Adelaide Writers' Week Adelaide Writers' Week
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Australia's largest free literary Festival, held in March in Adelaide, South Australia.
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AWW24: Homecoming - Kate Morton
With Sarah Martin | Kate Morton is one of Australia’s best-selling authors. A fascination with secrets and their impact has shaped her writing. She explains why to Sarah Martin.
Event details: Thu 07 Mar, 5:00pm -
AWW24: I Do, I Don't - Clementine Ford
With Susan Johnson | 'Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue' is the stating point for Clementine Ford's case against marriage. She explains to Susan Johnson why she believes marriage is an institution that is passé, oppressive and against women's interests.
Event details: Thu 07 Mar, 5:00pm -
AWW24: Frank Moorhouse - Catharine Lumby
With Jo Case | Author Catharine Lumby knew Frank Moorhouse for many years. A decade before his death in 2022, Moorhouse asked her to be his biographer. In conversation with Jo Case, Lumby shares how this relationship influenced her approach.
Event details: Thu 07 Mar, 3:45pm -
AWW24: So I have been cancelled... - Umut Özkırımlı
With Amanda Vanstone | Umut Özkırımlı, the author of Cancelled: The Left Way Back from Woke, joins Amanda Vanstone to discuss the question: “What do evangelical Christians, far right Trump supporters and the woke Left have in common? They all burn books, and in fact they burn the same books. But book burning - or other forms of cancelling - is not simply an act of protest. It does not seek justice; it calls for retribution and revenge. And there is nothing progressive about this dogmatic and fanatical activism”.
Event details: Thu 07 Mar, 3:45pm -
AWW24: Non-Essential Work - Omar Sakr
With Mike Ladd | Omar Sakr is an award-winning poet and novelist. His latest collection, Non-Essential Work, confronts issues of gender, race and identity. He explores these concerns with Mike Ladd.
Event details: Thu 07 Mar, 2:30pm -
AWW24: Tell Me What I Am - Una Mannion
With Helen Elliott | Una Mannion’s second novel, Tell Me What I Am, is a superbly literary novel masquerading as a compelling thriller. In conversation with Helen Elliott, Mannion asks how we know who we are.
Event details: Thu 07 Mar, 2:30pm