Past Events

Join Virginia Hausseger as she has an invigorating conversation with 2015 Stella Prize author Biff Ward for the first session of the day.

Join 2021 & 2018 Stella Prize-listed author Mirandi Riwoe in an inspiring discussion about her writing journey. Moderated by Beejay Silcox.

Dr. Karl will be discussing his memoir A Periodic Tale: My Sciencey Memoir, supplemented by audiovisual images of his remarkable life.

Virginia Trioli will be in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on the new book A Bit on the Side:Reflections on What Makes Life Delicious.

Rebecca Huntley will be in conversation with Karen Middleton on Rebecca's new book Sassafras. A Memoir of Love, Loss and MDMA Therapy.

Leanbh Pearson will be in conversation with Leife Shallcross discussing and launching, Leanbh's debut collection Three Curses & Other Dark Tales and the anthology Cursed Shards : Tales of Dark Folklore.

Darren Rix and Craig Cormick’s new book Warra Warra Wai How Indigenous Australians discovered Captain Cook, and what they tell about the coming of the Ghost People, will be launched by Karen Mundine, CEO of Reconciliation Australia.

A forensic analysis of how institutionalised abuse in the Australian Defence Force has affected its personnel. Author James Connor will launch proceedings on the night.

The Hon. Kevin Bell, following introductory remarks by Dr. Liz Allen, will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on his new book Housing .The Great Australian Right, which reimagines ‘the great Australian dream’ of housing as ‘the great Australian right’ to housing.

Nina Jankowicz, American disinformation expert and author of How to Lose the Information War and How to Be a Woman Online, and Van Badham, activist, playwright, and author of QAnon and On, will be in conversation with Andrew Leigh to discuss disinformation, online harms, and their effect on elections in 2024 and beyond.