SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Writers’ Festival: Staying in Character
Tuesday 6 March, 1.15pm
Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens, King William Road, Adelaide
Frank Moorhouse and Garry Disher on writing a character over many books. Chaired by Julianne Schultz.
Adelaide Writers’ Festival: Surviving
Wednesday 7 March, 12pm
Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens, King William Road, Adelaide
Griffith REVIEW 35: Surviving contributors Kathy Marks, Tom Griffiths and Michael Gawenda discuss their essays in the current edition of Griffith Review and explore the ways we tell stories of catastrophe and survival. Chaired by Julianne Schultz.
Adelaide Writers’ Festival
Thursday 8 March, 12pm
Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens, King William Road, Adelaide
Join Griffith REVIEW 35: Surviving contributor Kathy Marks and writer Eliza Griswold for a discussion on witnessing disaster.
Adelaide Writers’ Festival
Thursday 8 March, 12pm
Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens, King William Road, Adelaide
Join George Megalogenis as he discusses his new book The Australian Moment with Griffith REVIEW 35: Surviving contributor Tom Griffiths.
Adelaide Writers’ Festival: Unhappy Families
Thursday 8 March, 2.30pm
Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens, King William Road, Adelaide
Fiona McGregor and Favel Parrett in conversation with Julianne Schultz.
QUEENSLAND
Deepen the Conversation: Surviving and Resilience
Wednesday 28 March, 6.30pm
State Library of Queensland, Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank
This is a free event. For more information Click Here.
In an ever more populous, urbanised and media-saturated world, it can feel as if the rate and scale of disasters is straight out of a doomsday movie. It’s easy to lapse into compassion fatigue and short-term ‘fixes.’ Yet behind the headlines there are complex stories of renewal and new thinking on how to rebuild our lives and communities. Join contributors to Griffith REVIEW 35: Surviving, including author and journalist Matthew Condon, Green Cross CEO Mara Bun, and disaster management expert Professor Sidney Dekker for a discussion on Brisbane’s floods, sustainable recovery and the inspiration of the stories, myths and beliefs that sustain hope in the wake of crisis, moderated by Paul Barclay.
VICTORIA
Wheeler Centre Lunchbox Soapbox featuring Michael Gawenda
Thursday 1 March, 12.45pm
The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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After the Black Saturday bushfires, Michael Gawenda led a research team that interviewed survivors of the fires who had suddenly found themselves in the media spotlight. Did they feel betrayed? Gawenda talks frankly about his personal experiences with people whose lives he exposed to public scrutiny—some of whom undoubtedly felt betrayed- and about the findings of the bushfire research.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Perth Writers' Festival: From Little Things
Saturday 25 February, 5pm
Perth Writers' Festival, Juliet Tent, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth
Julienne van Loon, Favel Parret, Frank Moorhouse and Julianne Schultz discuss how writing in short forms is so valuable in developing significant works of greater length.