audience for these entertaining national broadcasts.
Richard Fidler (Australian)

Richard Fidler is the author of Ghost Empire and the co-author of Saga Land, a journey into the sagas of Iceland, which was awarded the 2018 Indie Book Award for non-fiction. Richard is best known as a presenter of ABC Radio's Conversations. The program attracts a large listening audience around the nation and is the most popular podcast in Australia. His new book, The Golden Maze, is a biography of Prague, inspired by his experience of the city’s 1989 Velvet Revolution.