Roddy Doyle: ‘When you’re a Dublin writer, you’re inevitably asked about Joyce, and it’s tedious’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/23/roddy-doyle-booker-prize-winning-author-novelist-interview-irish-writer-joyce #Books #Culture #JamesJoyce #CharlesDickens #RoddyDoyle #SydneyWritersFestival
#sydneywritersfestival — Public Fediverse posts
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A Queer Christian Palestinian Voice Emerges Amidst Displaced Narratives
Tareq Baconi's new memoir shares his queer Palestinian Christian story. He will speak at Melbourne and Sydney festivals.
#TareqBaconi, #QueerPalestine, #MelbourneWritersFestival, #SydneyWritersFestival, #NewMemoir
https://newsletter.tf/tareq-baconi-memoir-melbourne-sydney-festivals/
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Tareq Baconi, a queer Palestinian Christian, is sharing his personal story in a new memoir. He will be at the Melbourne and Sydney Writers Festivals.
#TareqBaconi, #QueerPalestine, #MelbourneWritersFestival, #SydneyWritersFestival, #NewMemoir
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Why Shaun Micallef wrote ‘gothic romance novel’ De’Ath Takes a Holiday
Comedian Shaun Micallef has been thinking a lot about how “transactional” the world can be. It led him…
#NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #AU #Australia #de'athtakesaholiday #melbournewritersfestival #seanmicallef #ShaunMicallef #shaunmicallefage #shaunmicallefbook #shaunmicalleftvshows #sydneywritersfestival #thebookshow
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Yann Martel: ‘I hate the rich people of this world – of which I’m one, because of Life of Pi’ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/18/yann-martel-life-of-pi-author-interview #YannMartel #Books #SydneyWritersFestival #Fiction #Culture #LifeOfPi #LeoTolstoy
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Randa Abdel-Fattah to Participate in Sydney Writers' Festival Amidst Controversy
Why is Randa Abdel-Fattah speaking at the Sydney Writers Festival in 2026? After the Adelaide event was cancelled, she will now join two sessions in Sydney.
#sydneywritersfestival, #randaabdelfattah, #sydneyevents2026, #australianbooks, #adelaidewritersweek
https://newsletter.tf/why-is-randa-abdel-fattah-speaking-at-sydney-writers-festival-2026/
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Randa Abdel-Fattah will speak at 2 events in Sydney. This follows a big protest in Adelaide where 180 writers refused to go after she was removed from the list.
#sydneywritersfestival, #randaabdelfattah, #sydneyevents2026, #australianbooks, #adelaidewritersweek
https://newsletter.tf/why-is-randa-abdel-fattah-speaking-at-sydney-writers-festival-2026/
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KPMG asks Sydney writers’ festival to delete its name from website after Randa Abdel-Fattah confirmed as speaker https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/19/sydney-writers-festival-swf-kpmg-sponsor-randa-abdel-fattah-speaker #AustraliaNews #Sydney #SydneyWritersFestival #Culture #Books
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Is AI our modern-day Frankenstein? Jeanette Winterson and Toby Walsh
Everything humans do is a fiction until it is a fact: flying, space travel, communicating instantly across time…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #adalovelace #AI #alanturing #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Australia #bigideas #frankenstein #jeanettewinterson #maryshelley #natashamitchell #sydneywritersfestival #Technology #tobywalsh
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‘A moral crisis’: how the Sydney writers’ festival grappled with the Israel-Gaza war #theguardian #sydneywritersfestival
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Man crouches naked over a mirror while giving #TedTalk #SydneyWritersFestival
https://www.patreon.com/posts/squatting-over-101400163
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Related, the #SydneyWritersFestival hasn't had the same vibe since it moved away from the Wharf.
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#BernardineEvaristo was a joy to listen to at #SydneyWritersFestival. Am ready to join the #Black #Sisterhood. My Senior moment grumbles; a) Widescreen sponsor ad at the beginning, just like at the movies 🤮and b) put a limit on books for signing - some people bringing the entire oeuvre of the writer to be signed 😲