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Melissa Lucashenko, Tara June Winch and Evelyn Araluen come together to deliver an extraordinary Opening Night Address

A panel of renowned journalists discuss leadership, democracy and a lack of true accountability in extraordinary times

Kim Stanley Robinson appears live via video to discuss hard science, strong storytelling and hope with James Bradley.

Andrew Denton, one of Australia's best interviewers, discusses what makes an interview great with Michael Robotham

A consummate writer of 14 novels and a keen observer of life, Peter Carey discusses his storied life in writing

A panel of leading technology experts debate vital questions about ethics, impact and ownership in the online world

Judy Blume appears live via video to discuss her celebrated books and storied career with Sophie Black

Bill Hayes shares poetry, anecdotes and photography from How We Live Now: Scenes from the Pandemic (live via video).

Virginia Trioli and Laurie Penny talk about the path of feminism in Australia with host Sisonke Msimang.

Isabel Wilkerson discusses Caste (live via video), her bestselling study of our world's corrosive social hierarchy

Richard Flanagan talks to Laura Tingle on his newest book, The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, and capturing loss in words

Sarah Krasnostein discusses her new book, The Believer, an enquiry into the power of belief, with Helen Garner.

Indigenous writers and writers of colour discuss the daring anthology After Australia and its public reception.

Cinema legend George Miller, best known for Mad Max, Fury Road and Babe, talks screenwriting and storytelling

Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton reunite to debate the best and worst movie adaptations of Australian books.

Jan Fran and comedian Judith Lucy talk about humour and memoir, coping and not coping, and what it means to be fine

David Malouf delivers an unmissable Closing Address for the Sydney Writers’ Festival

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