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.
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Thu 06 Mar, 5:00pm | West Stage
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.
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Thu 06 Mar, 3:45pm | West Stage
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.
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Thu 06 Mar, 2:30pm | West Stage
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.
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Thu 06 Mar, 1:15pm | West Stage
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.
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Thu 06 Mar, 12:00pm | West Stage
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.
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Thu 06 Mar, 10:45am | West Stage
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.
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Thu 06 Mar, 9:30am | West Stage
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
Australian writer Frank Moorhouse was legendary in Australian literary and cultural life.
But what if the facts contradict the legend?
Join Clare Wright in conversation with Matthew Lamb for this year’s Hazel Rowley Memorial Lecture about sorting the legend from the facts.
Hear how Matthew grappled with this in his brilliant biography, Frank Moorhouse: Strange Paths.
The announcement of the 2025 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship winner will follow.
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Wed 05 Mar, 3:45pm | West Stage
To Mark Dapin.
Former publisher and literary agent extraordinaire Deborah Callaghan talks to Mark Dapin about The Little Clothes, her provocative new novel about the vicissitudes of middle age.Event details:
Wed 05 Mar, 2:30pm | West Stage
With Bob Carr.
Mike Carlton shares stories of the little-known Australian submariners of the 20th century with Bob Carr. His latest book, Dive!, is a chronicle of courage, espionage and political maneuvering.Event details:
Wed 05 Mar, 1:15pm | West Stage
Anna Broinowski chats to Jo Case to talk about her new memoir, Datsun Angel, the confronting story of a sex, drugs and violence-fuelled adventure through the savage Australian outback of the 1980s.
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Wed 05 Mar, 12:00pm | West Stage
With Jo Case.
The critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland, Téa Obreht (live stream), tells Jo Case about her latest novel, The Morningside, a haunting, dystopian story about war, climate refugees and magic.
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Wed 05 Mar, 10:45am | West Stage
With Katrina Strickland.
Marie Curie and Maria Callas were legends in both their professional and private lives. Bestselling writers Dava Sobel and Daisy Goodwin take us inside these remarkable women’s worlds, in company with Katrina Strickland.Event details:
Wed 05 Mar, 9:30am | West Stage
With Annabelle Quince.
The winner of the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Matthew Longo, talks to Annabelle Quince about The Picnic. An improbable historical event, this pan-European outing involved goulash, beer and 600 East Germans on the border between Hungary and Austria.Event details:
Tue 04 Mar, 2:30pm | West Stage
With Tory Shepherd.
Award-winning journalist Rick Morton talks to Tory Shepherd about his book, Mean Streak, a compelling but horrifying account of the “venality, incompetence and cowardice” behind Australia’s shameful Robodebt scandal.
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Mon 03 Mar, 5:00pm | West Stage
The MUD Literary Prize celebrates a debut novel of literary fiction. Past winners have included Trent Dalton and Pip Williams. Hear from the 2025 winner, Cameron Stewart, author of Why Do Horses Run? with chair David Sly. Special thanks to the MUD Literary Club for their support and contribution to Adelaide Writers’ Week
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Mon 03 Mar, 3:45pm | West Stage
The Voice to Parliament referendum was an opportunity for meaningful Indigenous recognition. Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien reflect on the defeat of this modest proposal. Are we mean-spirited? Are we naysayers who lack the empathy to redress profound wrongs? Did advocates fail to effectively prosecute their case? And what is the way forward?Event details:
Mon 03 Mar, 2:30pm | West Stage
With Nicole Abadee.
Critic and Novelist Lauren Oyler joins Nicole Abadee to explore the self-aggrandisement and selfexoneration inherent in public writing, as well as literary criticism and Oyler’s latest essay collection, No Judgement.
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Mon 03 Mar, 1:15pm | West Stage
With Alexander Ward AM.
Shaun Micallef talks to Alexander Ward AM about his new anthology, Slivers, Shards and Skerricks, a dizzying collection of prose, plays, philosophy, poetry and parody by one of Australia’s “most intelligent and more handsome Renaissance men.”
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Mon 03 Mar, 12:00pm | West Stage