The reason for my second choice for the day - a panel discussion on true crime - may not seem quite so obvious as my first, so I'll explain. I don't read a lot of crime, but I do watch it, and I have a slightly more than passing interest in true crime. I loved … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2019, Day 1, Session 2: Defining moments – True Crime Panel
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Canberra Writers Festival 2019, Day 1, Session 1: Capital culture
It's Canberra Writers Festival time again. The theme continues to be Power, Politics, Passion, reflecting Canberra's specific role in Australian culture and history. I understand this. It enables the Festival organisers to carve out a particular place for itself in the crowded festival scene, but the fiction readers among us hunger for more fiction (and, for … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2019, Day 1, Session 1: Capital culture
Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 2, Pt 2: Words (Last ones) and Music
My last Canberra Writers Festival event was, in a way, a little left field, because it primarily comprised a musical performance - but one with a strong literary element ... Turning Last Words into Music I chose this one, for a couple of reasons, but mainly because it involved music and was at a time … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 2, Pt 2: Words (Last ones) and Music
Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 2, Pt 1: Art, Books and Politics
For my last day of the Canberra Writers Festival I chose two quite different sessions, as you will see! This post is on the first one ... (Note: these two posts will be in lieu of this week's Monday Musings.) The Art of Books Chong, Bowers, Katauskas I chose this session primarily because one of … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 2, Pt 1: Art, Books and Politics
Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 4: Indigenous Australians (2)
My first day of the Canberra Writers Festival ended with a bang - two hours with several of Australia's top indigenous writers, organised by FNAWN (First Nations Australia Writers Network). It was a not-to-be-missed event, and was divided into two parts: "Because of her I can": poetry readings with Ellen van Neerven, Yvette Holt, Jeanine … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 4: Indigenous Australians (2)
Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 3: Indigenous Australians (1)
I planned to write a combined post for my last two events of Day 1, given both focussed on Indigenous Australians, but there was so much that I wanted to document (for myself, at least) that I decided to devote a post to each. There was, though, some overlap in terms of issues discussed, albeit … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 3: Indigenous Australians (1)
Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 2: Two panels
My next two festival sessions were panels - firstly at the National Museum of Australia, and then after a quick jaunt over the lake, chauffeured very kindly by Mr Gums, at the National Library of Australia. This Festival is spread too widely, geographically speaking - but I've said that before ... The power, politics and … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 2: Two panels
Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 1: A memoirist in conversation
It's the last weekend August which means it's the Canberra Writers Festival. This could become a habit. Wouldn't that be nice - to have a regular writers' festival here again, I mean. The Festival's ongoing theme is Power, Politics, Passion, which is particularly appropriate this year, given last week's shenanigans in Australian politics. (For those of you from … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival 2018, Day 1, Pt 1: A memoirist in conversation
Canberra Writers Festival and the Griffith Review 60: First things first
Yesterday (9 August) was, as you probably know, the UN's International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. I had planned to get this post completed by then, but, being on the road (again), it didn't happen. I don't think that matters a lot, though, as we should be caring about Indigenous Peoples every day until the … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival and the Griffith Review 60: First things first
Canberra Writers Festival, 2017, Day 2, Pt 3: A panel of millennials
Unfortunately - for me, anyhow - this will be my last post on the Festival, as that cold I hoped (unrealistically) to hold at bay would not be held. Consequently, for both my benefit and that of others, I decided to keep my snivelling self at home on Day 3. I'm very disappointed however, as … Continue reading Canberra Writers Festival, 2017, Day 2, Pt 3: A panel of millennials
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