Writers' Week Schedule - Adelaide Festival

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Sun 05 March Day Three
Mon 06 March Day Four
Tue 07 March Day Five
Wed 08 March Day Six
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The Politics of Pandemics image

9:30am | East Stage

The Politics of Pandemics

With Chip Le Grand & Raina MacIntyre

Money, Murder and Megalomaniacs image

9:30am | West Stage

Money, Murder and Megalomaniacs

With Bill Browder

Poetry in the Age of Absolutely Everything image

10:45am | East Stage

Poetry in the Age of Absolutely Everything

With Simon Armitage

Escaping image

10:45am | West Stage

Escaping

With Shannon Burns

Literary Worlds image

10:45am | North Stage

Literary Worlds

With Susan Abulhawa, Micaela Sahhar & Saree Makdisi

When Children are Cannon Fodder image

12pm | East Stage

When Children are Cannon Fodder

With Paul Byrnes

Learning to Embrace Our Inner Loser image

12pm | West Stage

Learning to Embrace Our Inner Loser

With Josh Cohen

The Poetry of Dispossession image

12pm | North Stage

The Poetry of Dispossession

With Julia Cimafiejeva, Mohammed El-Kurd, Hasib Hourani & Jeanine Leane

"From the Pulse of My Heart" image

1:15pm | East Stage

"From the Pulse of My Heart"

With Louise Kennedy

If You Want a Friend, Get a Dog image

1:15pm | West Stage

If You Want a Friend, Get a Dog

With Craig Silvey

Politics in Fiction image

1:15pm | North Stage

Politics in Fiction

With Susan Abulhawa & Samah Sabawi

Modern Relationships image

2:30pm | East Stage

Modern Relationships

With Sloane Crosley, Laura Kipnis & Diana Reid

Wandering with Intent image

2:30pm | West Stage

Wandering with Intent

With Kim Mahood

Writing from Stolen Lands image

2:30pm | North Stage

Writing from Stolen Lands

With Ramzy Baroud, Saree Makdisi & Amy McQuire

America, America image

3:45pm | East Stage

America, America

With Shalom Auslander, James Curran, John Keane & Fintan O’Toole

A Bedtime Story image

3:45pm | West Stage

A Bedtime Story

With Chloe Hooper

We Would Have Been Friends image

3:45pm | North Stage

We Would Have Been Friends

With Raja Shehadeh

The Return of D.H. Lawrence image

5pm | East Stage

The Return of D.H. Lawrence

With Amit Chaudhuri, Geoff Dyer, Lara Feigel & Alison MacLeod

Creme de la Phlegm image

5pm | West Stage

Creme de la Phlegm

With Melinda Harvey, Jeanine Leane, Caroline Overington & Beejay Silcox

Let's Eat: What is it about Ireland? image

6pm | Old Alumni Lawns

Let's Eat: What is it about Ireland?

Ticketed partner event with John Boyne & Louise Kennedy

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The Politics of Pandemics image

9:30am | East Stage

The Politics of Pandemics

With Chip Le Grand & Raina MacIntyre

Poetry in the Age of Absolutely Everything image

10:45am | East Stage

Poetry in the Age of Absolutely Everything

With Simon Armitage

When Children are Cannon Fodder image

12pm | East Stage

When Children are Cannon Fodder

With Paul Byrnes

"From the Pulse of My Heart" image

1:15pm | East Stage

"From the Pulse of My Heart"

With Louise Kennedy

Modern Relationships image

2:30pm | East Stage

Modern Relationships

With Sloane Crosley, Laura Kipnis & Diana Reid

America, America image

3:45pm | East Stage

America, America

With Shalom Auslander, James Curran, John Keane & Fintan O’Toole

The Return of D.H. Lawrence image

5pm | East Stage

The Return of D.H. Lawrence

With Amit Chaudhuri, Geoff Dyer, Lara Feigel & Alison MacLeod

Money, Murder and Megalomaniacs image

9:30am | West Stage

Money, Murder and Megalomaniacs

With Bill Browder

Escaping image

10:45am | West Stage

Escaping

With Shannon Burns

Learning to Embrace Our Inner Loser image

12pm | West Stage

Learning to Embrace Our Inner Loser

With Josh Cohen

If You Want a Friend, Get a Dog image

1:15pm | West Stage

If You Want a Friend, Get a Dog

With Craig Silvey

Wandering with Intent image

2:30pm | West Stage

Wandering with Intent

With Kim Mahood

A Bedtime Story image

3:45pm | West Stage

A Bedtime Story

With Chloe Hooper

Creme de la Phlegm image

5pm | West Stage

Creme de la Phlegm

With Melinda Harvey, Jeanine Leane, Caroline Overington & Beejay Silcox

Literary Worlds image

10:45am | North Stage

Literary Worlds

With Susan Abulhawa, Micaela Sahhar & Saree Makdisi

The Poetry of Dispossession image

12pm | North Stage

The Poetry of Dispossession

With Julia Cimafiejeva, Mohammed El-Kurd, Hasib Hourani & Jeanine Leane

Politics in Fiction image

1:15pm | North Stage

Politics in Fiction

With Susan Abulhawa & Samah Sabawi

Writing from Stolen Lands image

2:30pm | North Stage

Writing from Stolen Lands

With Ramzy Baroud, Saree Makdisi & Amy McQuire

We Would Have Been Friends image

3:45pm | North Stage

We Would Have Been Friends

With Raja Shehadeh