City Program
Opening Night: Where Do I Begin?
Fri 3 Sep, 6.30pm
Athenaeum TheatreTo find out how the story ends, we need to understand how it began. How have our brutal beginnings endured to this day, and how do we reckon with our history of dispossession? When did we start to see ourselves as a bunch of battlers, larrikins and top blokes in the land of the fair go? And what fibs, both big and small, help our leaders stay in power? An all-star line-up opens the Festival with readings on Australia’s foundational myths. The Age presents its Book of the Year award for the first time since 2012.
Duration
1 hour 30 minutes
More events like this one
City Program
Sun 12 Sep, 12pm
Cancelled Wishlist On the occasion of Quarterly Essay’s 20th anniversary, Anna Goldsworthy, Jess Hill and Benjamin Law join Sophie Black to discuss current threats to social cohesion and the opportunities for solidarity and reform in Australia.
City Program
Fri 10 Sep, 4pm
CancelledFree Wishlist Leading poets perform works exploring themes close to home. Featuring Luke Beesley, Andy Jackson, Jeanine Leane, Ellen van Neerven, Jessica Wilkinson and host Claire Gaskin.
MWF Families
Sun 5 Sep, 10am
CancelledFree Wishlist The bestselling author of the Nanny Piggins, Friday Barnes and Girl Detective series, RA Spratt records a special episode of her Bedtime Stories podcast in front of a live audience. Giggles guaranteed.
City Program
Sun 12 Sep, 5.30pm
Cancelled Wishlist Join all-Victorian line-up Evelyn Araluen, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Patricia Cornelius, Nayuka Gorrie, Chloe Hooper, Shaun Tan and Maria Tumarkin for an unmissable Closing Night.