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Queer Love and Longing
Local treasure Dylin Hardcastle and international gems Alan Hollinghurst and Yael van der Wouden trace love, longing and queer experience through the…
1 year, 2 months ago
Barrie Cassidy and Friends: State of the Nation
Festival favourite State of the Nation returned bigger and better than ever this year for an Australian post-election wrap-up.
Assess the state of A…
1 year, 2 months ago
Closing Address: Anna Funder: Bears Out There
We closed out the 2025 Festival with an address from award-winning Australian writer Anna Funder.
As a writer who places being human at the centre of…
1 year, 2 months ago
Past and Future of Indigenous Recognition
[Content warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners should be aware that this podcast contains reference to deceased persons.]
The figh…
1 year, 2 months ago
Making a Writer
What enables writers to grow and flourish?
Writing is mostly a solitary pursuit that draws on individual reserves of talent and skill. But writers ar…
1 year, 3 months ago
State of the Art: The Novel
The novel has continued to evolve since its inception as a major literary form centuries ago. It has seen styles and genres come and go, adaptation a…
1 year, 3 months ago
2025 Program Announcement: Benjamin Law and Ann Mossop
Join Benjamin Law and Artistic Director Ann Mossop as they discuss the 2025 Sydney Writers’ Festival program.
The pair talk about the 2025 Festival t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood: Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra
Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood invite us onto the Country they call home in Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra, reflecting on life after publishing Dark Em…
1 year, 6 months ago
How We Learn to Read with Sally Rippin
We all know the importance of literacy for school and life, but what happens when, despite all your efforts, reading just doesn’t “click”?
Sally Ripp…
1 year, 6 months ago
First Fictions
Jennifer Croft, Bri Lee and Louise Milligan have earned widespread acclaim in the realms of translation, non-fiction and investigative journalism, re…
1 year, 7 months ago