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Writers' Week Schedule

Day One
Sat 01 March Day Two
Sun 02 March Day Three
Mon 03 March Day Four
Tue 04 March Day Five
Wed 05 March Day Six
Thu 06 March

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Breakfast with Papers image

8am | West Stage

Breakfast with Papers

The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out image

9:30am | East Stage

The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out

Joe Aston

What Will Survive of Us? image

9:30am | West Stage

What Will Survive of Us?

Howard Jacobson (live stream)

Europe and the Challenge of Russia image

10:45am | East Stage

Europe and the Challenge of Russia

Orlando Figes

"We Were Elsewhere People” image

10:45am | West Stage

"We Were Elsewhere People”

André Aciman (live stream)

American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress image

12pm | East Stage

American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

Wesley Lowery

ABC Radio Live image

12:30pm | North Stage

ABC Radio Live

Jo Laverty

Diva: Reimagining Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’ Scandalous Affair image

1:15pm | East Stage

Diva: Reimagining Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’ Scandalous Affair

Daisy Goodwin

How Johnny Voghel Escaped a Dead-End Job image

1:15pm | West Stage

How Johnny Voghel Escaped a Dead-End Job

Leo Robson

Guns, Drugs and a Young Woman Dead on the Money image

2:30pm | East Stage

Guns, Drugs and a Young Woman Dead on the Money

Ronni Salt (live stream)

Putin’s War on Women image

2:30pm | West Stage

Putin’s War on Women

Sofi Oksanen

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World image

3:45pm | East Stage

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Bettany Hughes

Leaps of Faith image

3:45pm | West Stage

Leaps of Faith

Ceridwen Dovey and Zeynab Gamieldien

Writing a Childhood image

5pm | East Stage

Writing a Childhood

Tom Lamont and Téa Obreht (live stream)

No Place Like Home image

5pm | West Stage

No Place Like Home

Brooke Boland, Winnie Dunn and Lia Hills

The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out image

9:30am | East Stage

The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out

Joe Aston

Europe and the Challenge of Russia image

10:45am | East Stage

Europe and the Challenge of Russia

Orlando Figes

American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress image

12pm | East Stage

American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

Wesley Lowery

Diva: Reimagining Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’ Scandalous Affair image

1:15pm | East Stage

Diva: Reimagining Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’ Scandalous Affair

Daisy Goodwin

Guns, Drugs and a Young Woman Dead on the Money image

2:30pm | East Stage

Guns, Drugs and a Young Woman Dead on the Money

Ronni Salt (live stream)

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World image

3:45pm | East Stage

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Bettany Hughes

Writing a Childhood image

5pm | East Stage

Writing a Childhood

Tom Lamont and Téa Obreht (live stream)

Breakfast with Papers image

8am | West Stage

Breakfast with Papers

What Will Survive of Us? image

9:30am | West Stage

What Will Survive of Us?

Howard Jacobson (live stream)

"We Were Elsewhere People” image

10:45am | West Stage

"We Were Elsewhere People”

André Aciman (live stream)

How Johnny Voghel Escaped a Dead-End Job image

1:15pm | West Stage

How Johnny Voghel Escaped a Dead-End Job

Leo Robson

Putin’s War on Women image

2:30pm | West Stage

Putin’s War on Women

Sofi Oksanen

Leaps of Faith image

3:45pm | West Stage

Leaps of Faith

Ceridwen Dovey and Zeynab Gamieldien

No Place Like Home image

5pm | West Stage

No Place Like Home

Brooke Boland, Winnie Dunn and Lia Hills