Festival Program
FRIDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2018
Masterclasses 10am
11am
12pm
Presented in partnership with Writers Victoria
10AM – 1PM
10AM – 1PM
10AM – 4PM
10AM – 4PM
10AM – 4PM
BANNOCKBURN LIBRARY
GEELONG LIBRARY & HERITAGE CENTRE
BELMONT LIBRARY
QUEENSCLIFF LIBRARY
KURRAMBEE MYARING COMMUNITY CENTRE
25 -27 High Street, Bannockburn
51 Little Malop Street, Geelong
163 High Street, Belmont
55 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
12 Merrijig Drive, Torquay
Greg Pyers – What fact means for fiction
David Astle – Rewording the brain
Toni Jordan – Introduction to editing your own work
Lee Kofman – Writing the self in
Jo Case – Memoir Writing Essentials
non-fiction
$120/$100
$120/$100
$60/$50
$60/$50
1pm 1PM – 5PM
2pm
WAURN PONDS LIBRARY 230 Pioneer Road, Grovedale
3pm
Bonny Cassidy – Ekphrasis
$60/$50
4pm
Opening Night WURDI YOUANG The High Ground, Level 5, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
7pm
7PM – 8.30PM
Opening Night – Helen Garner in converstation
8pm
Word for Word 2018 Opening Night features critically acclaimed author Helen Garner in conversation with Deakin University’s Associate Professor Maria Takolander. In partnership with Express Media, the winner of the 2018 Scribe Non-fiction Prize for Young Writers will present a short reading from their work. Presented in partnership with Deakin University’s School of Communication and Creative Arts.
$30 – No concessions
9pm
$120/$100
SATURDAY 17 TH NOVEMBER 2018
Program WURDI YOUANG
WURDI YOUANG
NYAAL
Inspiration Space, Level 2
Ground Floor
10AM – 11AM
10AM – 11AM
10AM – 11AM
10AM – 11AM
Anita Heiss – Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Hugh Mackay – Australia Reimagined
$22/$18.50
$22/$18.50
Sonya Voumard – Skin in the Game, in conversation with Astrid Edwards
Peter Cochrane – Best We Forget: The War for White Australia, in conversation with Bart Ziino
$22/$18.50
$22/$18.50
The High Ground, Level 5 South
The High Ground, Level 5 North
10am
11am
12pm
11.30AM – 12.30PM
11.30AM – 12.30PM
11.30AM – 12.30PM
11.30AM – 12.30PM
Gillian Triggs – Speaking Up, in conversation with Lisa Waller
Tim Flannery – Europe: A Natural History $22/$18.50
Andrew Nette and Iain McIntyre – Girl Gangs, Biker Boys and Real Cool Cats, in conversation with Robert Gott $22/$18.50
Majok Tulba and Emma Adams – Refuge, in conversation with Sue Lawson $22/$18.50
1PM – 2PM
1AM – 2PM
1AM – 2PM
1AM – 2PM
Kon Karapanagiotidis – The Power of Hope, in conversation with Tresa Le Clerc $22/$18.50
Bob Carr – Run for Your Life, in conversation with Damien Kingsbury $22/$18.50
Ellen Broad and Toby Walsh – AI: The Rise of the Machines, in conversation with Ian Priddle $22/$18.50
Panel Discussion – The Next Wave: Women Writers Today – Toni Jordan, Anita Heiss, Sonya Voumard, and Angela Savage $22/$18.50
$22/$18.50
1pm
SE R I E S
2pm
3pm
4pm
GALLERY
S ERI ES
2.30PM – 3.30PM
2.30PM – 3.30PM
2.30PM – 3.30PM
2.30PM – 3.30PM
Clementine Ford – Boys will be Boys, in conversation with Camilla Nelson $22/$18.50
Peter Phelps – The Bulldog Track, in conversation with Andrew Nette $22/$18.50
Vikki Petraitis, Robin Bowles and Lindy Cameron – Truth is Stranger than Fiction $22/$18.50
Christopher Lawrence and Michael Atherton – The Meaning of Music in conversation with David McCooey $22/$18.50
4PM – 5PM
4PM – 5PM
4PM – 5PM
4PM – 5PM
Mikey Robins – Seven Deadly Sins and One Very Naughty Fruit, in conversation with Marg Linley $22/$18.50
Clare Wright – You Daughters of Freedom, in conversation with Angela Savage $22/$18.50
Meg Mundell and Robert Hillman – The Ghost Writer, in conversation Matthew Ricketson $22/$18.50
Panel discussion – Holding Our Ground – Angela Pippos, Samantha Lane, Phoebe McWilliams, Diana Taylor and Nicole Hayes $22/$18.50
5pm
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The Great Debate WURDI YOUANG The High Ground, Level 5 North
6pm
7pm
6PM –
7PM –
PRE-DEBATE DRINKS
DEBATE COMMENCES – $30/$25 The Great Debate | MC: Angela Pippos | The Novel is Dead: Long Live the Novel! Team Affirmative: Robert Gott, Vikki Petraitis, Mikey Robins | Team Negative: David Astle, Sean Dooley, Margaret Linley Presented in partnership with Rydges Geelong.
8pm
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SUNDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2018
Program WURDI YOUANG
WURDI YOUANG
NYAAL
Inspiration Space, Level 2
Ground Floor
10AM – 11AM
10AM – 11AM
10AM – 11AM
10AM – 11AM
Kerry O’Brien – A Memoir, in conversation with Matthew Ricketson
Chloe Hooper – The Arsonist, in conversation with Lisa Waller
Billy Griffiths – Deep Time Dreaming, in conversation with Harriet Gaffney
Panel Discussion – Dangerous Ideas About Mothers – Lee Kofman, Anne Manne, Camilla Nelson and Rachel Robertson $22/$18.50
The High Ground, Level 5 South
The High Ground, Level 5 North
10am
11am
12pm
1pm
$22/$18.50
SERIES
$22/$18.50
S ERI ES
$22/$18.50
GALLERY
11.30AM – 12.30PM
11.30AM – 12.30PM
11.30AM – 12.30PM
11.30AM – 12.30PM
George Megalogenis – The Football Solution, in conversation with Cheryl Critchley
Marcia Langton – Welcome to Country, in conversation with Liz Cameron
$22/$18.50
$22/$18.50
Rachael Brown and Maryrose Cuskelly – Cold Hearts, in conversation with Astrid Edwards $22/$18.50
Peter Mares and Gabrielle Chan – The Great Australian Dream?, in conversation with Bernadette Nunn $22/$18.50
S ERI ES
1PM – 2PM
1AM – 2PM
1AM – 2PM
1AM – 2PM
Robert Manne – On Borrowed Time, in conversation with Matthew Ricketson $22/$18.50
Gabbie Stroud – Teacher, in conversation with Sue Lawson $22/$18.50
Jessie Cole and Rick Morton – Despite the Dark, in conversation with Jo Case $22/$18.50
Eddie Ayres – Danger Music, in conversation with Harriet Gaffney $22/$18.50
2.30PM – 3.30PM
2.30PM – 3.30PM
2.30PM – 3.30PM
3pm
William McInnes – Fatherhood $22/$18.50
Helen McGrath and Cheryl Critchley – The Mind Behind the Crime, in conversation with Jennifer Kloester $22/$18.50
Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan – Mirka & Georges: A Culinary Affair, in conversation with Charlotte Guest $22/$18.50
4pm
4PM – 5.15PM
SERIES
2pm
5pm
Bad Diaries Salon – William McInnes, Sue Lawson, Joel Carnegie and Jo Case. Tickets include light refreshments and are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment. $25/$20 Presented in partnership with
6pm
Storytelling NGAWARRING NGIYT Reading Nest, Level 1
11am
11AM – 12PM
EDDIE AYRES – SONAM AND THE SILENCE
12pm
Read along with the author: In this interactive children’s picture-book reading for the little ones, Eddie Ayres presents his book Sonam and the Silence, a beautiful story about the irresistible power of music. FREE EVENT No bookings required.
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