UQP authors at 2024 Melbourne Writers Festival

Melbourne Writers Festival brings writers and readers together to be inspired, challenged and thrilled by an intelligent, rousing and diverse program of books and ideas.

Taking place from 6 to 12 May. Learn more here.

11 May

10:30AM Melissa Lucashenko: on Edenglassie [SOLD OUT]

10:30AM Chelsea Watego: Who Gets to be Human? With Ziggy Ramo, Lamisse Hamouda and Osman Faruqi.

12:00PM Larissa Behrendt: First Knowledges: Innovation with Ian J McNiven and Lynette Russell.

1:30PM Siang Lu: on Ghost Cities and Ghost Futures

1:30PM Tony Birch, Sara M Saleh, Jeanine Leane & Mykaela Saunders: Let it Bring Hope with Samah Sabawi, Michaela Sahhar, Nayuka Gorrie.

3:00PM Tony Birch: on Women & Children

12 May

10:30AM Mykaela Saunders: on Always Will Be

1:30PM Tony Birch: Who’s Afraid of Reading, Anyway? With Lauren Groff and Ann Patchett.

3:00PM Mykaela Saunders: Alexis Wright on Sovereignty of the Imagination.