Reading, reflection and literary events are even more important with COVID-19 changing our world.

We’ve made the decision to go ahead with the festival in September, face to face if we can and online. The health and safety of our writers and audiences are our first priority.  We’ll make the decision to include in person interviews or to be entirely virtual closer to the date, in line with government advice.  We are presenting a series of events throughout the year. Details of our events are below.

(Virtual) Talks by Women Writers

​​In association with The Women's Club, the Rose Scott Women Writers' Festival presents a series of talks by women writers throughout the year. Since we can’t meet in person, we will be meeting virtually until social distancing is itself distant.
Anna Goldsworthy in conversation with Nicole Abadee
Anna Goldsworthy’s first novel offers gentle yet piercingly perceptive insights into the changing lives of Australian women through the story of Ruby Jenkins from a pre-war rural  childhood near Adelaide into old age.  
Date:  Tuesday 9 June 2020
Time: 5:00pm – 6.00pm (AEST)
Location: Zoom videoconferencing app
​
MORE INFO
Tegan Bennett Daylight in conversation with Ashley Hay
Tegan Bennett Daylight's will be interviewed about her new book The Details: On Death, Love and Reading.
Date:  Tuesday 14 July 2020
Time: 6:00pm – 7.00pm (AEST)
Location: Zoom videoconferencing app

MORE INFO
Kate Kirkpatrick in conversation with Catherine du Peloux Menagé
Kate Kirkpatrick will be interviewed about her new book Becoming Beauvoir: A Life.
​
Date:  Tuesday 18 August 2020
Time: 6.00pm – 7.00pm (AEST)
Location: Zoom videoconferencing app
We gratefully acknowledge our 2020 sponsor, Women on Boards.
We gratefully thank our bookseller partner, Better Read than Dead.