Sydney Writers' Festival

Part of Sydney Writers’ Festival

Sydney Writers' Festival 2024 Opening Night: Take Me Away

Where

245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW 2042

Bay 17

When

Wednesday 22 May from 6pm to 7:30pm

Cost

Starting from: $40Adult: $45

The written word has the power to move a reader.

Not only emotionally, but also to take us away to deeper planes of understanding, to different times, and to inhabit lives we've never ourselves experienced. Words can shepherd us between art forms, as Festival curator, poet and artist Jazz Money demonstrates in a performance to open the 2024 Festival. Then Ann Patchett and Annabel Crabb discuss the essential light packing for literary adventure; curiosity, courage and an open mind.

This event is supported by City of Sydney.

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