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Experience the Sydney Writers’ Festival live from Payneham Library.

Sydney Writers’ Festival is for everyone including those who can’t make it to Sydney. From conversations with literary luminaries to thought-provoking panel discussions on the world’s most urgent issues, you won’t miss an insightful comment or witty moment from the festival stages.

Join us as we livestream a selection of Sydney Writers’ Festival events direct from Sydney. Watch along with fellow book lovers, send questions to the speakers live and be part of one of Australia’s leading literary festivals right here in our community.

Book for a one session or stay for the full day and enjoy all four events!

Free. Bookings recommended.

Program of events:

9.30am - 10.25am | Big Histories
Revisit the past to find solutions for the present and future with bestselling author Amitav Ghosh and existential risk researcher Luke Kemp, hosted by Clare Wright.

11.30am - 12.25pm | Susan Choi: Flashlight
2025 Booker Prize-shortlisted writer Susan Choi discusses family, absence and alienation in her new novel Flashlight, in conversation with Beejay Silcox. Supported by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea and the Korean Cultural Centre Australia.

1.30pm - 2.25pm | Trent Dalton: Gravity Let Me Go
Multi-award-winning writer Trent Dalton discusses his latest novel Gravity Let Me Go and its themes of love, family, ambition and deception, in conversation with Cassie McCullagh. Supported by Vision Australia.

3.30pm - 4.25pm | Great Adaptations
Go behind the scenes of adapting stories from page to screen with writers Mick Herron (Slow Horses) and Suzie Miller (Prima Facie), in conversation with Benjamin Law.