Blog
August 9, 2020
Read All About It: Christos Tsiolkas
‘You are not paying attention, are you, you awful child!’ Even though it has been many decades since she screamed those words at me, they still resound clearly in my memory, and I can still hear that hoarse screech that was in her voice whenever she lost her temper. And it seemed, in that long, […]
July 29, 2020
Meet Elizabeth Tan
Meet the Perth-based author of short fiction collection, Smart Ovens for Lonely people, Elizabeth Tan.
Meet Jess Scully
Meet author, public art curator, policy advisor and magazine editor, Jess Scully.
Meet Ketan Joshi
Meet Ketan Joshi, a prolific writer, analyst and science communicator focusing on clean energy and climate change.
Meet Nadia Bailey
Meet writer, editor and the 2020 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow, Nadia Bailey.
Meet Jessie Tu
Jessie Tu is a writer and journalist based in Sydney. She has written about race, gender and culture in The Guardian, The Age and LA Review of Books. Her debut poetry collection You Should Have Told Me We Have Nothing Left was released in 2018. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing is her debut novel. How are you looking […]
Meet Robbie Arnott
Meet Robbie Arnott, author of Flames and The Rain Heron.
Meet Marlee Silva
Meet Gamilaroi and Dunghutti storyteller and Tiddas 4 Tiddas co-founder, Marlee Silva.
July 23, 2020
A Message from the Associate Director
Gene Smith introduces the Festival theme, Attention.