Afternoons at Adelaide Writers' Week

Alhierd Bacharevič (Альгерд Бахарэвіч) is a Belarusian writer. Born in 1975 in Minsk. Author of several books of fiction, essays and poetry. His novels and collections of essays have been translated into English, German, French, Polish and Russian. His magnum opus, the novel Dogs of Europe, is banned in Belarus. This novel was staged in London and Paris by the Belarusian Free Theater and in Poland by the Belarusian theater in exile, Kupalaucy. The novel Alindarka's Children was released in 2022 in the USA. He is author of the open Letter to Ukraine (2022) and of the essay Fascism as a memory (2020) translated into many languages. Together with his wife, poet Julia Cimafiejeva he took part in mass protests in Belarus in 2020. Now he lives in exile.

Shannon Burns is a writer, critic and academic from Adelaide. His memoir Childhood has just been published.

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Thinking Writing Now

Peter FitzSimons AM is a journalist and columnist with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun Herald and the bestselling author of many books, including Breaker Morant, Burke and Wills, Monash's Masterpiece, Kokoda, Ned Kelly and Gallipoli, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His most recent book is The Battle of Long Tan.

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The Battle for Long Tan

Jane Harper is the author of international bestsellers The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors. Awards include the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year, the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year and the Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year.

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The Aussie Queen of Noir

Kate Legge is an award-winning journalist and author who has chronicled social and political affairs since the 1980s. Her novel, The Unexpected Elements of Love, was long listed for the Miles Franklin award. Her non-fiction book, Kindred: A Cradle Mountain Love Story, was a finalist in the Queensland Literary Awards. Her latest book is a memoir: Infidelity and Other Affairs. 

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Affairs of the Heart

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into 46 languages.

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Meet a Polymath