Perth Festival Writers Week 2018 Guide

WRITERS WEEK

19 – 25 FEBRUARY 2018

Perth Festival acknowledges that our events take place on the traditional lands of the Noongar people and we wish to pay our respects to the traditional custodians of this country.

This year’s Writers Week offers a range of experiences across different locations from Strange Company small bar in Fremantle to our new hub at The University Club of Western Australia.

WELCOME

TO WRITERS WEEK

Our Writers program returns in 2018 with a new name, a new hub and a new vision. Perth Writers Week happens across the city, School’s Day takes over the Perth Cultural Centre and the weekend focus for all the family is at The University Club of Western Australia where we gather to share our love of words and ideas and much, much more.

I was delighted when William Yeoman accepted my invitation to be our 2018 Guest Curator. The program reflects his extraordinary knowledge of literature, his passion for the arts and his eclectic taste.

As you explore the program you will see not only great international authors and Australian legends like Helen Garner, but also a roll call of Western Australian writers including Kim Scott, Tim Winton, Robert Drewe and Josephine Wilson celebrating the writing of this marvellous place we call home.

The Octagon Theatre’s evening program is a celebration of Australian storytelling featuring Kim Scott, Helen Garner, Tim Winton and William Yang. Meal-based events at The University Club’s restaurant embrace fashion, philosophy, literature and genre fiction and include guests such as Alan Hollinghurst, AC Grayling, Di Morrissey and Natasha Lester. There is a special focus on architecture, the centrepiece of which is a retrospective of Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine’s quirky documentaries about spaces and the people who use them. The University Club’s venues provide veritable theatres for dynamic interactions between readers and writers working in different genres, from rural romance and crime to memoir and poetry. There is Boffins’ new Festival boutique bookstore and a fun kids’ hub, while the Western Australian Museum presents a pop-up exhibition featuring your favourite quotes from your favourite WA authors. In other words, what’s not to like?

CURATE YOUR OWN WRITERS EXPERIENCE

FAMILY FUN

BY TIME & DATE

Pages 2 – 6 feature grids containing numbered details of every Writers Week session, making planning or just browsing a breeze!

BY AUTHOR

I am sure you will feel as excited as I am about Perth Festival Writers Week 2018.

Finding your fave has never been easier. Page 7 contains a full alphabetical list of every Writers Week speaker alongside their session numbers for easy reference. Full details of the Writers Week program, including speaker biographies, available at perthfestival.com.au

WENDY MARTIN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Seeing art in a new light means finding new ways to talk and write about art, which is part of the art of story. There’s a lot that’s new about Perth Festival Writers Week 2018. But at its heart remains the ancient tradition of sharing stories with one another. So this year you’ll find the same in-depth conversations and panel discussions you’ve come to expect from one of Australia’s best-loved writers’ festivals. Most of them will start with a short reading – a kind of secular prayer, a ritual. There will even be entire sessions devoted to storytelling and poetry readings. What’s new is the invitation to embrace mystery and play; to explore different spaces and levels of intimacy; to see how other disciplines, such as architecture, can be a form of storytelling. To see language in a new light.

BY SUBJECT

Interested in Crime Fiction? Architecture? Fashion?

Relationships? What are those weird letters next to each session number? Check out the back page for a key and you’ll see they’re there to help you find the session that’s just right for you.

BY VENUE

Remember those grids? On the left are the names of each venue, in coloured squares. The same colours correspond to the same venues represented by the maps and plans on pages 8 – 9. You’ll also find the numbers for every session held in a particular venue there too.

WILLIAM YEOMAN GUEST CURATOR: WRITERS WEEK

FEATURED EVENTS

Kids have always been welcome at Writers Week, but never more so than this year. We have heaps of fun sessions and activities for kids, and their mums and dads, running across the entire weekend.

The new family lounge upstairs at The University Club of Western Australia features a library and an activities and storytelling area, while Paper Bird’s Kombi van on the lawn outside celebrates children’s literature and art. Across at the Octagon Theatre, popular author and illustrator Matt Ottley presents The Sound of Picture Books with members of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Artists Dhwani Shah and Ragini Siruguri have come all the way from India to help kids create a spectacular mural based on their amazing activities book, Twins.

The Book Doctor and Curated by Kids are back too. But best of all is Story Land, a series of storytelling sessions in intimate venues featuring some of Australia’s best children’s authors and illustrators, like Gabrielle Wang, Deb Fitzpatrick, Yasmin Hamid, Tamara Moss, Sabrina Dudgeon, Cristy Burne and Josie Boyle.

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WHY LITERATURE MATTERS

MILES AHEAD

MAGGIE’S RECIPE FOR LIFE

DETOURS

Join Helen Garner & Kim Scott in conversation with William Yeoman as they discuss how we can write in this Australia and whether it is worth it.

Join Miles Franklin winners Josephine Wilson, Michelle de Kretser and Sofie Laguna as they discuss women, writing and winning over breakfast. With Gillian O’Shaughnessy.

Maggie Beer and Ralph Martins discuss eating to avoid Alzheimer’s with Barbara Horgan.

Musician Tim Rogers chats about his offbeat and immensely charming literary memoir with Danae Gibson.

Fri 23 Feb, 7pm | Octagon Theatre | $25 – $40

Sat 24 Feb, 9am | Uni Club Restaurant | $72 – $80

Presented in association with the Copyright Agency through the Cultural Fund

Sat 24 Feb, 9.30am | Banquet Hall | $13 – $15

Sun 25 Feb, 1.30pm | Banquet Hall | $13 – $15

THE SOUND OF PICTURE BOOKS – TREE

Sun 25 Feb, 11am & 12.15pm | Octagon Theatre FREE Author Danny Parker and illustrator/composer Matt Ottley join WASO’s string quintet and Yamaha’s Alf Demasi for an engaging family performance featuring spoken word, pictures, music, drama and more.

Presented in association with The Literature Centre

WORDS & IMAGE: AN EVENING WITH MASTER STORYTELLER WILLIAM YANG Sun 25 Feb, 7pm | Octagon Theatre | $25 – $40

Join William Yang for a powerful, heart-rending performance in photography and spoken word as he explores encounters with men, a friend dying of AIDS, his relationship with his mother, his uncle’s murder and his Taoist life philosophy.

Presented in association with The China Australia Writing Centre

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GLASS HOUSES: Louise Penny on her latest Gamache thriller.

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TEX: Tex Perkins is the guy Iggy Pop called ‘the realest dude out there’. With Gillian O’Shaughnessy.

DOCTORS’ WRITING CLUB: Louise Allan & Michelle Johnston on swapping medicine for manuscripts. With Meri Fatin.

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TAPE THIS!: A performance by YA spoken word artist Steven Camden aka Polar Bear.

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RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS: Bronwyn Houston on the dinosaurs that just might roam the Broome coastline today. With Heather Zubek.

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THE WATER BEARER: Tracy Ryan on fluency literally and metaphorically and why no word is an island.

With Vivienne Glance.

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WRITING THE LAND: Di Morrissey, Charles Massy & David Ritter on environmental issues in writing. With Bron Sibree.

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IN LIGHT OF SHADOWS: Showcasing the Berndt Museum’s Asian Collection. With curator Sarah Ridhuan.

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, FREE

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DOROTHY HEWETT AWARD: Past winners Josephine Wilson & Odette Kelada meet the 2018 winner of this prestigious prize. With Terri-ann White.

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THE LIFE TO COME: Michelle de Kretser on her profoundly moving and wickedly funny new novel. With Annabel Smith.

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SWIMMING ON THE LAWN: Yasmin Hamid on the winds of change that threaten an idyllic Sudanese childhood.

With Bron Sibree.

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TEX & TIM DO MORE THAN SING: Tex Perkins & Tim Rogers on the rock ’n’ roll life. With Simon Collins.

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WE ARE HERE – TALKING WITH AUSTRALIA’S OLDEST HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS: Fiona Harari discusses her book with Jane Cornes Maclean.

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THE TINY MUSEUMS: Carolyn Abbs on adulthood as a series of sometimes haunted negotiations between past and present. With Tineke Van der Eecken.

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THE ART OF FICTION: Sarah Winman, Robert Drewe & Chris Womersley on the art and craft of writing.

With Michael White.

SECRETS BETWEEN FRIENDS: Fiona Palmer on the secrets that can make or break friendships. With Rashida Murphy.

POETRY LAND II: Poetry readings with David McCooey, Shevaun Cooley, Charlotte Guest, Renee Schipp & Ross Gibson.

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FEVER DREAM: Samanta Schweblin on maternal love, broken souls and the power and desperation of family. With Susan Midalia.

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PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: Rachel Khong, Robert Lukins & Laurie Steed on getting that first novel across the line. With Susan Midalia.

LEAN ON PETE ‘A knockout emotional triumph.’

Film Inquiry Showing nightly at UWA Somerville during Writers Week

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THE FREMANTLE PRESS ANTHOLOGY OF WA POETRY: John Kinsella & Tracy Ryan on the richness and diversity of Western Australian poetry. With Catherine Noske.

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GLASSHOUSES: Stuart Barnes on the potency of poetry and borrowed word-worlds.

With Vivienne Glance.

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AFTER THE WAR – RETURNED SOLDIERS AND THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SCARS OF WORLD WAR I: Leigh Straw discusses his book with David Hough.

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THE ALARMING CONSERVATORY: Corey Wakeling on language and the spatial architectures of history and culture.

With Philip Mead.

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STORY LAND: Storytelling with Sabrina Dudgeon.

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SEEING SALTWATER COUNTRY: Venessa Cox & Albert Wiggan on the art and culture of the Dampier Peninsula.

With Kelly Fliedner.

STORY LAND: Storytelling with Cristy Burne.

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THE INCORRIGIBLE OPTIMIST – A POLITICAL MEMOIR: Gareth Evans on life before, in and after politics. With Ben Martin.

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A TALE OF TEN PIANOS: Geoffrey Lancaster on historic pianos and authentic performance style in classical music. With Ros Appleby.

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HOW TO READ A DRESS: High Tea and a fashion show with Lydia Edwards on women’s clothes through history and their influence on today’s fashions. With Natasha Lester. $81 – $90 AR

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LIVING ARCHITECTURES: A screening of Bêka & Lemoine’s film Koolhaas Houselife, where the cleaner offers a unique look inside the Rem Koolhaas-designed Bordeaux House. $13 – $15

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LIVING ARCHITECTURES: A screening of Bêka & Lemoine’s film Barbicania, a series of daily snapshots of the residents of London’s Barbican Estate. $13 – $15

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STUDIO UNDERGROUND | 20 - 25 Feb A sealed envelope contains an unread script for a new actor each night.

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FROZEN MUSIC: Geoffrey Lancaster & Geoffrey London on the relationships between music and architecture. With William Yeoman. FREE PAPER BIRD KOMBI: Running family activities all day

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FALSE CLAIMS OF COLONIAL THIEVES: Charmaine Papertalk Green & John Kinsella on the politics of poetry and the poetry of politics. With Tony Hughes-d’Aeth.

THE SPARSHOLT AFFAIR: Alan Hollinghurst discusses illicit love and its consequences over lunch. With Geordie Williamson. $108 – $120

with the Copyright Agency through the Cultural Fund.

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EVERYWHERE I LOOK: Helen Garner on finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. With Alice Nelson.

TRUE STORIES: William Yang on documenting Australian culture in words and pictures.

With Helena Grehan.

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ON THE OUTSKIRTS: John Kinsella on Dante, Blake, the nature of poetics and the poetics of nature. With Tony Hughes-d’Aeth.

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GOODBYE VITAMIN: Rachel Khong on love, grief and losing it – memory, that is. With Danae Gibson.

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STORY LAND: Storytelling with Deb Fitzpatrick.

MILES AHEAD: Breakfast with Miles Franklin winners Josephine Wilson, Michelle de Kretser & Sofie Laguna as they talk women, writing and winning.

With Gillian O’Shaughnessy. Presented in association

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STORYLAND: Catherine McKinnon on the interlinking narrative arcs piercing Australia’s past, present and future. With Sarah Schladow.

COLLATERAL DAMAGES: Fiona Harari & Leigh Straw on war and what survives in the survivors.

With Rashida Murphy.

YOU BELONG HERE: Laurie Steed on a marriage that rocks to a marriage on the rocks.

With Jane Cornes Maclean.

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ALL THE BURNING BRIDGES: Steve Bisley on the sequel to his acclaimed memoir Stillways. With Stella Glorie.

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SAGA LAND: Richard Fidler & Kári Gíslason on Icelandic myth and legend. With Gillian O’Shaughnessy.

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LATE STYLE: Alex Miller, Robert Dessaix & Liz Byrski on creativity in later life. With Geordie Williamson. Presented

THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE: Gareth Evans, Josephine Wilson, Claire G. Coleman, Heather Rose & Curated by Kids guests talk faves with Adam Suckling. Presented

VIRTUAL REALITY – THE FACTS: Frame VR’s Stefan Szo demonstrates the latest VR technology and reveals its true power.

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THE EVERLASTING SUNDAY: Robert Lukins on his haunting debut novel about growing up, growing wild and what it takes to survive. With Sarah Schladow.

POETRY LAND I: Poetry readings with Charmaine Papertalk Green, Stuart Barnes, Caroline Abbs, Tineke Van der Eecken & Corey Wakeling.

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FREE TO LOVE, FREE TO LEARN: Manal al-Sharif, Tess Woods & Amal Awad on dangerous passions.

With Rosemary Sayer.

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THE ART OF NAVIGATION: Rose Michael on magic, ghosts and the alchemy of history. With David Hough.

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DANCING WITH LANGUAGE: Anna Haebich, Heather Rose & Noëlle Janaczewska on language as ritual.

With Sarah McNeill.

THE RÚIN: Dervla McTiernan’s troubled Irish detective and the 20-year case that comes back to haunt him. With Kate Beaufoy.

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TIN MAN: Sarah Winman on unlived lives and life not imitating art. With Barbara Horgan.

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MAMMA MIA, IT’S BOING BOING!: Cory Doctorow & Mia Freedman on blogging, business and everything in-between.

With Emily Paull.

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STORY LAND: Storytelling with Miriam Lo & Emily-Rose Lochore.

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BEAUTIFUL MESSY LOVE: Tess Woods on the perils of crossing the cultural divide to find the man of your dreams. With Monique Mulligan.

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VASILISA THE WISE & OTHER TALES OF BRAVE YOUNG WOMEN: Kate Forsyth & Lorena Carrington on feminism and fairy tales. With Meri Fatin.

THE SISTERS’ SONG: Louise Allan on sisterly love, thwarted dreams, music and motherhood. With Jane Cornes Maclean.

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PERTH WORKS: Gabrielle Wang, Matt Edgerton & Zoë Atkinson on A Ghost in my Suitcase and the transition from page to stage. With Sarah McNeill. FREE, registrations required 37

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THE PASSAGE OF LOVE: Alex Miller on intimate connections, youthful ambitions and the power of writing.

With Caroline Baum.

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THE ART OF TRANSLATION: Samanta Schweblin, Nassim Soleimanpour & Robert Dessaix on linguistic slippage and serendipity. With Ara Jansen.

THE BEST OF ADAM SHARPE: Graeme Simsion on music trivia and love found and lost and found again. With David McCooey.

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MAGGIE’S RECIPE FOR LIFE: Maggie Beer & Ralph Martins on eating to avoid Alzheimer’s. With Barbara Horgan.

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POETRY INTO MUSIC: Katja Webb sings Aaron Copland’s Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson. With David McCooey & Ros Appleby.

Callaway Auditorium, FREE

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A TERROR TO AUSTRALIA – BOYS WILD, COLONIAL AND CONTEMPORARY: A preview of Tim Winton’s powerful new novel.

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THE SOUND OF PICTURE BOOKS: With Matt Ottley & WASO members.

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RUBIK: Elizabeth Tan on virtual lives and viral mortalities. With Jane Cornes Maclean.

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THE COAL TRUTH – THE FIGHT TO STOP ADANI, DEFEAT THE BIG POLLUTERS AND RECLAIM OUR DEMOCRACY: David Ritter discusses his book with Kathryn Shine.

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TIM WINTON

A preview of his powerful new novel, The Shepherd’s Hut.

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OCTAGON THEATRE | 24 Feb TICKETS $25 – $40 PO

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STAR STRUCK: David McCooey on life and death as play and a play between binary opposites and pop music poetics. With Vivienne Glance.

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UWA SOMERVILLE | 26 Feb – 4 Mar ECU JOONDALUP PINES | 6 – 11 Mar

STORY LAND: Storytelling with Josie Boyle.

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THE PLEASURES OF LEISURE: Robert Dessaix on the serious business of doing nothing. With Monique Mulligan.

CALL OF THE REED WARBLER: Charles Massy on farming for the future. With Portland Jones.

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CRIME IS ANOTHER COUNTRY: Alan Carter, Dave Warner, Dervla McTiernan & Louise Penny on the role of place in crime fiction.

With Ian Andrew.

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DUSTFALL: Michelle Johnston on her spectacular debut novel exploring the crushing consequences of a doctor’s single mistake.

With Emily Paull.

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TIME LADIES: Catherine McKinnon & Rose Michael on temporal traversals and reversals in fiction. With Annabel Smith.

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THE EXAMINED LIFE: Caroline Baum, Steve Bisley & Sisonke Msimang on the art of memoir and making sense of the present through the past. With Tess Woods.

ALT-HISTORIES: Claire G Coleman & Cory Doctorow on patterns of power and resistance.

With Cassie Lynch.

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TABOO: Kim Scott on confronting the past to create a future. With Geordie Williamson.

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A GALA FOR FAY ZWICKY: With Morgan Yasbincek, David McCooey, Amanda Joy, Charlotte Guest, Corey Wakeling, Dennis Haskell & Marcella Polain.

Presented by Australian Poetry

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THE PARIS SEAMSTRESS: High Tea and a chat with Natasha Lester about the birth of prêt-à-porter in 1940s New York. With Lydia Edwards. $90/$81

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LIVING ARCHITECTURES: A screening of Bêka & Lemoine’s film Moriyama-San, which looks at the experimental Tokyo dwelling purpose-built for Mr. Moriyama. $13 – $15

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LIGHTHOUSE NOODLES: Cristy Burne & Deb Fitzpatrick on writing for younger readers.

With AJ Betts.

LIVING ARCHITECTURES: A screening of Bêka & Lemoine’s film The Infinite Happiness, which looks at the 8 House outside Copenhagen recognised as the world’s best residential building. $13 – $15

CURATED BY KIDS TAKEOVER: The Curated by Kids team put Writers Week children’s authors in the hot seat.

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WORK STRIFE BALANCE: Mia Freedman on the price women pay for wanting it all. With Ben Martin.

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HOMING: Shevaun Cooley on what constitutes a home and how to find our way there. With Robert Wood.

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THE RED COAST: Di Morrissey discusses passion and resistance under the Kimberley’s blazing sun over lunch. With William Yeoman. $108 – $120 AN UNFINISHED EXPERIMENT IN LIVING: Geoffrey London, Julian Bolleter & Tim Ross on the rise and fall of Modernism in Australian domestic architecture.

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WHIPBIRD: Robert Drewe on the ghosts that haunt an unusual family gathering. With Ray Glickman.

DANCING IN SHADOWS – HISTORIES OF NYUNGAR PERFORMANCE: Anna Haebich discusses her book with Cassie Lynch.

STORY LAND: Storytelling with Matt Stanton.

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BREE’S FOREST ADVENTURE: Miriam Lo & Emily-Rose Lochore on the wonders of the South West and working on their first illustrated book together.

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ALWAYS ANOTHER COUNTRY – A MEMOIR OF EXILE AND HOME: Sisonke Msimang discusses her book with Stella Glorie.

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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE: Heather Rose on life as performance and intimacy as risk. With Geordie Williamson.

THE CRIMINAL RE-REGISTER: Ross Gibson on the poetics of police dossiers and found photographs.

With Vivienne Glance.

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NOBODY REAL: Steven Camden on the real problem with imaginary friends. With AJ Betts.

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DIRTY GIRL: Juliet Wills on one of the most notorious unsolved cases in WA’s history – the murder of brothel madam Shirley Finn. With David Whish-Wilson.

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SUDDENLY ONE SUMMER: Fleur McDonald on love, loss and unlikely connections of life on the land. With Tess Woods.

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BEYOND VEILED CLICHÉS – THE REAL LIVES OF ARAB WOMEN: Amal Awad discusses her book with Rafeif Ismail.

THE AUTHOR IS DEAD: Sara Foster, Elizabeth Tan & Robert Edeson on dangerous delusions in fact and fiction.

With Annabel Smith.

MRS WHITE AND THE RED DESERT: Josie Boyle on the pros and cons of oral and written storytelling.

With Cassie Lynch.

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EXTINCTIONS: 2017 Miles Franklin winner Josephine Wilson on the fragments we shore against our ruins.

With Claire Nichols.

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ORNAMENT AS CRIME: AC Grayling & Alan Hollinghurst on aesthetics as transgression. With William Yeoman.

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TERRA NULLIUS: Claire G Coleman on Australia’s colonisation told slant. With Catherine Noske.

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ONLY: Caroline Baum on what it means to be the only child of damaged parents.

With Charlotte Guest.

THE BOOK OF THISTLES: Noëlle Janaczewska on surprising essayistic encounters with a much-maligned weed.

With Laurie Steed.

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DETOURS: Musician Tim Rogers discusses his offbeat and immensely charming literary memoir with Danae Gibson.

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TALL TALES AND TRUE-ISH: Kate Forsyth & Richard Fidler on mythology and the collective unconscious.

DRAWING SYBILLA: Odette Kelada on doodling at writers’ festivals and the challenges women writers face. With Sisonke Msimang.

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STORY LAND: Storytelling with Tamara Moss.

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THE BERNDT MUSEUM: Vanessa Russ on one of the world’s most important collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material. With Kelly Fliedner.

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THE BEAST OF HUSHING WOOD: Gabrielle Wang on Ziggy Truegood’s battle to save her beloved Hushing Wood from dark forces. With Heather Zubek.

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CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD?: Perth Festival artistic director Wendy Martin, London’s Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly and Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour with Kirsti Melville.

DANCING HOME: Paul Collis on his exciting debut novel, described as ‘Koori noir’. With Susan Midalia.

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TWO STEPS FORWARD: Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion on alternating chapters in a romantic journey. With Gillian O’Shaughnessy.

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THE CHOKE: Sofie Laguna on a child who navigates an often dark and uncaring world of male power and violence. With Caroline Baum.

DEMOCRACY AND ITS CRISIS: Breakfast with AC Grayling as he discusses the challenges facing democracy today. $72 – $80

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HISTORY & THE POET: Join critic and author Robert Wood & Catherine Noske as they discuss Australian poetry now and its relationship to history, philosophy and politics.

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CLEAR TO THE HORIZON: Dave Warner on unsolved kidnappings in Claremont, with PI Snowy Lane set to solve an icy cold case.

With Kathryn Shine.

BAD TO WORSE: Robert Edeson on drones, hieroglyphs and the possible triumph of good over evil. With Geraldine Mellet.

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CITY OF CROWS: Chris Womersley on 17th Century Paris and the ties that bind a sorceress, a demon and a stolen child. With Amanda Curtin.

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WALKAWAY: Cory Doctorow on swapping one dystopian future for another. With Annabel Smith.

79

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CU

11.30

FA

HI

DARING TO DRIVE – A SAUDI WOMAN’S AWAKENING: Manal al-Sharif discusses her book with Rosemary Sayer.

$13 – $15

11.15

CO

THIS I WOULD KILL FOR: Anne Buist on how far parents will go to protect their children. With Ray Glickman.

$13 – $15

11AM

STORY LAND – MYTHS, LEGENDS & FAIRY TALES: Pull up a chair as Josie Boyle, Kate Forsyth, Lorena Carrington, Richard Fidler & Kári Gíslason tell some ripping yarns.

LINTANG AND THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND: Tamara Moss on a swashbuckling fantasy adventure with a kickarse heroine and a pirate queen to die for.

With Glenn Swift.

SEMINAR 3 (L1)

10.45

THE WESTERLY CENTRE RANDOLPH STOW MEMORIAL LECTURE: Donna Mazza & Catherine Noske on Gothic undertones, romanticisation and lyricism in Randolph Stow’s writing.

104

CASE STUDY (L1)

69

LI

95

SEMINAR 1 (GRD)

10.30

DISHING IT OUT: Maggie Beer & Ralph Martins on why we’re all foodies at heart.

With Sue Yeap.

INDIGENOUS SPECULATIVE AESTHETICS: Ambelin Kwaymullina, Claire G Coleman & Paul Collis on Indigenous specfic. With Elfie Shiosaki.

86

THEATRE AUDITORIUM

10.15

BEYOND THE RURAL ROMANCE: Rachael Johns, Fleur McDonald & Fiona Palmer on the joys of genre-skipping.

With Ara Jansen.

77

AMPHITHEATRE

9.45

136

MU

AC

PERTH WORKS: A work in progress performance of Lost and Found’s Ned Kelly.

Callaway Auditorium, FREE, registrations required

Life and death in nature.

LAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERY 10 FEB – 21 APR | FREE

TARA BOOKS: Mural activities 137

MU

HI

LI

FRAMING NED: Peter Goldsworthy & Thomas de Mallet Burgess on the making of a new Australian opera. With Ros Appleby.

Callaway Auditorium, FREE

138

ME

SO

CU

WORDS & IMAGE: An evening with master storyteller William Yang.

Presented in association with The China Australia Writing Centre

Octagon Theatre, $25 – $40

5

OUT & ABOUT

19 – 23 FEB

GUEST SPEAKERS

REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED FOR ALL FREE SESSIONS. Visit perthfestival.com.au

A–C

139

STRANGE COMPANY 5 Nairn St, Fremantle

PO

CO

140

HE

ALZHEIMER’S, EATING & YOU: Professor Ralph Martins AO, leading Alzheimer’s researcher, and co-author of Recipe for Life talks to Barbara Horgan.

6.30 – 7.30 PM, FREE

FS

WED 21 FEB CO

RE

THE PARIS SEAMSTRESS: Natasha Lester previews her exciting new novel. With William Yeoman.

7 – 8PM, FREE 144

THE POETS SPEAK: Shevaun Cooley & Charlotte Guest talk poetry with Robert Wood.

6 – 7PM, FREE

147

CITY OF PERTH LIBRARY 573 Hay St, Perth

RE

THE HIDDEN HOURS: Sara Foster on secrets, lies and the death of an author. With Susan Midalia.

7 – 8PM, FREE 143

CENTRE FOR STORIES 100 Aberdeen St, Northbridge

CR

TUE 20 FEB

CO

HE

SO

FERVENT FLAVOURS: One of WA’s hottest chefs and owner of Fervor, Paul ‘Yoda’ Iskov, and his team serve up dishes based around native WA foods. Join us for an evening of canapés, wine and conversation with Paul & Caroline Wood.

6.30 – 9PM, $85 148

AR

HI

SO

STORIES IN STONE: East End Historic Precinct History Walk with architect Phil Griffiths.

DOWN TO THE RIVER: Foreshore Walk with architect Julian Bolleter.

6.30 – 8PM, FREE, registrations required WALKING EVENT

141

RE

THU 22 FEB HE

142

THE GREATEST GIFT: Rachael Johns on one woman’s decision to help another’s ultimate dream come true.

With Monique Mulligan.

12 – 1PM, FREE 145

CR

SO

AR

NORTHBRIDGE CRIME WALK: Join David Whish-Wilson for a walk on the dark side as he takes you to some of Northbridge’s most notorious crime scenes.

6 – 7.30PM, FREE WALKING EVENT

146

Be water curious.

See the full program online now.

FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE 7 Feb – 23 Mar | FREE

ME

TR

149

CR

TR

MARLBOROUGH MAN: Alan Carter on crossing continents, past crimes and clear and present dangers. With Rosemary Sayer.

6.30 – 7.30PM, FREE

150

RE

TR

Sara Foster

Ian Andrew

94

142

Mia Freedman

Ros Appleby

42

66

Kate Forsyth

AR

OCTAGON THEATRE University of WA

139

Emily-Rose Lochore

55

117

Sarah Ridhuan

65

92

Geoffrey London

62

129

David Ritter

8

103

9

Robert Lukins

30

43

Tim Rogers

18

72

Sarah Winman

110

116

14

83

24

152 72

Stuart Barnes

39

45

Ross Gibson

52

109

Karí Gíslason

7

78

81

85

88

45

49

109

121

1

69

Ray Glickman

75

95

AJ Betts

91

101

Stella Glorie

16

100

Steve Bisley

16

85

Julian Bolleter

129

148

116

125

71

78 95

142

150

57

101

Peter Goldsworthy AC Grayling

15

91

Lorena Carrington

11

78

Alan Carter

94

149

77

93

52

48

81

84

143

Anna Haebich

12

110

Yasmin Hamid

50

Fiona Harari

40

Dennis Haskell Alan Hollinghurst Barbara Horgan

1

147

29

53

143

Bronwyn Houston

119

87

Michelle de Kretser

17

59

Robert Dessaix

2

6

112

Cory Doctorow

3

70

93

27

75

105

Matt Edgerton

58 108 28

Lydia Edwards

61

128

Gareth Evans

14

25

Meri Fatin

11

13

78

89

Ralph Martins

Tony Hughes-d’Aeth

33

1

Charles Massy

Heather Rose

137

80 147

8

120

52

66

84

121

Fleur McDonald

68

99

Catherine McKinnon

31

102

Sarah McNeill

12

28

Dervla McTiernan

38

94

Philip Mead

54

Geraldine Mellet

105

Kristi Melville

80

Rose Michael

29

Tim Ross

129

Vanessa Russ

114

43

Rosemary Sayer

139

Alex Miller

6

19

47

Di Morrissey

8

127

41

Tamara Moss

113

123

21

104

Renee Schipp Sarah Schladow

149

Stephen Scourfield

146

Dhwani Shah (Tara Books) Kathryn Shine

79

Elfie Shiosaki Bron Sibree

8

71

142

70

Nassim Soleimanpour

102

108

2

80

Matt Stanton

Michelle Johnston

13

111

Portland Jones

120

Amanda Joy

84

Odette Kelada

9

Jude Kelly Rachel Khong John Kinsella

33

23 36

Ambelin Kwaymullina Sofie Laguna

59

115 80 43 41 77 88

Gillian O’Shaughnessy 5

7

Matt Ottley

59

71

134

135

P–R Fiona Palmer

35

68

Charmaine Papertalk Green Danny Parker Emily Paull

3

33

39

134

135

105

111

99

32

138

Y–Z William Yang

William Yeoman 62

73

127

140

Heather Zubek

146

152

47

97

Laurie Steed

43

Leigh Straw

124

48

107

40

53

22

98

85

Annabel Smith 17

Stefan Szo

96

46

Ragini Siruguri (Tara Books)

113

86

143

150

Glenn Swift

Catherine Noske

118

Graeme Simsion 10

40

36

21

96

50

35

141

Robert Wood

144

77

14

68

Caroline Wood

87

103

Adam Suckling

Rachael Johns

27

152

141

90

Chris Womersley

67

76

112

Claire Nichols

Tim Winton

Kim Scott

46

68

27

84

Monique Mulligan

2

20

Morgan Yasbincek

144

Ara Jansen

90

26

Paul Iskov

24

59

2

115

Alice Nelson

14

Samanta Schweblin

100

107

Josephine Wilson

69

85

12

74

Sue Yeap

Sisonke Msimang

Noëlle Janaczewska

83

31

82

Rashida Murphy

76

Juliet Wills

52

Rafeif Ismail

J–L

60

30

102

106

49

6

Tess Woods

Susan Midalia 26

36

S–U

86

David McCooey 10

12

Tracy Ryan

92

69

Donna Mazza

84

20

25

Wendy Martin

51

73

118

51

Ben Martin

122

60

David Hough

Amanda Curtin

7

148

106

34

Richard Fidler

Phil Griffiths

93

Thomas de Mallet Burgess

126 32

77

Venessa Cox

Robert Edeson

73

61

M–O

Charlotte Guest

98 18

Cassie Lynch

137

Helena Grehan

52

6

Steven Camden

Natasha Lester

Vivienne Glance

38

Maggie Beer

Sabrina Dudgeon

WHY LITERATURE MATTERS: How can we write in this Australia and is it worth it?

Helen Garner & Kim Scott in conversation with William Yeoman.

7 – 8PM, $25 – $40

84

23

Robert Drewe

CU

Marcella Polain

Danae Gibson

37

SO

117

Helen Garner

Jane Cornes Maclean

LI

55

82

Shevaun Cooley

152

Miriam Lo

21

Simon Collins

FI

11

28

D–F AC

Geordie Williamson

Amal Awad

14

24 HEURES SUR PLACE: A screening of Bêka & Lemoine’s film about the characters that move through Paris’ Place de la République is preceded by a walk-and-talk encounter with Linton & Kay and Holmes a Court’s new galleries.

6 – 9PM (Film screens 7.30pm at The Backlot Cinema) $13 – $15, registrations required WALKING EVENT

18

Geoffrey Lancaster

G–I

Claire G. Coleman

LI

5

3

104

Liz Byrski

A NOVEL RELATIONSHIP: Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist talk to Geraldine Mellet.

6.30 – 7.30PM, FREE

Tex Perkins

108

21

Cristy Burne

MU

140

89

Manal al-Sharif

Anne Buist

BIRD: Stephen Scourfield (spoken word) & William Yeoman (guitar) take you on a journey through rural England and WA’s wheatbelt in words, music and images.

6 – 7.30PM, FREE

128

78

37

Paul Collis

UK/WESTERN AUSTRALIA

LINTON & KAY West Perth, 11 Old Aberdeen Pl, West Perth

TR

Kris Williams (Book Doctor)

114

13

Josie Boyle

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS: Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion on wedding words and lives. With Ian Andrew.

12 – 1PM, FREE

151

MUSEUM OF WATER

RE

FRI 23 FEB

94

34

Louise Allan

Kate Beaufoy

MON 19 FEB

4

Kelly Fliedner

44

Caroline Baum

VENUE

Louise Penny

101

39

19

Image courtesy Strange Company

62

56

Carolyn Abbs

Zoë Atkinson

42

Deb Fitzpatrick

Elizabeth Tan

108

119

Tineke Van der Eecken

39

44

54

84

Gabrielle Wang

28

97

Dave Warner

79

94

V–X Corey Wakeling

39

Katja Webb

66

David Whish-Wilson

74

145

Michael White

4

27

Terri-ann White

9

Albert Wiggan

34

* WALKING EVENT: You will start at the listed venue. You will be on your feet for 60mins but the walk will be fairly gentle and will be wheelchair accessible.

6

7

THE UNIVERSITY CLUB

GROUND FLOOR

HACKETT DRIVE

MATCH THE SESSION NUMBERS TO THE DAILY PLANNERS

THE UNIVERSITY CLUB

and map your experience at The University Club.

1ST FLOOR

ENTRANCE

WHEELCHAIR RAMP ACCESS

RECEPTION LOBBY STAIRS TO SEMINAR ROOMS

LOUNGE BAR

CLUB RESTAURANT

BANQUET HALL

CLUB CAFÉ

2

3

7

8

9

4

5

6

CLUB GALLERY

68

69

70

74

75

76

SATURDAY SESSIONS 59

SUNDAY SESSIONS

ENTRANCE

71

STAIRS

SEMINAR ROOM 3

SATURDAY SESSIONS 1

THE BOOK DOCTOR

60

61

SATURDAY SESSIONS

SUNDAY SESSIONS 72

73

126

127

128

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

14

SATURDAY SESSIONS

SUNDAY SESSIONS 77

78

79

80

82

83

84

85

81

BOX OFFICE

28

29

30

31

33

34

35

36

32

53

BALCONY

FAMILY LOUNGE

96

97

98

100

101

102

103

114

115

116

117

118

119

120

STAIRS

UPPER COLONNADE

LIFT

CASE STUDY

THEATRE AUDITORIUM

SUNDAY SESSIONS 95

113 121

99

TO CARPARK 3

19

20

26

27

21

22

23

24

25

90

91

92

SUNDAY SESSIONS

STAIRS

THE COURTYARD

49

52

SATURDAY SESSIONS

WHEELCHAIR RAMP ENTRANCE

FOOD TRUCKS

LOWER COLONNADE

SEMINAR ROOM 1

SATURDAY SESSIONS

BOOK SIGNING

BOFFINS BOOKSHOP

ENTRANCE

10

48

51

SUNDAY SESSIONS LIFT

TO OCTAGON & DOLPHIN THEATRES

47

54

STAIRS

AMPHITHEATRE

46 50

86

87

93

94

88

89

ENTER HERE FROM GROUND FLOOR

SATURDAY SESSIONS 37

38

39

40

42

43

44

45

41

SUNDAY SESSIONS 104

105

106

107

109

110

111

112

108

SATURDAY SESSIONS 55

56

57

58

SUNDAY SESSIONS 122

123

124

125

PAPER BIRD KOMBI (FOR KIDS) MURAL 8

9

BITS TO KNOW

BOOKINGS ONLINE perthfestival.com.au PHONE 08 6488 5555 IN PERSON at our onsite Writers Week Box Office on event day REGISTRATIONS for all FREE Out & About sessions at perthfestival.com.au

BOFFINS BOOKSHOP

OPEN SAT & SUN, 8AM – 7PM Visit Boffins’ pop-up bookshop in The University Club to buy that must-have copy of the book you’ve been hearing about. Browse a range of titles from our guest authors amongst an eclectic selection of technical, practical, special interest, fiction and children’s books.

PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS AND BOOKING CONDITIONS All sessions are subject to change without notice.

We recommend you pre-purchase your tickets online and choose e-ticket delivery: a $2 transaction fee applies.

Where tickets are booked online or over the phone and you choose to have your tickets mailed or collected at the box office a $6 transaction fee will apply.

All sales are final. Full terms and conditions of sale are available at perthfestival.com.au

BOOK SIGNING

Authors will be signing in the marquee on Riley Oval, next to The University Club. Catch up with your favourite and get your books signed. More details available throughout the weekend.

ACCESS INFORMATION

RELAX & ENJOY

Perth Festival is committed to making our events accessible. All Writers Week venues are wheelchair accessible. However, please note the Amphitheatre area is grassed.

Open all weekend, The University Club Café offers a range of drinks, hot foods, takeaway sandwiches, salads and light snacks. Relax in the Writers Courtyard Hub. Enjoy a cool drink, coffee, ice cream or a bite to eat from one of the food outlets.

These sessions will be Auslan sign interpreted.

For specific details on venue accessibility please download our Access Guide from perthfestival.com.au/access

WRITERS WEEK BOX OFFICE DATE

AMPHITHEATRE

Fri

If you have any questions about accessibility or would like to discuss your requirements with us, please contact us on 08 6488 8616 or access@perthfestival.com.au

OCTAGON

6.15 – 7.15pm

Sat

8.30am – 6pm

6.15 – 7.15pm

Sun

8.30am – 6pm

6.15 – 7.15pm

PARKING & PUBLIC TRANSPORT

BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION #PERTHFESTWW #PERTHFEST

For information about parking, visit uwa.edu.au and for transport timetables and information, visit transperth.wa.gov.au

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ARCHITECTURE

EN

ENVIRONMENT

LA

LANGUAGE

PL

POLITICS

AC

ART & CREATIVITY

FA

FAMILY

LI

LITERATURE

RE

RELATIONSHIPS

BU

BUSINESS

FS

FASHION

ME

MEMOIR

SO

SOCIETY

CO

COOKING

FI

FILM

MU

MUSIC

SF

SPECULATIVE FICTION

CR

CRIME

HE

HEALTH

PH

PHILOSOPHY

TE

TECHNOLOGY

CU

CULTURE

HI

HISTORY

PO

POETRY

TR

TRAVEL

AUSLAN INTERPRETING