Adelaide Writers' Week

With Natasha Mitchell | Mental illness is stigmatised, economic rationalism determines government funding, and the industry is dominated by big pharma. Natasha Mitchell asks Patrick McGorry and Jonathan Rosen why we continue to fail our most vulnerable citizens.

Event details: Tue 05 Mar, 10:45am

Madison Godfrey, Kate Grenville and Anjum Hasan with Jessica Alice | Join Madison Godfrey, Kate Grenville and Anjum Hasan for an intimate exploration of the other great partnership in life – the author-editor relationship – that takes writing from the deeply personal to the public stage, with Jessica Alice.

Presented in partnership with Writers SA.

Event details: Tue 05 Mar, 9:30am

With Andrew Clark | After his magisterial biography of Charles de Gaulle, Julian Jackson has turned his attention to the trial of Marshall Petain – France’s shield or Nazi collaborator? He is joined by Andrew Clark.

Event details: Tue 05 Mar, 9:30am

With Ariel Bogle | Award-winning short story writer Ted Chiang is often described as a humanist sci-fi writer. Ariel Bogle asks him what that means and why he sees AI as another of “capital’s willing executioners”. Chiang appears via live stream.

Event details: Tue 05 Mar, 9:30am

For more than twenty years, Insiders has been unmissable television for political tragics and anyone wanting to stay up to date on federal politics. Host David Speers returns to Adelaide Writers’ Week to speak with the Premier of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas, and a panel of Australia’s sharpest minds as they dissect the week in politics. They’ll be joined by Mike Bowers and one of the country’s finest cartoonists for Talking Pictures.

Event details: Mon 04 Mar, 6:30pm

With Eleanor Jackson, Cheryl Leavy, Yves Rees and Beejay Silcox | Be among the first to discover the 2024 Stella Prize longlist. Join the Judging Panel – Eleanor Jackson, Cheryl Leavy, Yves Rees and Beejay Silcox – for an illuminating discussion about the best literature produced in Australia.

Supported by Stella Forever Fund and Copyright Agency.

Event details: Mon 04 Mar, 5:00pm

With Debbie Whitmont | Historian Avi Shlaim’s Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew combines a fascinating family story of moving from Baghdad to Israel with a historical account of Iraqi Jews during an especially calamitous period. Shlaim joins via live stream for this conversation with Debbie Whitmont.

Event details: Mon 04 Mar, 5:00pm

With Tom Wright | Rupert Murdoch has dominated the media for more than half a century. Walter Marsh takes Tom Wright back to his beginnings in Adelaide, when the “boy publisher” took over News Limited and The News at the age of twenty-two.

Event details: Mon 04 Mar, 5:00pm

Anjali Joseph, Meena Kandasamy, Perumal Murugan and Nilanjana S. Roy with Roanna Gonsalves | Anjali Joseph, Meena Kandasamy, Perumal Murugan and Nilanjana S. Roy join Roanna Gonsalves for a conversation about the challenge of writing about gender, caste and class within India’s rich, complex and diverse literary culture.

Event details: Mon 04 Mar, 3:45pm

The MUD Literary Prize celebrates a debut novel of literary fiction. Hear from 2024 winner Kylie Needham and chair David Sly as they discuss Needham's book, Girl in a Pink Dress.