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Sydney Writers" Festival

Sydney Writers" Festival

Australia"s largest celebration of literature, stories and ideas. Bringing together the world"s best authors, leading public intellectuals, scientists, journalists and more. Subscribe to our channel for new releases.

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55:34

Geraldine Brooks: Horse

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/06/22

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author and journalist Geraldine Brooks, Horse is a historical saga of spirit, obsession and injustice. With the moral complexity of her novel March and a multi-stranded plot reminiscent of People of the Book, she explores the true tale of one of America’s greatest racehorses while reckoning with the corrosive legacy of slavery and racism. Geraldine Brooks spoke with Nicole Abadee about her latest work at the 2023 Sydney Writers’ Festival. This episode was recorded live

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60:13

Reckoning, Not Reconciliation

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/06/19

With the campaign for a First Nations Voice to Parliament in full swing, leading First Nations thinkers Stan Grant and Teela Reid ask whether we are entering a new era for Australian democracy. Are we ready to speak and hear the truth about history as we move into the future? Two storytellers with different experiences and perspectives spoke about what it means to be a First Nations person in a country that is yet to reconcile historical wrongs. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Sydney

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68:22

The Voice to Parliament: All the Detail You Need

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/06/15

What will a Voice to Parliament actually mean? Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and legendary journalist Kerry O'Brien have worked together to write an accessible and engaging guide to this important question. Whether you want to understand more about the Voice in the lead-up to the referendum, or would like some clear answers to share in conversation with loved ones, their discussion with host Jennifer Robinson is an inspiring sneak peek into what our shared future can be. This episode was recorded

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32:52

2023 Program Announcement: Annabel Crabb and Ann Mossop

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/03/16

"…it’s also a question of thinking about what lies ahead and what is the history behind it." Ann Mossop, Artistic Director of Sydney Writers' Festival Join Annabel Crabb and Artistic Director Ann Mossop as they discuss the 2023 Sydney Writers’ Festival program. The pair talk about the 2023 Festival theme, Stories For The Future, and its underlying call to action to think about how we understand the past, how we live in the present and how our words, our imaginations and our actions shape the

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62:08

Jennifer Down & Hannah Kent

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/03/03

Join acclaimed Australian authors Jennifer Down and Hannah Kent as they discuss their immersive and lyrical novels that find beauty and hope amid tragedy. Praised as “mesmerising, brutal and unforgettable” (Sydney Morning Herald), Jennifer’s Bodies of Light traces a woman’s quest to forge a meaningful life after overcoming cycles of abuse and trauma. Hannah’s Devotion is a historical queer love story that journeys from Prussia to the South Australian frontier, exploring love, longing and the pain

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60:24

The Collaborators

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/03/01

If creativity and building a cultural and intellectual contribution are difficult undertakings, does doing it in collaboration with another person make it easier or harder? Whether making a podcast, writing a book or building a following are two heads better than one? With their acclaimed podcast, Ladies, We Need to Talk Yumi Stynes and Claudine Ryan tackle taboos and topics that women want to explore but are too afraid to share. Taking their partnership to the next level, the two released a book

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61:51

Everyone's an Expert

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/24

Of the (many) exhausting things about social media, one of the most tedious is the self-appointed authorities spouting armchair commentary on any and every subject, all while experts are increasingly degraded or ignored in our politics and media. From climate science to historical knowledge, if expert findings don’t suit a certain political narrative, they’re ultimately dismissed. Communications expert Ed Coper (Facts and Other Lies), economist Richard Denniss (Big: The Role of the State in the

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58:39

Changing Hearts, Changing Minds

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/22

Generations of inertia on the climate crisis, entrenched political partisanship and a public sphere defined by the volume of opinions rather than the willingness to listen means changing minds is a big ask. But from teachers to activists, artists and corporations, a huge effort has gone into trying to effect real change. What tools of persuasion, what methods of advocacy, what direct action is fair game when it comes to trying to get one’s cause across? What does the collision between the individual

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58:32

How We Make Up Our Minds

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/17

In these uncertain times we live in, how exactly are we meant to make up our minds? New York Times Australian Bureau Chief and author of Into the Rip, Damien Cave; philosopher, science writer and author of How We Became Human, Tim Dean; and cognitive neuropsychologist Muireann Irish discuss what drives us to action. How do we weigh up pros, cons and risk factors, and how do stress and fear bear on our capacity for critical thinking? With ABC Radio National’s All in the Mind host Sana Qadar. If you

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33:50

Fiona Murphy On My Life as a Walking Stick (Curiosity...

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/15

In award-winning writer Fiona Murphy’s (The Shape of Sound) first year of work as a physiotherapist, a patient asked her: “How does it feel to be nothing more than a glorified walking stick?” In some ways the work of a physiotherapist appears passive – congenial, even, involving gentle walks and small talk. But they are primed to catch any signs of distress or fatigue and predict the likelihood of a fall before it happens. In this insightful lecture, Fiona examines bodies, aging, fear and

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29:01

Claire G. Coleman On Decolonising the Literary Canon...

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/10

William Shakespeare has long been regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language, but have we heard enough from The Bard? Is it time we prioritised other writers? Wirlomin Noongar writer and poet Claire G. Coleman (Lies, Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation) contends that Shakespeare’s work lacks relevance for Australian readers and urges that it is vital we work more concertedly to decolonise the literary canon. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate

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60:32

Emily Brugman & Kári Gíslason

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/08

The authors of two of 2022's most atmospheric historical fiction novels come together to discuss their books which trace compelling family dramas in richly-drawn settings from Western Australia to Iceland. Emily Brugman’s The Islands follows the sweeping story of the Saari family, a small group of Finnish migrants who come to find a new home on a tiny island in an archipelago off the coast of Western Australia in the mid-1950s. Kári Gíslason’s The Sorrow Stone takes a sidelined figure from the

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57:22

Paying Attention

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/03

We’re living in an attention economy, but some of us are paying a steeper price than others. Being disabled or chronically ill means navigating a world not designed for you and having no choice but to always pay attention. 2022 Sydney Writers’ Festival Guest Curator Fiona Murphy asks: what if we flipped the equation and people with disability and chronic illness started charging for their expertise? In a series of funny, compelling and frank talks, four writers with disability and chronic illness

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56:58

George Haddad & Omar Sakr

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/02/01

The authors of two of 2022's most anticipated releases, Arab-Australian writers Omar Sakr and George Haddad, come together to discuss their debut novels about family, history and identity, and Western Sydney. Omar’s Son of Sin is a story of growing up queer and Muslim that illuminates the bonds that bind families, and how they can break. George’s unflinching Losing Face reflects Australian identity back to readers, while testing the notion that facing consequences makes us better people. They speak

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64:45

Straight-up Islander

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/01/27

Published by SBS Voices and Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement, ‘Straight-up Islander’ is Australia’s first online collection from writers with specific ancestral ties to the many islands and oceanways that make up the South Pacific Ocean. As Australia’s closest neighbours, we have a long and complicated history together: from the brunt of brownface humour to slavery and colonialism. Join the collection’s editor, Winnie Dunn, in this urgent and critical dialogue with Professor Jioji Ravulo,

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60:44

BLACKLIGHT: A First Nations Dialogue

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/01/26

In this special event, Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement celebrates the release of BLACKLIGHT, an anthology showcasing 10 years of First Nations storytelling from Western Sydney and beyond. Join a panel of First Nations writers as they delve deep into the art, history and soul of Black and Brown literature in Australia. Featuring Travis De Vries, Ali Murphy-Oates and Steven Ross in conversation with Sweatshop General Manager, Winnie Dunn. Presented in partnership with Sweatshop: Western

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75:05

The Unacknowledged Legislators

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2023/01/04

“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world,” Percy Bysshe Shelley once mused. His famous epithet resonates today as readers turn to a new generation of poets who are bringing rhyme and reason to bear on thorny ideas and urgent emotions in uncertain times. In this special event, the poets behind some of 2022's most thought-provoking and stirring works read and perform from their works. Featuring Eunice Andrada (TAKE CARE), Tony Birch (Whisper Songs), Maxine Beneba Clarke (How Decent Folk

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55:33

Michael Mohammed Ahmad & Mehreen Faruqi

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/12/20

“10 September 1996: Pauline Hanson delivered her maiden speech, and I lost all faith in Australian politics. 20 August 2018: Mehreen Faruqi was sworn in as the first Muslim Senator to join the Upper House, and my faith was finally restored." – Michael Mohammed AhmadMiles Franklin–shortlisted author Michael Mohammed Ahmad (The Other Half of You) speaks with Mehreen Faruqi about Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud, her no-holds-barred debut memoir. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and follow our

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54:14

Antoinette Lattouf & Amy Remeikis

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/12/14

The new books from acclaimed journalists Antoinette Lattouf (How to Lose Friends and Influence White People) and Amy Remeikis (On Reckoning) each draw on their personal and professional insights into challenging structural power. They come together to discuss their work: Antoinette on how to make a difference when championing change and racial equality with witty yet confronting analysis of how to prepare for the popularity contest you’ll lose; and Amy on her investigation into the fallout of

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53:03

Delia Falconer & Indira Naidoo

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/12/09

The newest works of non-fiction by Australian writers Delia Falconer and Indira Naidoo offer deeply personal and profound meditations on our relationship with the natural world. Delia’s Signs and Wonders explores how it feels to live as a reader, writer, mother and lover of nature in an era of extreme ecological change. Indira’s The Space Between the Stars is the poignant story of awakening to the power of nature in the wake of her sister’s passing. They appear in conversation with Suzanne Leal. If

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