Canberra Writers Festival announces anniversary events

Canberra Writers Festival is hosting a series of events this year, celebrating its tenth anniversary in the lead-up to the festival, which runs from 15 to 18 October.

These events include international, national and local writers.

Pre-festival events include:

• Bob Carr (20 March) discussing his memoir, Bring Back Yesterday (A&U)
• J P Pomare (25 March) discussing his new novel, The Gambler (Hachette)
• Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion (16 April) discussing their upcoming novel, The General Hospital (Hachette)
• Lisa Wilkinson (30 April) discussing her first work of historical nonfiction, The Titanic Story of Evelyn (Hachette)
• Rosalie Ham (1 May) exploring her insights into ageing in her new book, Look After Your Feet (A&U)
• Sarah Wilson (8 May) discussing her new book, I Eat the Stars (Penguin)
• And, in Night of the Bookers (12 May), David Szalay discussing his Booker Prize–winning novel, Flesh (Jonathan Cape), and Susan Choi discussing her Booker Prize–shortlisted novel, Flashlight (Vintage).

More information is available on the Canberra Writers Festival website.

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