Each of the 'Saturday Sessions' will present 3 - 4 writers who will reflect on the effect of change – social, environmental, political, personal - in shaping their work. They will both discuss and read from their work
Breakfast and Curator's talk on Exhibition "Everyone loves a Roadtrip" from University Archives
Senior Archivist Melinda Barrie will give a curator's talk and guests will have opportunity to explore this exhibition from University archives. A combination of nostalgia and environmental concerns associated with car usage has inspired this exhibition which reminds us how much of a cultural shift has taken place in the last 50 years in our attitude towards the motor vehicle and its impact on our way of life.
Free but limited places (reserve through Festival of Ideas tickets)
Further information:
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/exhibitions/current.html
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duration: 113 mins 31 secs |
'Prophesize with your pen: can poets change the times they live in?'
Speakers:
Professor Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Poet and Chair of Australian Poetry Centre in St Kilda, Victoria
Judith Beveridge, University of Sydney, Poetry editor for Meanjin
Peter Minter, Award winning poet, editor, critic and academic
Dr Lisa Gorton, Writer and winner of 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry
Chair:
Sophie Cunningham, editor of Meanjin, novelist and critic
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duration: 100 mins 47 secs |
In Defence of the Novel/The Role of the Novel in interesting Times
Speakers:
Steven Carroll, Novelist and winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize and Miles Franklin Prize
Kate Grenville, Novelist and Commonwealth Writer's Prize winner
Sonya Hartnett, Prize winning author of children's and young people's literature
Shane Maloney, Award winning Australian novelist
Chair:
Michael Williams, publisher, editor and broadcaster on 3RRR
