Adelaide Writers' Week

Adelaide Writers' Week
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Australia's largest free literary Festival, held in March in Adelaide, South Australia.

  1. 20 MAR

    AWW25: No Place Like Home - Brooke Boland, Winnie Dunn and Lia Hills

    With Carody Culver. There’s no place like home, although home isn’t always a place. It could be a feeling, an instinct, a language, a person, a memory; it could be somewhere we long to return to or can’t wait to escape. Join Griffith Review 87 contributors Brooke Boland, Winnie Dunn and Lia Hills as they explore the myriad material consequences of home, from the picket fence to the political arena, in conversation with editor Carody Culver. Event details: Thu 06 Mar, 5:00pm | West Stage

    1h 1m

  2. 20 MAR

    AWW25: Leaps of Faith - Ceridwen Dovey and Zeynab Gamieldien

    With Carody Culver. Whether it’s religious, political, societal, philosophical or spiritual in nature, the act of believing can be a lodestar, a comfort, a ritual, a guiding principle or a reason for living. Join Griffith Review 86 contributors Ceridwen Dovey and Zeynab Gamieldien as they explore what faith can tell us about our desires, our values and ourselves, in conversation with editor Carody Culver. Event details: Thu 06 Mar, 3:45pm | West Stage

    1h 2m

  3. 20 MAR

    AWW25: Putin’s War on Women - Sofi Oksanen

    With Jo Case. Sofi Oksanen, librettist for Innocence, acclaimed Finnish playwright and bestselling novelist blends family history and journalistic rigour in Same River, Twice to reveal Russia’s history of weaponising sexual violence against women – and its links to genocide in Ukraine, misogyny within Russia itself and imperialism on the world stage. Under Putin, she tells Jo Case, women are under threat. Event details: Thu 06 Mar, 2:30pm | West Stage

    1h 1m

  4. 20 MAR

    AWW25: How Johnny Voghel Escaped a Dead-End Job - Leo Robson

    With Lauren Oyler. Leo Robson is a well-known British essayist and critic who has just written his first novel, The Boys. He talks to Lauren Oyler about writing a comedy about confusion and loss – a generational saga that takes place over a fortnight. Event details: Thu 06 Mar, 1:15pm | West Stage

    1 hr

  5. 20 MAR

    AWW25: Grief - Nova Weetman

    With Jonathan Green. According to Marcel Proust, “grief develops the power of the mind.” Jonathan Green tests the proposition with Nova Weetman, who has written a memoir, Love, Death and Other Scenes, about the death of her partner, the playwright Aiden Fennessy, during COVID. Event details: Thu 06 Mar, 12:00pm | West Stage

    1h 1m

  6. 20 MAR

    AWW25: "We Were Elsewhere People” - André Aciman

    With Richard Buckham. Bestselling author André Aciman (live stream) shares with Richard Buckham his abiding preoccupation with the themes of exile, longing and memory – themes that inhabit his new memoir about his teenage life, My Roman Year. Event details: Thu 06 Mar, 10:45am | West Stage

    56 min

  7. 20 MAR

    AWW25: What Will Survive of Us? - Howard Jacobson

    With Georgina Godwin. Booker Prize–winning author Howard Jacobson (live stream) talks to Georgina Godwin about the questions at the heart of What Will Survive of Us? – whether love can survive marriage, betrayal and the passage of time. Event details: Thu 06 Mar, 9:30am | West Stage

    1h 1m

  8. 20 MAR

    AWW25: When Betty Turned One Hundred - Debra Oswald

    With Helen Pitt. With One Hundred Years of Betty, Debra Oswald has written a ‘whole of life’ novel, the story of the determinedly curious Betty from 1928 to 2028. In conversation with Helen Pitt, Oswald explores writing across an entire century. Event details: Wed 05 Mar, 5:00pm | West Stage

    51 min
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Australia's largest free literary Festival, held in March in Adelaide, South Australia.

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  • Creator
    Adelaide Writers' Week
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    574
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Adelaide Writers' Week
  • Show Website
    Adelaide Writers' Week

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