13 SEPTEMBER 2019 
17.30 - 19.30

Opening Event 

The Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC
Festival Opening

Jessica O’Donoghue
Vocalist and Composer

Michelle de Kretser
In conversation with Ceridwen Dovey

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14 SEPTEMBER 2019 
10.00 - 11.00

Writers@Work

Michelle de Kretser, Drusilla Modjeska, and Bernadette Brennan with Anne Jamison
This session will be recorded by The Sydney Review of Books.
11.00 - 11.20

Morning Tea
11.20 - 12.20

Crimes & Punishments

Amy McQuire* and Sally Piper with Ashley Hay
In partnership with Griffith Review
*Amy McQuire sponsored by Banki Haddock Fiora
12.20 - 13.15

Kate McClymont

In conversation with Suzie Miller
Kate’s Dead Man Walking will be pre-released exclusively for RSWWF.
13.15 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00

Writing the Anthropocene

​​Delia Falconer, Claire Corbett and Debra Adelaide with Kate Evans
In partnership with UTS Creative Writing 
This session will be recorded by ABC Radio National.
15.00 - 15.55

Josephine Rowe

In conversation with Mireille Juchau
This session will be the launch of Josephine’s Here until August.
15.55 - 16.15
Afternoon Tea
16.15 - 17.15

Activism: Different ways of writing social justice

Roanna Gonsalves, Kylie Boltin and Donna Abela with Nicole Abadee
17.15 - 19.00
Closing Drinks
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