Carla Fitzgerald: How to be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five | Calling all fans of picture books, graphic novels and epic tween series! Young Readers’ Day welcomes readers aged 2-12 to Writers’ Week with a program designed to inspire the next generation of readers and storytellers.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 11:30am

Jason Pamment: Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures | Calling all fans of picture books, graphic novels and epic tween series! Young Readers’ Day welcomes readers aged 2-12 to Writers’ Week with a program designed to inspire the next generation of readers and storytellers.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 11:00am

Kirli Saunders: The Incredible Freedom Machines | Calling all fans of picture books, graphic novels and epic tween series! Young Readers’ Day welcomes readers aged 2-12 to Writers’ Week with a program designed to inspire the next generation of readers and storytellers.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 10:30am

Story Trove: The Garden at the End of the World | Calling all fans of picture books, graphic novels and epic tween series! Young Readers’ Day welcomes readers aged 2-12 to Writers’ Week with a program designed to inspire the next generation of readers and storytellers.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 10:00am

Anna Walker: Snap! | Calling all fans of picture books, graphic novels and epic tween series! Young Readers’ Day welcomes readers aged 2-12 to Writers’ Week with a program designed to inspire the next generation of readers and storytellers.

Event details: Sun 03 Mar, 9:30am

With Karen Wyld | Award-winning human rights lawyer Sara M. Saleh explores the complexities of identity in her writing. She joins Karen Wyld to talk about her new poetry collection and her debut novel.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 5:00pm

With Nicholas Jose | Alexis Wright’s new novel is both a grand allegorical epic and a book for our times, engaging with Aboriginal sovereignty and the impact of global warming. Join the author in conversation with Nicholas Jose.

This project is supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 5:00pm

With Charlotte Wood | Mature love is the subject of Christos Tsiolkas’ latest novel, The In-Between. He speaks with Charlotte Wood about intertwining the personal and political in his fiction.

This project is supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 5:00pm

With Georgina Godwin | Towards the end of her mother’s life, Rachelle Unreich decided to document her wartime experiences in an attempt to understand her remarkable vitality and optimism. In conversation with Georgina Godwin, Unreich explains her motivation for taking on this task.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 3:45pm

With Jason Steger | Patrick deWitt has been lauded as the 21st century’s Mark Twain. He tells Jason Steger about the “not unhappy protagonist” of his latest novel and why he chose to write it in the third person.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 3:45pm