Tag Archives: Sydney Writers’ Festival

Writers’ Festival Gems

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Karen Whitelaw

Every writers’ festival has its own personality. Sydney Writers Festival is big, brash and busy. The speakers are the top of the literary game nationally and internationally, as well as including promising new authors. But it’s so huge now you … Continue reading →

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Sydney Writers’ Festival here we come

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Karen Whitelaw

Well, dear Reader, I won the Microlit competition! The video presentations of each story were amazing! For me they opened up a whole new range of possibilities for text in multimedia. The words were part of a bigger work of art … Continue reading →

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David Malouf at Sydney Writers’ Festival

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Karen Whitelaw

Sydney Theatre. 11.30 am. 22 May, 2014 The auditorium lights faded. Enter stage right, David Malouf. Australian Book Review’s first laureate. Multiple literary award winner, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Man Booker short-lister. Enter Tegan Bennett Daylight. Interviewer. One of … Continue reading →

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Alex Miller at the SYDNEY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Karen Whitelaw

Hornsby Library, 21st May 2014 You would expect when an insightful author like Alex Miller stands up to talk to his readers he would make us think. Not only did he succeed, but more importantly, he made us feel. First … Continue reading →

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