Sydney Writers Festival 2010

Come face to face with an interesting selection of contemporary fiction and cutting edge nonfiction authors, as well as some of the world’s leading public intellectuals, scientists and journalists. Here are our top picks.

Peter Carey
The godfather of modern Oz lit has come a long way from Bacchus Marsh. Teaching at NYU since 1991, Carey returns to Sydney for his first Festival appearance.

An Evening with Colm Toibin
This formidable Irish talent will appear in conversation with Caroline Baum discussing his many great works.

David Wessel, Meet Paul Keating
What will happen when the two-time Pulitzer-winning economics editor of the Wall Street Journal meets the former Prime Minister and treasurer? It's the interview they had to have.

Zine Fair
Buy, sell, swap, browse, listen to talks, a panel discussion and music at one of the largest zine fairs in the southern hemisphere.

Deadly Voices: An Intervention
Indigenous poets Ali Cobby Eckerman and Lionel Fogarty share their thoughts about the Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention.

The Art of Slam
Miles Merrill hosts slam champions Omar Musa, Sarah Taylor, Mar Testart and Bravo Child in performance.

Sin City: Crime and Corruption in 20th Century Sydney
Join Tim Girling-Butcher, Sascha Huckstepp and Michael Drury in a discussion on the issues of writing true crime

The Return of Doctor Strangelove
Through the inaction of governments, Earth is staring down the barrel of a warm, uncomfortable future. Clive Hamilton, author and climate change academic, questions whether engineering the climate is the answer.

Lionel Shriver speaks to Caroline Baum
With the recent US health reforms, Shriver's latest novel, So Much for That, is particularly pertinent as it delves into the implications of the health industry for average Americans.

Let the Games Begin: The iPad, the Kindle and the iPhone
James Bradley, Sophie Cunningham and Sarah L'Estrage each read My Brilliant Career on different gadgets. Find out what they made of the experience.

Launch: UTS Writers' Anthology, I Can See My House from Here
The Chaser's Dominic Knight will launch this publication of the best from the writing students at UTS. The Guy Morrison Journalism Prize will also be awarded.

The Dissident Café: Tweeting from Tehran
The Festival Café becomes a cyber lounge where patrons can quiz dissident writers from the Green Hand Movement in Iran.

What's Sex Got To Do With It?
Sex memoirist Catherine Millet talks to Linda Jaivin about the meltdown she had when she found out that her husband had – like her – been unfaithful.

The Imperial Panda Presents: Erotic Fan Fiction
Jennifer Byrne, HG Nelson and others read aloud their dirtiest literary fantasies, hosted by Toby Schmitz.


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