| TIME SLOT |
LAKEHOUSE |
MARQUEE BLUE |
MARQUEE YELLOW |
KIDS SESSION IN THE LAUNCHING PAD |
DINING ROOM |
ACTIVITIES ROOM |
| 9.00am >> |
9.00am – 10.00am
Self Publishing as the First Option
Roz Baker, Alana Woods and Ian Small
Chair: Irina Dunn
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9.15am – 10.30am
Travel: social, cultural and geographical
borders of mind and myth
Stephen Muecke, John Mateer,
Graham Reilly, Gerry Turcotte
Chair: Larry Buttrose
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9.00am – 10.15am
Feminism: why did the
movement begin and what is its
relevance now?
Anne Summers, Nancy Fraser, Kate
Jennings, Julia Baird
Chair: Lucy Clark
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9.30am – 10.15am
7-12 yrs old
Stories from the picture books of
Alison Lester & Frané Lessac |
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| 10.00am >> |
10.15am – 11.15am
Contemporary Stories about
Australians
Hazel Brown, Kim Scott, Fiona Doyle,
Robert Drewe
Chair: Mungo MacCallum
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10.45am – 11.45am
A man of many identities and
many words: meet the real John
Clarke.
Sponsored by Hertzberg Heydon |
10.30am – 11.30am
So you think you are 100%
right: who are the real
fundamentalists?
Sally Neighbour, Putu Wijaya, Shahin
Shafaei
Chair: Rachael Kohn |
10.30am – 11.15am
7-12 yrs old
Stories from the picture books of
Stephen Axelsen & Nike Bourke |
10.00am – 11.15am
Different ways to live: work,
wealth & community, what are
the choices?
Bill Metcalf, Don Edgar, Clive Hamilton,
Robyn Rowland
Chair: Bob Beale
Sponsored by Byron Shire Council |
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| 11.30am >> |
11.30am – 12.30pm
Short Story: is it a sample of
bigger things or is it a real
alternative?
Deborah Thomas, Julie Gibbs, Candida
Baker, Margo Lanagan
Chair: Peter Bishop
Sponsored by The Australian Women’s
Weekly and announcing
The AWW/Penguin Short Story Contest. |
12.00noon – 1.00pm
Adoption, Abortion and Reproduction:
why the current discussion? The personal, political and scientific
points of view.
Sandy McCutcheon, Anne Summers,
Robyn Rowland Chair: Irina Dunn |
11.45am – 12.45pm
In Conversation Kate Grenville will discuss her writing
and her landmark novel The Secret
River with Ramona Koval
Sponsored by Cape Byron Natural
Spring Water
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11.30am – 12.00pm
9-17 yrs old
Isobelle Carmody: everyone’s
favourite fantasy writer
12.00pm
Launch: Little Fur
By Isobelle Carmody
Published by Penguin |
11.30pm – 12.30pm
Writing about the Australian
Music Scene
Debbie Kruger, Andrew Stafford,
Rob Hirst
Chair: James Valentine
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11.45am – 12.45pm Play Readings
Far Out East readings featuring two
new playwrights selected from the
CASP funded local mentoring
program.
Director: Richard Vinycomb,
Mentor: George Whaley
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| 12.45pm >> |
12.45pm – 1.15pm
Readings: Stories of France
Elaine Lewis, Bruno Bouchet
1.30pm – 2.30pm
In Conversation
Nancy Fraser works in the USA as an
academic and philosopher. She will
discuss her theories on gender,
globalisation and social justice with
Mary Delahunty
Sponsored by the Victorian Peace
Movement |
1.15pm – 2.15pm
Essays: considered and
researched opinion. No wonder
we love them!
Melissa Lucashenko, Margaret
Simons, Matt Condon, Anna Haebich
Chair: Julianne Schultz
Sponsored by Griffith Review |
1.00pm – 2.00pm
He’s not the messiah, he’s just
a sportsman: the social impact
of sportsmen and women
John Birmingham, Peter FitzSimons,
Alison Aprhys
Chair: Mick O’Regan
Sponsored by The Rails |
1.00pm – 2.00pm
9-17 yrs old
So you love sci-fi? So do James
Valentine & Simon Higgins |
12.45pm – 2.00pm
A momentary deviation from
good can take a lifetime to
repair
Sarah Armstrong, Emily Maguire,
Gerard Windsor
Chair: Rachael Kohn
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1.00pm –2.00pm
In Conversation
Maria Tumarkin will discuss the
impact of writing her book
Traumascapes on her own psyche
with her publisher Louise Adler |
| 2.15pm >> |
2.45pm – 3.45pm
In Conversation
Gay Bilson will reflect on (and digress
from) her philosophy and experiences
of food and culture, pleasure and
nourishment with Candida Baker |
2.30pm – 3.30pm
Genuinely Thrilling: stories of
crime, extra terrestrial and the
supernatural
Leigh Redhead, Alana Woods, Matthew
Reilly, Simon Higgins
Chair: Sandy McCutcheon
Sponsored by Frontline |
2.15pm – 3.15pm The English Language: the
power and the pleasure
Guy Rundle, Shane Maloney, Julian
Burnside.
Chair: Ramona Koval
Sponsored by Northern Rivers Echo |
2.15pm – 2.45pm
9-17 yrs old
Brian Caswell: readers of all ages
love his books.
3.00pm
Launch: After the Party
By Jesse Blackadder
Published by Hardie Grant |
2.15pm –3.15pm
Song Lyrics: the language of the
heart
Rob Hirst, Paul Jarman, Deborah
Conway, Willy Zygier
Chair: Andrew Stafford |
2.15pm – 3.15pm
In Conversation
Ian Townsend will discuss the
development of the novel Affection and the impact of mentoring on it with Peter Bishop |
| 3.30pm >> |
4.00pm – 5.00pm
Writing and publishing: the ethical
and legal dilemmas of plagiarism,
ownership and contracts
ASA chair, the writer, the publisher,
the lawyer.
Susan Hayes, John Birmingham, Louise
Adler, Nic Pullen Chair: Ian Robertson
Sponsored by Holding Redlich |
3.45pm – 4.45pm
In Conversation
Booker prize winning Tom Keneally is
author of more than 40 books & many screenplays. He will discuss his
life’s work and inspirations with
Irina Dunn
Sponsored by T P Health |
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Reporting: a first draft of
history
Sally Neighbour, Bob Beale, Julia Baird
Chair: Russell Eldridge
Sponsored by Northern Star |
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3.30pm – 4.30pm
Symbols and Myths: what are
our archetypal stories?
Akkadia Ford, Isobelle Carmody, Gerry
Turcotte
Chair: Jane Sullivan |
3.30pm – 4.30pm
In Conversation
Anna Haebich and Steven Muecke will discuss their research and writing
about Indigenous Australians |
| 5.00pm >> |
5.15pm – 6.00pm
Humour: crossing cultural divides
Bruno Bouchet, Graham Reilly & Sandy Gandhi will laugh their way
around the world. |
5.00pm – 5.30pm
Lecture–The Psyche of Bali
Putu Wijaya will explain the principle
of desa-kala-patra (place-time-situation)
and its relevance to the people
of Bali as they enter modernity. |
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5.30pm
Launch: Songwriters Speak
By Debbie Kruger
Published by Limelight Press |
EVENING EVENT
Byron
Community & Cultural Centre
Entry with 3-day pass, Saturday
pass or single session ticket.
8.00pm
Poetry Evening and Competition
Graham Nunn, John Mateer, Fiona
Doyle, Robyn Rowland, Max Ryan & the 3 finalists of the Byron Bay
Writers Festival Poetry Prize
MCs: Larry Buttrose & Susan
Bradley-Smith |