Follow your heart through MWF19.

Through the lens of this year’s theme, we're exploring what ignites our passions and fuels our craft. Follow your heart through this year's program.

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Program Guide

For the big picture of what's on at MWF19, browse a digital copy of our Program Guide and dive deeper into the full range of sessions.

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Buy Tickets

Snap up a Festival Pass for savings on standard events, or book into individual sessions.

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Read Your Way Through MWF19

We’ve curated our favourite sessions that put tomes, and the authors who pen them, front and centre.

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Festival Highlights

Highlight Event

Jane Caro: Accidental Feminists

Sun 1 Sep, 7pm
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Jane Caro's book explores the trailblazing feminists of her generation who paved the way for future women. She talks with Denise Scott.

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Love Letter to a Book

Sat 7 Sep, 10am
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Have you ever written a heartfelt note to your favourite novel saying thank you for the way it moved you? Hear four writers read a love letter to their favourite book.

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Duets: Tina Arena & Deborah Cheetham

Fri 6 Sep, 2.30pm
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Iconic singer-songwriter Tina Arena and Deborah Cheetham, a Yorta Yorta woman and soprano, come together to speak about how music shapes them.

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Creative Love Affairs

Fri 6 Sep, 4pm
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Some of the best artistic partnerships come with complex backstories, while others just flow. Hear from John Connolly, Lesley Harding and Colin Lane.

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