Writers' Week Schedule

9:30am | East Stage

Literary Lives

With Bernadette Brennan, Heather Clark, Samantha Rose Hill, Sean O’Beirne & Brigitta Olubas

9:30am | West Stage

Food for Thought or Thought for Food

With Claudia Roden

10:45am | East Stage

Hype, Hypocrisy and History Speeding Up

With David Hare

10:45am | West Stage

The Landscape of the Heart

With Holly Ringland

10:45am | North Stage

The Future of Work

With Greg Jericho, Sally McManus, Alison Pennington & Ben Schneiders

12pm | East Stage

The Irish Question

With John Boyne, Esther Freud & Louise Kennedy

12pm | West Stage

Truth in Fiction

With Paul Daley

12pm | North Stage

Big: The Role of Government

With Richard Denniss, Alan Kohler & Wayne Swan

1:15pm | East Stage

Meet the Cohens

With Josh Cohen & Joshua Cohen

1:15pm | West Stage

You Do the Dying, We Will Do the Rest

With Nicci Gerrard & Jill Hennessy

1:15pm | North Stage

No Enemies, No Friends: Restoring Australia's Global Relevance

With Allan Behm, Gareth Evans & Laura Tingle

2:30pm | East Stage

An Australian Publishing Icon

With Hilary McPhee

2:30pm | West Stage

The Pleasures of a Page Turner

With Sally Hepworth

2:30pm | North Stage

State-Sponsored Greenwash: Offsetting Us Up to Fail

With Polly Hemming & Marian Wilkinson

3:45pm | East Stage

Why Books About Politics Matter

With Laura Tingle & John Warhurst

3:45pm | West Stage

Family Secrets

With Esther Freud

5pm | East Stage

Russia Now and Then

With Alhierd Bacharevič, Sheila Fitzpatrick & Anatol Lieven

5pm | West Stage

2023 MUD Literary Prize

Chair: David Sly

6pm | Old Alumni Lawns

Let's Eat: Tripping Over Himself

Ticketed partner event with Shaun Micallef

6:30pm | West Stage

Insiders

9:30am | East Stage

Literary Lives

With Bernadette Brennan, Heather Clark, Samantha Rose Hill, Sean O’Beirne & Brigitta Olubas

10:45am | East Stage

Hype, Hypocrisy and History Speeding Up

With David Hare

12pm | East Stage

The Irish Question

With John Boyne, Esther Freud & Louise Kennedy

1:15pm | East Stage

Meet the Cohens

With Josh Cohen & Joshua Cohen

2:30pm | East Stage

An Australian Publishing Icon

With Hilary McPhee

3:45pm | East Stage

Why Books About Politics Matter

With Laura Tingle & John Warhurst

5pm | East Stage

Russia Now and Then

With Alhierd Bacharevič, Sheila Fitzpatrick & Anatol Lieven

9:30am | West Stage

Food for Thought or Thought for Food

With Claudia Roden

10:45am | West Stage

The Landscape of the Heart

With Holly Ringland

12pm | West Stage

Truth in Fiction

With Paul Daley

1:15pm | West Stage

You Do the Dying, We Will Do the Rest

With Nicci Gerrard & Jill Hennessy

2:30pm | West Stage

The Pleasures of a Page Turner

With Sally Hepworth

3:45pm | West Stage

Family Secrets

With Esther Freud

5pm | West Stage

2023 MUD Literary Prize

Chair: David Sly

6:30pm | West Stage

Insiders

10:45am | North Stage

The Future of Work

With Greg Jericho, Sally McManus, Alison Pennington & Ben Schneiders

12pm | North Stage

Big: The Role of Government

With Richard Denniss, Alan Kohler & Wayne Swan

1:15pm | North Stage

No Enemies, No Friends: Restoring Australia's Global Relevance

With Allan Behm, Gareth Evans & Laura Tingle

2:30pm | North Stage

State-Sponsored Greenwash: Offsetting Us Up to Fail

With Polly Hemming & Marian Wilkinson