With Maxine McKew | Acclaimed journalist Nick McKenzie’s investigations are a catalogue of corruption and abuse revelations involving powerful institutions and people. His latest book tells the inside story of his investigation into Ben Roberts-Smith. In conversation with Maxine McKew.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 3:45pm

With Louise Milligan | In The Empty Honour Board, Martin Flanagan wrestles with what he remembers, what he’s forgotten and what he never knew about the boarding school he was sent to at the age of eleven. He discusses the complexities with Louise Milligan.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 2:30pm

Susan Close, Peter Frankopan and Joëlle Gergis with Marian Wilkinson | Celebrated historian Peter Frankopan, climate scientist Joëlle Gergis and Susan Close, South Australia’s Deputy Premier and Environment Minister, speak with Marian Wilkinson about the rise and fall of civilisations through the lens of dramatic weather events.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 2:30pm

With Bob Carr | Alastair Campbell’s latest book explains why politics matter in a clarion call to the next generation. He joins us at Writers’ Week in conversation with Bob Carr.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 2:30pm

With Ben Saul | An intellectual and humanist, Samuel Moyn’s work focuses on human rights and the laws of war. In conversation with Ben Saul, Moyn explains why the idea of “humane war” is not an oxymoron.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 1:15pm

With Nicole Abadee | Richard Ford’s new novel is the fifth featuring "arch-ordinary American" Frank Bascombe – a character who describes the aphorism of 'yeah-no' as "the entire human condition in two words". Ford discusses his oeuvre with Nicole Abadee.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 1:15pm

With Barbara Pocock | If the world is an algorithm, we citizens are mere cloud serfs. Yanis Varoufakis tells Barbara Pocock what killed capitalism.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 1:15pm

With Patrick Flanery | Following the huge success of his debut collection, The Boat, Nam Le challenges the expectation that his subject is inevitably ‘identity’ with his new book. He talks to Patrick Flanery about why he writes poetry.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 12:00pm

With Beejay Silcox | Charlotte Wood’s latest novel is a deeply personal account of a woman in retreat, in despair, while the world is in crisis. The author tells Beejay Silcox why she has written this novel at this moment.

Event details: Sat 02 Mar, 12:00pm

Thomas Keneally with Nikki Gemmell and special guests | Tom Keneally’s first book was published in 1964 and he has gifted generations of readers with a novel or a nonfiction book almost every year since. Join Keneally, chair Nikki Gemmell and guests to honour this National Treasure.