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Day five of the festival is a big one with sessions including Gail Jones, Mike Carlton, Anita Heiss, Suelette Dreyfus, Frank Moorhouse, Matt Condon, Craig Cliff, James Fergusson, Lucinda Holdforth and Fatima Bhutto. Session one with Gail Jones was all about Sydney - looking at three different ways it has been represented in literature by three very different authors. Gail's latest book,...
It’s day four of the 2011 Sydney Writers’ Festival and today is the day that the main adults program begins. It’s a lovely day here in Sydney and the atmosphere down at the site is buzzing. The coffee queues are manageable (thank god!) and the view of Sydney Harbour is simply spectacular. It’s a big week of sharing, words, ideas, and of course, meeting...
The Sydney Writers’ Festival opened with a bang last night with the Opening Address delivered by Fatima Bhutto, author of SONGS OF BLOOD AND SWORD. The beautiful and erudite Fatima had the sold out audience at the Sydney Theatre on the edge of their seats as she spoke about the corruption and injustices in her home country, Pakistan, as well as that of several other nation states. ...
