Byron Bay Writers Festival : Friday Program

TIME SLOT	LAKEHOUSE	MARQUEE BLUE	MARQUEE YELLOW	LAUNCHING PAD	DINING ROOM	FESTIVAL SITE
9.00am >>	9.30am – 10.30am Writing for multi platform delivery: the Spike model The web designer, the subject and the director. Kerry Sunderland, Laura Milligan, Participating Chair: Cathy Henkel	9.00am – 10.00am Family: revealing the personal and the political Kate Jennings, Don Edgar, Mandy Sayer Chair: Rachael Kohn	9.00am – 10.15am The Refugee Issue: social justice and change Shahin Shafaei & Julian Burnside Chair: Anne Summers Sponsored by PEN			9.00am – 11.00am Festival Dining Room Mornings with Fiona Wyllie ABC North Coast live from the Byron Bay Writers Festival.
10.00am >>	10.45am – 12.00pm Identity and Discovery: making the decision to find out who you are Bruno Bouchet, Fiona Doyle, Sandy McCutcheon Chair: Alan Close	10.15am – 11.30am Writing from the edge: pushing the form forward and taking risks John Birmingham, Graham Nunn, Sonya Hartnett, Christos Tsiolkas Chair: Larry Buttrose Sponsored by Byron Shire News	10.30am – 11.30am Leadership: is it the position or what the person brings to it? Peter Beattie, Anne Summers, Margaret Simons Chair: Julianne Schultz Sponsored by Byron Bay First National	10.30am –11.30am In Conversation Robert Drewe, Australian literary icon, will discuss his new book Grace and its contemporary themes with Ramona Koval		EVENING EVENT Byron Community & Cultural Centre Entry with 3-day pass, Friday pass or single session ticket 8.00pm In Conversation Clive Hamilton will discuss his new book Affluenza and the problems faced by modern society with Don Edgar
11.00am >>	12.15pm – 1.15pm In Conversation Hazel Brown and Kim Scott will discuss their monumental oral-based history Kayang and Me with Melissa Lucashenko	11.45am – 12.45pm Aftermath: the trauma of natural and man made disasters Putu Wijaya, Maria Tumarkin, Eli Zaretsky Chair: Sally Neighbour	11.45am – 1.00pm. Lived Lives: memoir as a way of exploring the past and making sense of the present Mandy Sayer, Gay Bilson, William McInnes, Elaine Lewis, Chair: Rachael Kohn Sponsored by Dymocks	11.30am Launch: Grace By Robert Drewe Published by Penguin	11.30am – 12.45pm Pleasure and Pain: the value of art in our lives Julian Burnside and other panellists will discuss the best and worst of their cultural experiences. Chair: Malcolm Knox “How are we going?” Directions for the arts in The Creative Age: public forum
12.30pm >>	1.30pm – 2.00pm Readings Voices of Ireland and Scotland Gerard Windsor, Graham Reilly	1.00pm – 2.00pm In Conversation Peter Beattie, the Premier of Queensland, will discuss his new book Making a Difference: Life, Leadership and Politics with Mick O’Regan	1.15pm – 2.30pm That Fatal Moment: when one decision can change a life forever Kate Grenville, Delia Falconer, Sonya Hartnett, Chair: Peter Bishop Sponsored by the Beach Hotel	12.30pm Launch: Egyptian Animals – Guardians to Gateways of the Gods By Akkadia Ford Published by Capall Bann Publishing
2.00pm >>	2.15pm – 3.30pm Academic Writing: the responsibilities and the limitations Bill Metcalf, Gabrielle Morrissey, Stephen Muecke, Maria Tumarkin Chair: Julianne Schultz	2.15pm – 3.30pm Interviewing Styles: how many ways are there to ask the same question? Debbie Kruger, Alana Valentine Ramona Koval Chair: Fiona Wyllie Sponsored by ABC North Coast	2.45pm – 3.45pm The Woman’s Point of View: three books by women about women Wendy Harmer, Margaret Somerville, Roz Baker Chair: Sarah Armstrong	2.00pm Launch: Rainswayed Night By Max Ryan Published by Dangerously Poetic Press	2.45pm – 3.45pm Writing: what sort of career is that? How many jobs are there for writers in the new creative age? John Birmingham, Louise Adler, Kerry Sunderland, Cathy Henkel “How are we going?” Directions for the arts in The Creative Age: public forum
3.30pm >>	3.45pm – 4.45pm Poetry as first language: is poetry the most pure form of writing? Graham Nunn, Robyn Rowland, Max Ryan Chair: Melissa Lucashenko	3.45pm – 4.45pm Are we there yet: what is more important, the journey or the destination? Ian Townsend, Alison Lester, Ian Small Chair: Peter Bishop Sponsored by Jetset Byron Bay	4.00pm – 5.00pm Heroism: defining the concept and how it changes with time Peter FitzSimons, Tom Keneally, Julia Baird, Delia Falconer Chair: Mungo MacCallum Sponsored by Macquarie Private Bank	3.30pm Launch: The True Green of Hope By Nike Bourke Published by University of Queensland Press	4.00pm – 5.00pm Chinese Calligraphy: a demonstration Experimental calligraphy allows the transfer from traditional Chinese calligraphy into a modern style. Master calligrapher Liu Can-ming will demonstrate. Sponsored & Introduced by Southern Cross University
5.00pm >>	5.00pm – 6.00pm Photojournalism: images can be the most powerful way to tell the story Alison Aprhys, Gerry Turcotte Chair: Candida Baker Sponsored by Byron Shire Echo	5.00pm – 5.30pm Thea Astley Lecture: Voices of Fiction Fiction has many voices. They can speak and be heard where other voices may not. Kate Grenville will deliver the inaugural Thea Astley Lecture. Funds donated by the estate of Thea Astley			5.30pm Launch: Affection By Ian Townsend Published by Harper Collins Mentored at Varuna, the Writers House.