The Sydney Writer's Festival is coming to the Esperance Library!
Join us in the corner lounge area for a livestream event directly from Sydney.
All welcome - RSVP's preferred but not essential.
Thursday 22nd May
10am - Viet Thanh Nguyen: A Man of Two Faces
with Viet Thanh Nguyen and Benjamin Law (host)
Hear celebrated author Viet Thanh Nguyen, hailed as “a conscience of American literature” (The New Yorker), discuss his new work with writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law.
12 Noon - Suzie Miller: Prima Facie
with Suzie Miller and Nicole Abadee (host)
Put the courts on trial with lawyer turned Olivier Award–winning playwright Suzie Miller as she discusses novelising her theatrical triumph that tackles sexual assault. In conversation with Nicole Abadee.
2pm - Julian Borger: I Seek a Kind Person
with Julian Borger and Michaela Kalowski (host)
“I seek a kind person who will educate my intelligent boy, aged 11.” An extraordinary 1938 personal advertisement that started Julian Borger’s quest into his father’s past and the story of Holocaust survival.
4pm - Fantastical Worlds
with Garth Nix; Shelley Parker-Chan; Samantha Shannon and Aimée Lindorff (host)
Imagine another world with popular fantasy authors Garth Nix (The Old Kingdom series), Shelley Parker-Chan (The Radiant Emperor duology) and Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos series).
Friday 23rd May
10 am - The War on Journalists
with Julian Borger; John Lyons; Alisa Sopova; Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Hamish Macdonald (host)
With conflict continuing in Ukraine, and the death toll of journalists in Gaza reaching alarming proportions, we look at the role of journalists in war.
12 Noon - Abdulrazak Gurnah: Afterlives
with Abdulrazak Gurnah and Sisonke Msimang (host)
Explore his writing and unpack the legacies of empire with acclaimed writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose 10th novel explores displacement, loss and love during and after German occupation of East Africa.
2pm - Feminist Firebrands
with Sisonke Msimang; Hannah Ferguson; Jennifer Robinson and Jo Dyer (host)
Four waves in, the feminist fight for gender equality is far from over. Writers and activists Hannah Ferguson, Sisonke Msimang and Jennifer Robinson discuss the most pressing issues facing women today with host Jo Dyer.
4pm - 5km From the Frontline
with Alisa Sopova; Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Hamish Macdonald (host)
Hear from journalist Alisa Sopova and photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind, whose extraordinary documentary photography series offers a unique, personal and deeply affecting look at the Ukraine war.
Saturday 25th May
10am - Trent Dalton: From Eli to Lola
with Trent Dalton and Cassie McCullagh (host)
Trent Dalton, award-winning author of Boy Swallows Universe (now a hit Netflix series) returns with Lola in the Mirror, a big, beautiful novel about grappling with our past, present and possible futures.
12 Noon - Storytellers: Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar
with Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar
ABC legends Leigh Sales (Storytellers) and Lisa Millar (Muster Dogs) unpack the craft of turning real life events into narrative, drawing from their recent books and a combined 65 years in journalism.