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2024 NSW Premier's Literary Awards 

Monday 20 May

And the Award Goes To …

Winning Histories 

James Bradley: Deep Water 

The Untold Australian Story of Maus

Patrick White Playwrights Award Reading

Tuesday 21 May 

Yumna Kassab: Politica

Benjamin Stevenson: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect

Sulari Gentill: The Mystery Writer 

Robyn Davidson in Conversation

Trivia in The Library Bar 

Chris Flynn: Here be Leviathans

Chaotic Social Book Club: Sydney Writers’ Festival edition

Wednesday 22 May

Launch: Dreaming Inside Volume 12

Debra Dank: We Come With This Place

Simon Tedeschi In Conversation with Sheila Ngoc Pham

Mirandi Riwoe: Sunbirds 

The Library That Made Me 

Readers: Books and Conversations with Francesca de Tores 

Thursday 23 May

Kate Mildenhall: The Hummingbird Effect 

Dinuka McKenzie: Tipping Point 

Bryan Brown: The Drowning 

Peter Polites: God Forgets About the Poor 

Auburn Poets and Writers: Living in the Air

Friday 24 May

Hedley Thomas: The Teachers Pet

Cristy Burne: Science, Creativity, Adventure 

No Worries Writing Workshops: Find Your Flow with Kathryn Heyman

Jane Harrison: The Visitors 

Kava and Climate: Climate Justice for the Blue Pacific

The Secret Lives of Politicians 

Richard Glover: Best Wishes

Eat Your Words

Saturday 25 May

No Worries Writing Workshops: Start with a Scene with Eleanor Limprecht

Kerri Sackville: The Secret Life of You 

Shelley Parker-Chan: He Who Drowned the World 

Katy Hessel: The Story of Art Without Men at Bundanon

Holly Ringland: The House that Joy Built 

Sunday 26 May

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Sydney Writers' Festival takes over the city in May 2024 with writers of dazzling fictions, magical words and captivating stories.