Byron Bay Writers Festival : Sunday Program

TIME SLOT	SCU MARQUEE	East MARQUEE	North MARQUEE	West MARQUEE	Lakehouse
9.00am >>	9.30am – 10.45am Place and identity: our relationship with place makes us who we are Claire Scobie, Celestine Hitiure Vaite, Steven Carroll, Christopher Kremmer Chair: Baden Offord Sponsored by Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce	9.30am – 10.45am Research for non-fiction: teasing the intrigue out of the mundane Jenny Hocking, Larry Buttrose Chair: Murray Waldren Sponsored by Byron Shire News	9.45am – 11.00am From book to script: is adaptation just a matter of editing? Nick Earls, Luke Davies, Joanne Davis Chair: Gary Smith Sponsored by FTO	9.30am – 10.00am READINGS Morning Readings in the West Marquee Southern Cross University Postgraduate Students MC: Janie Conway-Herron & Susan Bradley Smith 10.15am – 11.45pm Asian literature, Asian markets:what is being written, published and read Nury Vittachi, Ketut Yuliarsa, Richard Oh, Deepika Shetty Chair: Jane Camens Sponsored by Asia Pacific New Writing Partnership
10.30am >>	11.00am – 12.00pm IN CONVERSATION Due Preparations for the Plague and other works. Janette Turner Hospital with Lucy Clark Sponsored by Southern Cross University	11.00am – 12.00pm Poetry is a wilfully stubborn art form: only the best will do Dorothy Porter, Jaya Savige, John Kinsella Chair: Larry Buttrose	11.15am – 12.15pm The elements that entice: how to hook the very young into books Mem Fox		10.15am LAUNCH Jan Gracie Mulcahy Other then English Launched by Laura Jan Shore Invitation or pass
12.00pm >>	12.15pm – 1.15pm IN CONVERSATION Ancient History: digging into the past. David Myers and Greg McCart 1.30pm – 2.30pm IN CONVERSATION Living Treasure Margaret Olley with Meg Stewart Sponsored by Cape Gallery	12.15pm – 1.15pm Women and conversations Liz Byrski, David Leser, Ruth Ostrow Chair: Vanessa Gorman Sponsored by TP Health 1.30pm – 2.45pm Histories and origins: evoking time and place through language Mandaley Perkins, Tara June Winch, Brenda Walker Chair: Peter Bishop	12.30pm – 1.45pm Quite a character: what draws us to write about a particular person and is telling the truth essential? Roger McDonald, Peter Corris, Dennis Altman & Jenny Hocking Chair: Irina Dunn Sponsored by Michael Malloy	12.00pm – 1.00pm A PERFORMANCE Patrick White on stage Patrick White’s outstanding contribution to Australian theatre and literature is explored with local actors. Director: Susan Melhuish 1.15pm – 2.15pm The paradox of voice: is it simply a question of style? Kate Holden, Venero Armanno, Monica McInerney Chair: Jean Bedford	12.00pm – 1.00pm LUNCHTIME IN THE LAKEHOUSE Superfictions: what happens when the painting escapes from the frame and the novel from the pages of the book? Peter Hill Entry with pass or single session ticket CODE 17SS 1.45pm LAUNCH Michael Wilding Wild Amazement Launched by Peter Corris LAUNCH David Myers Glorious Gods and Swaggering Heroes Launched by Justice Ian Callinan Central Queensland University Press Invitation or pass
2.00pm >>	2.45pm – 3.45pm Sport: the most important, unimportant thing in the world Tim Baker, Gideon Haigh, Stephen Hagan Chair: Mick O’Regan Sponsored by Hertzberg Heydon	3.00pm – 4.00pm The critical eye: the impact of arts criticism in Australia Angela Bennie, Peter Hill, Murray Waldren Chair: Louise Adler	2.00pm – 3.15pm Heartlands: how important are suburbs to the Australia psyche? Brendan Gleeson, William McInnes, Margaret Simons Chair: Alan Close	2.30pm – 3.30pm People and places: Byron Bay Nerida Newton, Wayne Grogan Chair: Mandy Nolan
3.30pm >>		4.15pm – 5.15pm A decade of the Byron Bay Writers Festival: the highlights and lowlights Mungo MacCallum, Robert Drewe, Di Morrissey, Chris Hanley Chair: Russell Eldridge	3.30pm – 4.30pm Writing the lyrics: pure poetry? Dorothy Porter, Stephen Cummings, Peter Goldsworthy Chair: Lyn Gallacher
5.00pm >>