2018 Word for Word Festival Program

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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NEED A COFFEE? Get Real good coffee at Public Café.

Pre-order food and beverages via the Public Café app, available from Apple iTunes and Google.