Workshop: Creating YA Characters

Clem Bastow, Jamie Marina Lau and Sam van Zweden discuss the mind, mental health and writing, in conversation with Leah Jing McIntosh.

Melissa Lucashenko, Nardi Simpson and Karen Wyld talk about the power of First Nations fiction to illuminate history, culture and ways of thinking in conversation with Marcia Langton. 

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen sheds light on The Committed, a literary escapade through the Parisian underground that shines a forensic light on empire and capitalism, in conversation with Leah Jing McIntosh.

Gabriel Bergmoser, Danielle Binks, Melissa Keil and Sophie Gonzales present a piece of fanfiction about their favourite characters from pop culture cast into the apocalypse, with host Amie Kaufman.