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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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58:50

Louisa Lim & Kylie Moore Gilbert

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/11/22

Louisa Lim and Kylie Moore-Gilbert come together to discuss the complexities of power, persecution and freedom. Louisa’s Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong is a deeply researched and personal account of Hong Kong, its people and the untold history they are claiming. Kylie’s The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian prison is the gripping account of her extraordinary fight to survive imprisonment in Iran. They speak with Ann Mossop. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and

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56:53

Friends, Romans, Countrymen: Great Oratory and...

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/11/22

From the soapbox to the stage, carefully crafted speeches have inspired and persuaded minds throughout the ages. As we lose faith in our leaders and the institutions of civil society cede their moral authority, we gather a group of stirring orators to recreate their favourite moments of speechifying – from the worlds of politics and theatre, cinema and the law – to remind us of the power of words and the thrill of great oration. Including Richard Fidler (The Golden Maze), Sisonke Msimang (Always

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57:14

Growing Up in Country Australia

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/11/16

Too often our notions of life outside Australia’s capital cities are that it is monochrome and homogenous. The Growing Up In Country Australia anthology offers a fresh, modern, and at times surprising look at country life today, bringing together the perspectives of established and emerging writers. Join the collection’s editor, prize-winning One Hundred Years of Dirt author Rick Morton, as he speaks with contributors Farz Edraki, Bridie Jabour and Benjamin Riley. Together, they discuss challenges

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54:08

Chloe Hooper & Sarah Walker

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/11/10

[Content warning: Sensitive themes including suicide] Two fascinating non-fiction works explore our relationship to life, our bodies and mortality itself. In Bedtime Story, Chloe Hooper looks to classics by the likes of Brothers Grimm and JRR Tolkien to teach her own children about grief and resilience after her partner falls seriously ill. In her essay collection The First Time I Thought I Was Dying, Sarah Walker examines our unruly bodies and asks how we might learn to embrace our chaos. They

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58:42

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/11/09

With so much concern around silencing and censorship in contemporary discourse, it’s hard to think of any one element that has a greater impact on what can and can’t be said in Australia than our defamation laws. No matter how much of an idiot **REDACTED** might be, or however well founded the allegations against **REDACTED** are, in Australia, you publish at your peril. Our panel of brilliant legal and media minds – Hannah Marshall, Chris Masters and Kate McClymont – choose their words carefully

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56:25

Tony Birch & Paige Clark

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/11/03

Two extraordinary writers of short fiction come together to discuss crafting fully realised worlds that capture our interest over just a few pages. Patrick White Literary Award winner Tony Birch’s latest collection of short stories (Dark as Last Night) captures the humanity and humour of kids toughened beyond their years on the edges of society. Paige Clark’s debut (She Is Haunted) showcases an entrancing new literary voice. Drawing comparisons to Carmen Maria Machado, Paige runs with themes such as

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56:44

This All Come Back Now

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/11/01

This All Come Back Now is the first anthology of speculative fiction by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers, spanning bush horror, ghost stories, time travel and post-human futures. Hear from a panel of contributors as they discuss how their work is rooted in Indigenous ways of being, knowing and becoming, and what the toolkit of speculative fiction allows them to explore in terms of kin and Country, memory and future thinking. The editor of the anthology, Mykaela Saunders, sits down with

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54:36

Julian Barnes: Elizabeth Finch

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/28

Booker Prize-winning British author Julian Barnes returns to Sydney Writers’ Festival to introduce his latest novel, Elizabeth Finch. Charting the story of a remarkable teacher through the recollections of a former student, the book has been hailed as a loving tribute to philosophy, a careful evaluation of history and an invitation to think for ourselves. Julian appeared live via video at the 2022 Festival, in conversation with host of ABC Radio National’s The Book Show Claire Nichols, to discuss

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57:56

Paul Kennedy & Jason Om

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/25

Two beloved figures in Australian media come together to discuss their hopeful and heartfelt new memoirs that excavate the struggles and secrets of their youth. Funkytown charts ABC journalist Paul Kennedy’s path to redemption as a promising young AFL player who lost his way to drinking, brawling and a faulty notion of what it means to be a man. All Mixed Up by ABC 7.30’s Jason Om explores the early trauma of losing his mum, his hard-won acceptance after coming out as gay and the obscured truths of

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51:45

The Joys of Re-reading

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/20

A hot new novel can keep you turning the pages late into the night, but a different – and some may argue, greater – pleasure comes from the act of re-reading. Whether it’s returning to a classic and seeing its humour in a fresh light, or expecting to be swept off your feet by a romance only to find you’re now transfixed by the class politics, there’s a singular joy in coming back to well-thumbed favourites. ABC Radio National’s The Bookshelf co-host Kate Evans chats with authors Bernadette Brennan

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59:40

Mother of All Crimes

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/19

When it comes to crime fiction, mothers are too often cast as one-dimensional, tragic or hysterical minor players. Shaking up the tired tropes, gripping new novels by Jane Caro (The Mother), Dinuka McKenzie (The Torrent) and Laura Elizabeth Woollett (The Newcomer) unfold through the eyes of complex, deftly drawn mothers pushed to their limits absolving, avenging and protecting their families. The authors sit down with Suzanne Leal to discuss why mothers provide such engaging and humanising

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56:23

Keeping Tech in Check

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/13

From Siri to medical devices, technology and AI are helping us navigate daily life with greater efficiency and ease. But on the flip side, instances of algorithm bias, questions around who is collecting our data and for what ends, and fears about how technology is degrading public discourse are bringing into focus pressing new ethical dilemmas. Transhumanism scholar Elise Bohan (Future Superhuman: Our transhuman lives in a make-or-break century), AI expert Toby Walsh (Machines Behaving Badly: The

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58:44

Present Danger

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/12

Many classic crime and thriller reads centre around uncovering long-held secrets or investigating cold cases, but what new terrors are right here in our present-day? Here are three writers of gripping novels that highlight the frightening possibilities of the present and what untold fears await us in the near future. Hear from Tim Ayliffe (The Enemy Within), J.P. Pomare (The Last Guests) and Caroline Overington (The Cuckoo’s Cry), in discussion with Sulari Gentill (The Woman in the Library). Sydney

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56:50

Toni Jordan & Paddy O’Reilly

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/06

Holding together a family in the face of life’s disappointments and let-downs has long been the stuff of literature; as farce, drama, comedy or tragedy. Paddy O’Reilly’s Other Houses follows Lily and Janks as they struggle pay-day to pay-day to try to offer their daughter the future they dream of. Toni Jordan’s Dinner with the Schnabels tracks Simon’s attempts to get things back on track after the failure of his business. These two deeply compassionate writers talk to host Nicole Abadee about how

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51:58

Hannah Kent & SJ Norman

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/10/05

Bestselling novelist Hannah Kent (Devotion) speaks with SJ Norman about Permafrost, SJ's debut collection of short fiction that updates the gothic and romantic literary traditions. Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major podcast platforms. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and subscribe to our channel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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58:17

The Limits of Imagination

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/09/29

Concerns about cultural appropriation and authenticity – about who gets to tell a story, and who owns it – now dominate conversations about literary endeavour and value. Booker Prize–winner Damon Galgut (The Promise), Larissa Behrendt (After Story) and Paige Clark (She Is Haunted) join host Sisonke Msimang to ask: what are the responsibilities and opportunities of the creative writer and artist, and does imagination have its limits. Sydney Writers' Festival podcasts are available on all major

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60:50

Maxine Beneba Clarke & Omar Musa

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/09/27

With an unexpected turn of phrase or lyrical twist, poetry can surprise, thrill and invite readers to make meaning from between the lines. Hear from acclaimed Australian artists and writers Maxine Beneba Clarke and Omar Musa as they discuss their electrifying new poetry collections, which upend conventional wisdom about colonial history, climate change and our pandemic-afflicted times. Maxine’s How Decent Folk Behave extends her reputation as a “powerful and fearless storyteller” (Dave Eggers),

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58:21

Steve Toltz: Here Goes Nothing

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/09/22

Booker-shortlisted author Steve Toltz discusses his newest work, Here Goes Nothing, with acclaimed author Sarah Krasnostein. As wildly inventive and savagely funny as his first two books, Quicksand and A Fraction of the Whole, Here Goes Nothing is a razor-sharp take on love, mortality and the afterlife. He shares common ground with Sarah, whose book The Believer explores the universal need to make sense of life, death and all that lies between. Steve appears via video. Sydney Writers' Festival

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53:25

Martha Wainwright: Stories I Might Regret Telling You

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/09/21

Nobody who has listened to Martha Wainwright's music could be in any doubt of her powerful voice, her blistering honesty and her disarming humanity. Her memoir, Stories I Might Regret Telling You, is one to excite established fans and lovers of graceful, candid writing alike. From her childhood amongst musical royalty – daughter to folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to Rufus Wainwright – to a career with all the highs and lows of the music industry, to tales of

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55:32

A Critical Eye

Sydney Writers" Festival ·

2022/09/15

Every new book comes with a host of wildly enthusiastic quotes from early readers hailing the author and/or their work as The Next Big Thing. But what does this hype mean for readers hoping to find their next read? Enter the discerning literary critic, whose expert distillation of a book’s composition helps us to read between the lines and sort the ‘must reads’ from the ‘not for me’s’. Author and winner of the Walkley–Pascall Award for Arts Criticism Delia Falconer (Signs and Wonders: Dispatches

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