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18 - 19 SEPTEMBER 2020

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FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2020
OPENING NIGHT
Our opening event was held in partnership with the State Library of New South Wales and features the announcement of the Mona Brand Awards for Women Stage and Screen writers. The event included a conversation between the winner and an eminent Australian woman stage and screen writer.
SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2020
10.00 - 11.00

Writing Women into the Heart of History in Historical Fiction 

Meg Keneally and Pip Williams with Nicole Abadee
11.30 - 12.30

Getting On: Ageing Successfully

Charlotte Wood and Therese Hall with Ashley Hay

Sponsored by Griffith Review
13.00 - 14.00

The Health of our Planet and its People​

Lesley Hughes, Liz Hanna and Jeanine Leane with Bianca Nogrady
14.30 - 15.30

Muraging: Writing an Indigenous Heroine

Julie Janson with Grace Karskens
16.00 - 17.00

Describing and Defeating Domestic Abuse

Jess Hill with Jane Caro AM

Sponsored by Paula McLean

Our Sponsors
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We gratefully acknowledge the support of our 2020 sponsors.
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Our Bookseller

We gratefully thank our bookseller partner, Better Read than Dead.
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