Enjoy free live-streamed events from the Sydney Writers Festival without leaving the Coast.
These free events will be available to view on the big screen, click on the titles below to book your place.
Thursday 23 May 2024 Streaming Schedule
10-11am: Julia Baird 'Bright Shining' (Auslan). Streaming at Lake Haven Library, Toukley Library, Kincumber Library, Erina Library and Tuggerah Library.
Hear from broadcaster and Phosphorescence author Julia Baird, whose latest book, Bright Shining, is a beautiful, timely exploration of that most mysterious but necessary human quality: grace. With Jacqueline Maley.
12-1pm: Viet Thanh Nguyen 'A Man of Two Faces'. Streaming at Toukley Library, Kincumber Library, Erina Library and Tuggerah Library.
Hear celebrated author Viet Thanh Nguyen, hailed as “a conscience of American literature” (The New Yorker), discuss his new work with writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law.
2-3pm: Suzie Miller 'Prima Facie'. Streaming at Toukley Library, Kincumber Library, Erina Library and Tuggearh Library.
Put the courts on trial with lawyer turned Olivier Award–winning playwright Suzie Miller as she discusses novelising her theatrical triumph that tackles sexual assault. In conversation with Nicole Abadee.
Friday 24 May 2024 Streaming Schedule
10-11am: A.C. Grayling 'Meaning of Life in a Technological Age'. Streaming at Umina Beach Library, Toukley Library, Kincumber Library, Erina Library and Tuggerah Library.
The quest for a life worth living has been the business of philosophers for millennia. How can we pursue answers to life’s big questions in an increasingly unstable technological age? Join pre-eminent philosopher A.C. Grayling for this special talk.
12-1pm: The War on Journalists. Streaming at Umina Beach Library, Lake Haven Library, Toukley Library, Kincumber Library, Erina Library, and Tuggerah Library.
With conflict continuing in Ukraine, and the death toll of journalists in Gaza reaching alarming proportions, we look at the role of journalists in war. Featuring Julian Borger, John Lyons, Alisa Sopova and Anastasia Taylor-Lind. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald.
2-3pm: Abdulrazak Gurnah 'Afterlives'. Streaming at Umina Beach Library, Toukley Library, Kincumber Library, Erina library and Tuggerah Library.
Explore his writing and unpack the legacies of empire with acclaimed writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose 10th novel explores displacement, loss and love during and after German occupation of East Africa. With Sisonke Msimang.
Saturday 25 May 2024 Streaming Schedule
10-11am: Celeste Ng 'Our Missing Hearts'. Streaming at Erina Library and Tuggerah Library.
Sit down with New York Times bestselling author Celeste Ng, whose smash hit Little Fires Everywhere was adapted into a miniseries starring Reese Witherspoon. Listen in as she discusses her new dystopian novel with Claire Nichols.
12-1pm: Trent Dalton 'From Eli to Lola' (Auslan). Streaming at Erina Library and Tuggerah Library.
Trent Dalton, award-winning author of Boy Swallows Universe (now a hit Netflix series) returns with Lola in the Mirror, a big, beautiful novel about grappling with our past, present and possible futures. In conversation with Cassie McCullagh.
2-3pm: Storytellers Leigh Sales and Lisa Millar. Streaming at Erina Library and Tuggerah Library.
ABC legends Leigh Sales (Storytellers) and Lisa Millar (Muster Dogs) unpack the craft of turning real life events into narrative, drawing from their recent books and a combined 65 years in journalism.
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