Adelaide Writers' Week

With Glyn Davis | In conversation with Glyn Davis, the bestselling author of The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, explores the impact of environmental change across the arc of human history.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 3:45pm

With Leigh Sales | Richard Glover’s latest book is a hilarious manual for how to make the world a better place, “one wish at a time” – which occasionally includes the use of a leaf blower. In conversation with Leigh Sales.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 3:45pm

Evelyn Araluen, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Jazz Money and Ellen van Neerven | In conjunction with the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, poets Evelyn Araluen, Jazz Money and Ellen van Neerven share their work and speak with Ali Cobby Eckermann about imagination, community and creating sanctuaries.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 2:30pm

Mary Beard with Jonty Claypole | Mary Beard, one of the world’s most famous classicists, talks to Jonty Claypole about bringing the past to life. As the author of over twenty books and numerous television documentaries, Beard has fought to keep the classics in the mainstream. Over her career, this has involved breaking the glass ceiling, reinvigorating public service broadcasting and embracing the power – as well as the perils – of social media. She tells (almost) all about the highs and lows of public intellectualism in the 21st century.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 2:30pm

With Clare Sawyer | In 2024, Jessica Townsend will publish the fourth book in her Nevermoor series. What can we expect from the next instalment? In this session for middle grade readers, Townsend joins chair Clare Sawyer to reveal some of the secrets of her fantastical world.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 1:15pm

Richard Beasley, Margaret Cook, Sarah Hanson-Young and Kate McBride with Natasha Mitchell | The relationship between rivers and the communities and cities that grow around them is a complex one. Richard Beasley, Margaret Cook, Sarah Hanson-Young, Kate McBride and chair Natasha Mitchell explore the challenges and opportunities associated with balancing development and our natural river ecosystems.

This session is presented in partnership with The Australia Institute.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 1:15pm

With Claire Nichols | Anne Enright’s eighth novel is a brilliant report on one unhappy family; an intergenerational tale framed by the self-aggrandising legacy of the poet-father. Join the author in conversation with Claire Nichols.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 1:15pm

With Nicole Abadee | Prima Facie is the story of a brilliant barrister who finds herself defenceless after she is sexually abused. Suzie Miller discusses the problem of speaking out with Nicole Abadee.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 12:00pm

Susan Close, Royce Kurmelovs, Noah Schultz-Byard and Tory Shepherd with Jules Schiller | Whether it’s the establishment of a First Nations Voice to Parliament or the installation of the Tesla Big Battery, South Australia often leads the way. Susan Close, Royce Kurmelovs, Noah Schultz-Byard and Tory Shepherd talk with Jules Schiller about why SA stands as a beacon of policy creativity.

This session is presented in partnership with The Australia Institute.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 12:00pm

With Lisa Millar | Two of our most highly regarded journalists, Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar, discuss their decades-long friendship, the art of storytelling and life lessons from thirty years at the front line of journalism.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 12:00pm