Writers' Week Schedule - Adelaide Festival

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Sat 04 March Day Two
Sun 05 March Day Three
Mon 06 March Day Four
Tue 07 March Day Five
Wed 08 March Day Six
Thu 09 March

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Life is a Brief Affair image

9:30am | East Stage

Life is a Brief Affair

With Alex Miller

Start Worrying, Details to Follow image

9:30am | West Stage

Start Worrying, Details to Follow

With Brigid Delaney

The Eminence Grise of Arab Literary Culture image

9:30am | North Stage

The Eminence Grise of Arab Literary Culture

With Ahdaf Soueif

"May These Words Bring You Home" image

10:45am | East Stage

"May These Words Bring You Home"

With Grace Tame

Holding White Australia to Account image

10:45am | West Stage

Holding White Australia to Account

With Inala Cooper

Thinking Writing Now image

10:45am | North Stage

Thinking Writing Now

With Shannon Burns, Gillian Hagenus, Gemma Parker, Alex Sutcliffe & Jane Turner Goldsmith

The Survivor's Humour image

12pm | East Stage

The Survivor's Humour

With Sayed Kashua

Affairs of the Heart image

12pm | West Stage

Affairs of the Heart

With Kate Legge

Sovereignty and Solidarity image

12pm | North Stage

Sovereignty and Solidarity

With Susan Abulhawa, Lorna Munro & Karen Wyld

Afternoons at AWW: Thu 9 Mar image

1pm | Torrens Tent

Afternoons at AWW: Thu 9 Mar

With Sonya Feldhoff & special guests

The Aussie Queen of Noir image

1:15pm | East Stage

The Aussie Queen of Noir

With Jane Harper

History Lessons image

1:15pm | West Stage

History Lessons

With John Boyne

The Planet's Clock is Ticking image

2:30pm | East Stage

The Planet's Clock is Ticking

With Ross Garnaut & Simon Holmes à Court

Cold War, Hot Culture image

2:30pm | West Stage

Cold War, Hot Culture

With Louis Menand

The Battle for Long Tan image

3:45pm | East Stage

The Battle for Long Tan

With Peter FitzSimons

Artists and Their Legacies image

3:45pm | West Stage

Artists and Their Legacies

With Wendy Whiteley & Ashleigh Wilson

Meet a Polymath image

5pm | East Stage

Meet a Polymath

With Alexander McCall Smith

Unbelonging image

5pm | West Stage

Unbelonging

With Fiona McFarlane

Life is a Brief Affair image

9:30am | East Stage

Life is a Brief Affair

With Alex Miller

"May These Words Bring You Home" image

10:45am | East Stage

"May These Words Bring You Home"

With Grace Tame

The Survivor's Humour image

12pm | East Stage

The Survivor's Humour

With Sayed Kashua

The Aussie Queen of Noir image

1:15pm | East Stage

The Aussie Queen of Noir

With Jane Harper

The Planet's Clock is Ticking image

2:30pm | East Stage

The Planet's Clock is Ticking

With Ross Garnaut & Simon Holmes à Court

The Battle for Long Tan image

3:45pm | East Stage

The Battle for Long Tan

With Peter FitzSimons

Meet a Polymath image

5pm | East Stage

Meet a Polymath

With Alexander McCall Smith

Start Worrying, Details to Follow image

9:30am | West Stage

Start Worrying, Details to Follow

With Brigid Delaney

Holding White Australia to Account image

10:45am | West Stage

Holding White Australia to Account

With Inala Cooper

Affairs of the Heart image

12pm | West Stage

Affairs of the Heart

With Kate Legge

History Lessons image

1:15pm | West Stage

History Lessons

With John Boyne

Cold War, Hot Culture image

2:30pm | West Stage

Cold War, Hot Culture

With Louis Menand

Artists and Their Legacies image

3:45pm | West Stage

Artists and Their Legacies

With Wendy Whiteley & Ashleigh Wilson

Unbelonging image

5pm | West Stage

Unbelonging

With Fiona McFarlane

The Eminence Grise of Arab Literary Culture image

9:30am | North Stage

The Eminence Grise of Arab Literary Culture

With Ahdaf Soueif

Thinking Writing Now image

10:45am | North Stage

Thinking Writing Now

With Shannon Burns, Gillian Hagenus, Gemma Parker, Alex Sutcliffe & Jane Turner Goldsmith

Sovereignty and Solidarity image

12pm | North Stage

Sovereignty and Solidarity

With Susan Abulhawa, Lorna Munro & Karen Wyld

Afternoons at AWW: Thu 9 Mar image

From 1pm | Torrens Tent

Afternoons at AWW: Thu 9 Mar

With Sonya Feldhoff & special guests