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BYRON BAY WRITERS FESTIVAL PROGRAM
SATURDAY 2 August SCU Marquee
Macquarie Marquee
Feros Marquee
9.00am – 10.00am Bob Brown
9.00am – 9.45am Destination Literacy
9.00am – 10.00am John Safran and Fr Bob Maguire
in conversation with David Leser Sponsored by Jan Barham MLC The Greens 39
Tristan Bancks, Chris Sarra, Meg Vann Chair: Jesse Blackadder 46
in conversation with Kate Eltham Sponsored by Feros Care 53
10.15am – 11.00am Missy Higgins
10.00am – 10.45am The Nature of Corruption
in conversation with Simon Marnie
Matthew Condon, Tara Moss, P.M. Newton Chair: Moya Sayer-Jones
10.15am – 11.15am Soldiers: Lambs to the Slaughter or Sacred Cows?
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James Brown, David Finkel, Rabia Siddique Chair: Russell Eldridge 54
11.15am – 12.15pm An Environmental Vision for Australia
11.00am – 12.00pm Beyond Victims: The Challenge of Leadership
11.30am – 12.30pm Memoir: What Gets Left Out?
Bob Brown, Tim Flannery Chair: Lisa-ann Gershwin Sponsored by First National Real Estate 41
Tony Birch, Wesley Enoch, Chris Sarra Chair: Gideon Haigh Sponsored by Future Leaders 48
12.25pm – 1.15pm Sophie Cunningham
12.15pm – 1.15pm True Crime: Monsters or People Like Us?
Thea Astley Lecture Introduced by Thea’s son Ed Gregson 42
1.30pm – 2.30pm Half the Sky: The Need to Educate Girls and Women
Poe Ballantine, Virginia Peters, John Safran Chair: Marele Day 49
Robert Hoge, Lloyd Jones, Victor Marsh, Sian Prior Chair: Mick O’Regan 55
12.45pm – 1.30pm The Woman of Many Parts Kate Holden, Jean Kittson, Tara Moss Chair: Matthew Condon 56
1.30pm – 2.30pm Malcolm Fraser
1.45pm – 2.30pm Richard Clapton
in conversation with Kerry O’Brien Sponsored by Macquarie
in conversation with Simon Marnie
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2.45pm – 3.45pm My Life is a Joke
2.45pm – 3.45pm Salvation through Story
Mel Buttle, Jean Kittson, Michelle Law, Mandy Nolan Chair: Mick O’Regan Sponsored by Blue River Design
Shady Cosgrove, Kathryn Heyman, Alex Miller Chair: Geordie Williamson
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4.00pm – 5.00pm The State of the State
4.00pm – 5.00pm Travellers’ Tales
4.00pm – 5.00pm Hugh Mackay
Mike Carlton, Terry Hayes, David Marr, Kate McClymont Chair: Christopher Warren Sponsored by Byron Echo and Echonetdaily. 45
Robyn Davidson, Jono Lineen, Christine Manfield, Agustinus Wibowo Chair: Russell Eldridge Sponsored by Byron at Byron 52
in conversation with Edna Carew
Tristan Bancks, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Christine Manfield, Qaisra Shahraz; Chair: Susan Wyndham Presented by Room to Read 43
2.45pm – 3.45pm On Tour: Five Writers, Five Towns in Five Days Nick Earls, Ashley Hay, Angela Meyer, Craig Sherborne, Samuel Wagan Watson Chair: Zacharey Jane Sponsored by The Australia Council 44
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