Author Talks

Sally Young discusses her newly released book, Media Monsters: The Transformation of Australia’s Newspaper Empires, with Melanie Kembrey.

Candice Fox talks about her crime thriller The Chase in conversation with literary critic Nicole Abadee, from the 2021 Sydney Writers' Festival.

Join author Bernadette Brennan in conversation with Susan Wyndham as they celebrate Bernadette’s latest release, Leaping into Waterfalls.

In this conversation, Suneeta Peres da Costa and Fiona Wright talk with publisher Ivor Indyk about the essays, The Ten Thousand Things and On Being a Precedent, and about writing essays, novels and poems during a health crisis.

Deborah Cassrels talks about her book Gods and Demons in conversation with Roger Maynard.

Aminata Conteh-Biger talks about her autobiography Rising Heart in conversation with literary critic Nicole Abadee.

Author Brooke McAlary appears in conversation with Alexx Stuart to discuss her latest release Care: The radical art of taking time. 

Danielle Celemajer discusses her new book, Summertime: Reflections on a vanishing Future, a collection of stories written in the shadow of the 2019-20 Australian bushfires.

In the lead up to St Patrick’s Day, one of Ireland’s favourite authors, John Connell, appears in conversation with Daniel Browning.

Catherine Bond and Elise Edmonds consider the impact of the law on Australians during the First World War.  

Join Senior Dr Jane Park and Michaela Kalowski, as they discuss the issues and ideas around gender, culture and common experience explored in Cho Nam-Joo's best selling novel. 

Rick Morton talks about his latest release, My Year of Living Vulnerably. 

In his latest book, Breaker Morant, Peter Fitzsimons unravels the many myths and fictions that surround the life of Harry Morant. 

The 2019 Australian election produced a surprise result showing, not for the first time, that every election is there for the winning — including the next one.

Join author Katerina Bryant as she discusses the stories of these silenced women and how, through her research, she found her own voice.

In partnership with Sydney Writers' Festival.

Internationally bestselling author and Orange Prize winner, Kate Grenville, discusses her latest imaginative response to history, A Room Made of Leaves.

Join Craig Silvey, award-winning author of Jasper Jones, as he talks about his highly anticipated new novel, Honeybee with Hamish Macdonald.

Please join us for a fascinating online discussion, as Darug women Leanne Watson, Erin Wilkins and Jasmine Seymour talk with historian Grace Karskens about the many ways we learn about the past and present.

Kate Leaver’s new book, Good Dog, draws personal interviews, as well as on science and research.

Award-winning author Patrick Mullins joins us for a special online edition of Going Places — Authors on Tour.

Join Jess Scully and Benjamin Law as they discuss how we can work together to reimagine the way we live, work and play.