Surviving a Toxic Family
Saturday 4th April // 10am Newcastle writer David Owen Kelly discusses his darkly funny and confronting memoir State of Origin, which explores loyalty, misguided love... Read More
Secrets and Lies
Saturday 4th April // 5pm What happens when the person you love conceals their true identity? Susan Francis and Stephanie Wood discuss the devastating fallout.... Read More
Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing
Saturday 4th April // 1pm David Leser explores the origins of misogyny, the impact of the #MeToo movement and proposes a new map for masculinity.... Read More
How Our Bodies Shape Us
Saturday 4th April // 12pm Gabrielle Jackson and Lee Kofman explore what it’s like to live in a body that deviates from the norm –... Read More
CANCELLED – Check One
THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Saturday 4th April // 4pm Join poet and lapsed psychologist David Stavanger for a live-streamed lockdown from his couch in... Read More
Surf by Day, Jam by Night
Saturday 4th April // 6pm From heavy wipe-outs to heaving crowds, soulful road trips to flow states, Ash Grunwald provides insight into the lives of... Read More
Millennial Panic Poems
Sunday 5th April // 12pm Claire Albrecht and Hera Lindsay Bird discuss the pitfalls and occasional positives of anxiety in the poetic process. Host /... Read More
Their Right to Rage
Sunday 5th April // 11am Throughout history, anger has fuelled surges in female-led activism, but is it having an impact where it matters now –... Read More
NWF joanne burns Microlit Awards
Saturday 5th April // 5pm This year’s award, held in collaboration with Spineless Wonders, encouraged writers to use microlit to explore physical, psychological, environmental and... Read More
The Weekend: Charlotte Wood in Conversation
Saturday 4th April // 3pm Charlotte Wood discusses her critically acclaimed novel The Weekend, which centres on the intricacies of female friendships and the impact... Read More
Woman in the Wilderness
Sunday 5th April // 3pm For six years Miriam Lancewood lived off the grid in New Zealand’s isolated Southern Alps with her partner, surviving by... Read More
What Freedom Feels Like
Sunday 5th April // 1pm Behrouz Boochani speaks via Skype from New Zealand about life after Manus Island, the impact of his award-winning memoir No... Read More