Byron Bay Writers Festival : Sunday Program

TIME SLOT	SCU MARQUEE	East MARQUEE	North MARQUEE	West MARQUEE	Lakehouse
9.15am >>	9.30am – 10.30am Indonesian Stories: living in and writing about Indonesia Sally Neighbour, John Mateer, Putu Wijaya Chair: Janet de Neefe	9.15am – 10.15am Classics of Australian Literature: what are the books we should have read? Louise Adler, Sandy McCutcheon, Gerry Turcotte Chair: Peter Bishop Sponsored by Good Reading	10.00am – 11.00am In Conversation Wendy Harmer, author, comedian and radio and TV personality will discuss her life and her writing with Irina Dunn Sponsored by byron-bay.com
10.30am >>	10.45am – 11.45am Books as Objects: the book collector, the illustrator, the calligrapher Elaine Lewis, Alison Lester, Liu Can-ming Chair: Susan Hayes Sponsored by Cape Gallery	10.30am – 11.45am Cinematic Influences on Literature: writing in the age of film Tom Keneally, Delia Falconer, Matthew Reilly, Robert Drewe Chair: Gerry Turcotte Sponsored by Becton	11.15am – 12.30pm Love versus obsession, power and abuse Emily Maguire, Gabrielle Morrissey, Eli Zaretsky, Sonya Hartnett Chair: Alan Close		10.30am – 11.30pm In Conversation Utopia: naïve dream or plan of action Bill Metcalf will discuss lived as well as imagined utopias with Rachael Kohn 11.45am – 12.45pm Dialect as a marker for place: an essential element in making the voice authentic Graham Reilly, Kim Scott, Rob Hirst Chair: Jane Sullivan
12.00pm >>	12.00pm – 1.00pm A Tribute to Arthur Miller Local actors bring some of the greatest moments in playwriting to the Festival. Director: Susan Melhuish 1.15pm – 2.15pm Writing and interpreting a character for the screen William McInnes & Sarah Watt Chair: Peter Thompson Sponsored by FTO	12.00pm – 1.15pm So you remember something, then tell lies about it! Is that what fiction is? Shane Maloney, Mandy Sayer, Margo Lanagan, Christos Tsiolkas Chair: Candida Baker 1.30pm – 2.30pm Environmental Sustainability: what can we do to save the world? Bob Beale & Bill Metcalf Chair: Mick O’Regan Sponsored by Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce	12.45pm – 1.45pm Women in Australian Politics: how far have we come? Julia Baird, Anne Summers & Mary Delahunty Chair: Margaret Simons Sponsored by Michael Malloy
2.00pm >>	2.30pm – 3.30pm In Conversation John Safran will show examples of his work and explain the art of writing scripts for the screen & the blurring of documentary and fiction. Sponsored by FTO	2.45pm – 3.45pm Intense Readability: what makes for a great read? Matthew Reilly, Sandy McCutcheon, Tom Keneally Chair: Irina Dunn Sponsored by Books Alive	2.00pm – 3.15pm Sex: different approaches to an age old subject Emily Maguire, Leigh Redhead, Gerard Windsor, Wendy Harmer Chair: Gabrielle Morrissey	2.45pm – 3.45pm A session for Teachers and Parents Brian Caswell will discuss young people and their relationship with literature. OTHER : Railway Friendly Bar-Jonson St Byron Bay 2.30pm Writers at the Rails Graham Nunn will read his poetry
3.30pm >>	3.45pm – 4.45pm When the place is all important: coastal themes in writing Jesse Blackadder, Nike Bourke, Sarah Armstrong Chair: Alison Aprhys	4.00pm – 5.00pm Murray Whelan: on the page and on the screen The ins and outs of how a collaboration can work to make a TV show from a book. John Clarke & Shane Maloney Sponsored by wordswithwisdom	3.30pm – 4.30pm For the Love of it Reflections on food, family and gardens. Gay Bilson, Bruno Bouchet, Margaret Simons Chair: Jane Sullivan Sponsored by Zentveld’s		3.30 – 4.30pm Christos Tsiolkas will discuss tracing back through the mythologies, lies and truths of history to examine how the past actively disturbs our sleep in the present and his new book Dead Europe.
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