Sydney Writers Festival
After the wild success of Live & Local in 2024, Sydney Writers’ Festival is coming to Tuggeranong Arts Centre in 2025 for the first time, to bring the best of the Festival direct to you.
One of Australia’s most loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling, Sydney Writers’ Festival will livestream its headline events from Sydney to TAC on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 May.
Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some of the world’s finest writers and thinkers. Audiences can also participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions straight to the Sydney stage.
Join us for Live & Local 2025, streamed live by Sydney Writers’ Festival and delivered locally to TAC!
Sessions:
THU 22 |
Gina Chick: We Are the Stars |
Hear Alone Australia winner Gina Chick regale you with stories of her extraordinary life, from her unconventional childhood to deep links with nature as an adult. With Rosemarie Milsom. |
THU 22 |
David Nicholls: You Are Here |
Travel the winding road of love through first encounters and second chances with bestselling novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls, in conversation with Jennifer Byrne on his latest love story. |
THU 22 |
Past and Future of Indigenous Recognition |
Respected Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and historian Clare Wright reflect on the history of First Nations movements for change in Australia and look at next steps. With Lorena Allam. |
FRI 23 |
The Moriarty Sisters |
Join the Moriarty sisters, Jaclyn, Liane and Nicola, as they discuss their career beginnings, different publishing paths and many successes with writer and broadcaster Sarah Macdonald. |
FRI 23 |
Helen Garner: The Season |
Hear iconic Australian writer Helen Garner’s reflections on football and the cycles of life in The Season, her first full-length book in a decade. In conversation with David Leser. |
FRI 23 |
Alan Hollinghurst: Our Evenings |
Hear Alan Hollinghurst discuss his seventh novel, a rich and pleasurable account of a lifetime in modern England and the search for identity. In conversation with Georgina Godwin. |
Location
Tuggeranong Arts Centre, 2900