Kate Evans

Kate Evans is a broadcaster, reviewer and interviewer for ABC Radio National who regularly speaks to writers onstage for festivals. She is co-host of ABC RN's The Bookshelf and commenced long-service leave in the first half of 2023. Evans has a PhD in history and lives surrounded by teetering piles of books.

Kate Evans is appearing in the following events:

Lauren Groff: The Vaster Wilds

An electrifying voice in modern fiction, American novelist Lauren Groff (The Vaster WildsFates and Furies) appears in conversation with Kate Evans about her craft and career. 
Sun 12 May 10:30am @ State Library Conversation Quarter

The Sands of Time

Prize-winning Gudanji and Wakaja writer Debra Dank (We Come With This Place) and bestselling Tracks author Robyn Davidson (Unfinished Woman) discuss their new memoirs about memory, land and family, with Kate Evans. 
Sun 12 May 4:30pm @ State Library Theatrette

Melissa Lucashenko: Edenglassie

Miles Franklin–winning Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko discusses her epic, heartrending and wryly humorous work of historical fiction Edenglassie, in conversation with Kate Evans. 

In partnership with Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
Sat 11 May 10:30am @ Queen Victoria Women's Centre