Explore the program
Brimming with powerful politics, fantastical fiction and gnarly crime capers, there's no shortage of events bound for Carriageworks this May. To help you make the most of your time at the Festival, explore our curated multipacks below.
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For the politics curated events, we’ve rounded up a selection of events exploring local and international politics. Whether it’s war zones, the US and Australian federal elections or institutional corruption, these writers and journalists are working to keep you up to date with the world around you.
In the Queer’s the Word curated events, we gather together some of the brightest queer events across literary fiction, Festival favourites and queer performance.
For the Book Club Outings curated events, we’ve rounded up some of the biggest and buzziest books to stimulate lively discussion at your next meeting. Whether you favour non-fiction, speculative fiction or solid literary fiction, there’s something for everyone here.
There’s nothing quite so gripping as a classic murder mystery. With these crime-centric events, ranging across the true and not-so-true stories of murder, espionage and intrigue, there’s plenty to get your heart racing and your spine tingling.
For the Aussie Talents curated events, we’re highlighting local favourites across fiction, memoir, poetry and kids’ fiction. Hear from familiar faces or try the work of someone entirely new to you in these Festival events.
In the spirit of the 2025 Festival theme In This Together, this selection of events covers the big, human themes of life, death, love, loss, home and faith as continuous concerns throughout history and today.