Festival 2020

OPENING NIGHT

Our opening event was held in partnership with the State Library of New South Wales and features the announcement of the Mona Brand Awards for Women Stage and Screen writers. The event included a conversation between the winner and an eminent Australian woman stage and screen writer.

10.00 - 11.00

Writing Women into the Heart of History in Historical Fiction 

Meg Keneally and Pip Williams with Nicole Abadee

11.30 - 12.30

Getting On: Ageing Successfully

Charlotte Wood and Therese Hall with Ashley Hay

Sponsored by Griffith Review

13.00 - 14.00

The Health of our Planet and its People​

Lesley Hughes, Liz Hanna and Jeanine Leane with Bianca Nogrady

14.30 - 15.30

Muraging: Writing an Indigenous Heroine

Julie Janson with Grace Karskens

16.00 - 17.00

Describing and Defeating Domestic Abuse

Jess Hill with Jane Caro AM

Sponsored by Paula McLean