The Sydney Writers’ Festival Live and Local program will return to the Central Coast this year to bring the best of the festival direct to Gosford, Erina and Kincumber libraries.
One of Australia’s most loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling, Sydney Writers’ Festival will live-stream its headline events to the libraries from May 25-27.
Patrons will be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some of the world’s finest writers and thinkers, brought to Central Coast audiences in real time.
Highlights will include Jane Harper talking about her new crime novel Exiles, Booker Prize-winning author Eleanor Catton discussing her keenly anticipated thriller Birnam Wood and Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Geraldine Brooks shedding light on her best-selling novel Horse.
Jane Harper’s books have sold more than three million copies worldwide.
Her latest book, Exiles, brings back federal policeman Aaron Falk, who was first introduced in The Dry as he investigates the disappearance of a woman from a country wine festival whose infant daughter is found unharmed in her pram.
Harper will discuss the latest instalment in the Falk series with Michaela Kalowski.
Eleanor Catton became the youngest winner of the Booker Prize in 2013 for her sprawling Victorian mystery The Luminaries.
Its keenly anticipated follow-up, Birnam Wood, is a psychological thriller set in rural New Zealand, where super-rich foreigners face off with ragtag locals on the eve of a global catastrophe.
She will discuss her boom with Beejay Silcox.
Geraldine Brooks’ Horse is a historical saga of spirit, obsession and injustice.
It explores the true tale of one of America’s greatest racehorses while reckoning with the corrosive legacy of slavery and racism.
Brooks will be in conversation with Nicole Abadee.
Other sessions will include talks with Richard Fidler, George Monbiot, two-time world debating champion Bo Seo, culinary icons Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer, author Helen Garner and The Teacher’s Pet podcaster Hedley Thomas.
Audiences will be invited to participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending their thoughts via SMS straight to the Sydney stage.
Sessions will be held at: Gosford Library on May 25 and 26; Erina Library on May 25, 26 and 27; and Kincumber Library on May 25 and 26.
All are free but bookings are essential.
For session details and bookings go to https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/sydney-writers-festival-2023-live-and-local-2039689?aff=odclrlmctfte.
Source:
Sydney Writers’ Festival