Sydney Writers Festival Livestream

Join us at the Urangan Community Wellness Centre for the Livestream of the Sydney Writers Festival! Hear from Julia Baird, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Trent Dalton, Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar.

Thursday 23^rd May 10am – 11am

Julia Baird: Bright Shining

Hear from broadcaster and Phosphorescence author Julia Baird, whose latest book, Bright Shining, is a beautiful, timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary human quality: grace.

With Jacqueline Maley.

 

Thursday 23^rd May 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Viet Thanh Nguyen: A Man of Two Faces

Hear celebrate author Viet Thanh Nguyen, hailed as “a conscience of American literature” (The New Yorker), discuss his new work with writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law.

 

Saturday 25^th May 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Trent Dalton: From Eli to Lola

Trent Dalton, award-winning author of Boy Swallows Universe (now a hit Netflix series) returns with Lola in the Mirror, a big, beautiful novel about grappling with our past, present and possible futures.

In conversation with Cassie McCullagh.

 

Saturday 25^th May 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Storytellers: Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar

ABC legends Leigh Sales (Storytellers) and Lisa Millar (Muster Dogs) unpack the craft of turning real life events into narrative, drawing from their recent books and a combined 65 years in journalism.