Various locations around Bungambrawatha (Albury)
UQP Authors at the 2024 Write Around the Murray Festival
Write Around the Murray (WAM) is a five day writers’ festival in Albury. We present high quality, affordable literary programs to audiences on the border of regional NSW and Victoria.
Ellen van Neerven sessions
Thursday 12th of September- 6:15pm -8:40pm
swim with La Trobe In Conversation with Ellen van Neerven
Hothouse Theatre Gateway Island, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga VIC
swim is the debut work for the stage by Mununjali poet Ellen van Neerven, one of Australia’s finest and most awarded writers.
This special performance of swim is accompanied by a pre-show conversation with the author of the play, Ellen van Neerven.
Saturday 14th of September- 7pm-10pm
Albury LibraryMuseum 540 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW
A lively and memorable night of storytelling featuring the much-beloved Stereo Stories band. WAM authors collaborate with musicians to recreate memories of their favourite songs. Featuring Danny Katz, Ellen van Neerven and Siang Lu as well as some other very special performers.
Siang Lu sessions
Friday 13th of September-6pm-7:10pm
Albury LibraryMuseum 540 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW
When is writing fiction just part of a creative process and when is it cultural appropriation? Writers Siang Lu, Julie Janson and Shirley Le discuss the tricky ethics of cultural representation in Australian fiction. Moderated by Write Around the Murray’s festival director, Aimee Chan.
Saturday 14th of September- 7pm-10pm
Albury LibraryMuseum 540 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW
A lively and memorable night of storytelling featuring the much-beloved Stereo Stories band. WAM authors collaborate with musicians to recreate memories of their favourite songs. Featuring Danny Katz, Ellen van Neerven and Siang Lu as well as some other very special performers.
Sunday 15th of September-11am-2pm
Regent Cinema 456 Dean Street, Albury NSW
51 years after its release, why is Enter the Dragon still such an iconic movie? What is it iconic for? Join us for a special screening of Bruce Lee’s final movie followed by a conversation with Siang Lu, author of Asian film industry spoof The Whitewash and creator of thebeigindex.com.
Heat and Light
Comfort Food
The Whitewash
