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Bwf.Org.Au Brisbane Writers Festival 2019 This Way Thursday, 5 September–Sunday, 8 September 5 September–Sunday, Thursday, BOOK NOW bwf.org.au Brisbane Writers Festival 2019 this way Join the Conversation humanity #bwf19 Contents 1 2 3 4 Thank you to A message from A message Ticket our partners the Minister for from the information the Arts Artistic Director 6 7 8 9 Special Angel's Tirra Lirra Meet the Events Palace by the River Author 10 26 27 28 Program Love YA Free Events BWF in for Families Your Suburb 30 32 34 35 Events for Writers Timetable Getting to BWF Team the Festival and Board Brisbane Writers Festival Thanks its Supporters Government Partners Proudly supported by Major Partner Home of Brisbane Writers Festival Cultural Partner Supporting Partners Media Partners Marketing Partners Hospitality Partners Program Partners Consulate of Canada, Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, Queensland Writers Centre, Griffith Review, A Spectrum Connected and Inala Wangarra Providing Partners Grassroots IT and PKF Hacketts BWF acknowledges the generous support of our donors, with special thanks to the Taylor Family. We are a not-for-profit organisation and rely on the generosity of donors and partners to support our aim of bringing stories to life in Queensland communities. Brisbane Writers Festival is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Brisbane Writers Festival is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. 1 Brisbane Writers Festival 2019 Welcome to Brisbane Writers Festival Welcome to Brisbane Writers The genuine sharing and receiving Festival 2019, one of Australia’s of our unique stories give us the leading literary events, celebrating tools to unpack information and the power of words through make sense of our ever-changing exceptional experiences that inspire, world. engage and connect audiences. There’s a lot to love about the 2019 We live in a time of great Brisbane Writers Festival, including complexities, unique challenges an outstanding roll-call of featured and change, and writers are an speakers from around the world and essential voice in the important a wonderfully engaging program conversations that are reshaping with events such as Word Play, and our world. Love YA day, which is all about the characters, authors and adventures The Honorable Leanne Enoch MP This year’s Festival theme is of young adult fiction. This Way Humanity. It celebrates Minister for Environment and the our diversity but also explores Enjoy exploring this fantastic Great Barrier Reef ways in which we can find program, celebrating our humanity, Minister for Science and Minister a common language in a and sharing our unique stories. for the Arts time of unprecedented global connectivity and change. Brisbane Writers Festival acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work. 2 A message from our CEO and Artistic Director Zoe Pollock CEO & Artistic Director Brisbane Writers Festival At the very heart of what it means We need stories to connect to one to be human is story. another, to understand perspectives As we tell stories and experiences that are not our about the lives of For 57 years Brisbane Writers own and to adapt to the world Festival has celebrated humans as it changes around us. It is our others, we learn who render theirs and the stories ability to evolve that is humanity’s of those around them in words. strength. At this year’s Festival you how to imagine The art of compelling a reader to sit will see that reflected. The way we with a text requires so much more tell and hear stories is changing. what another than a mastery of language, though But at its heart are people writing creature might that is key. It is our writers who down their thoughts, knowledge deeply contemplate our condition and imaginings. feel in response and experiences, and connect us to others through marking the page. We live in challenging times and to various events. face big issues, in our inner and Queensland has produced some of outer worlds. Climate. Gender. Race. our country’s most talented authors: Digital. There are many movements At the same Jessica Anderson, Thea Astley, and forces that are reshaping our John Birmingham, Nick Earls, world at a rapid pace. time, we identify Melissa Lucashenko, David Malouf, with the other Andrew McGahan, and Alexis Wright Writers, by nature of their work, is to name but a few of the great pause. They contemplate our world, creature and learn literary voices that have emerged spend hours, days, months, even from this state. years with their topics and become something about experts in what they choose to But in Australia the written word has discover on the page. This Festival ourselves. not always been the primary way celebrates and champions that of conveying a story. Well before – Martha C. Nussbaum work. I invite you to join us this ink and paper entered the fray, September in pausing, reflecting, Australia's traditional custodians and taking the time to enjoy what were yarning, weaving, painting, writers have to offer the world. singing and dancing the stories of this land. So many of these stories have been lost with the languages that carried them. But not all. And here in Maiwar, Yuggera and Turrbal land, the stories endure and evolve. 3 Brisbane Writers Festival 2019 Tickets Get more out of your BWF experience with a Day Pass! 1 Day Pass* 2 Day Pass* 3 Day Pass* Attend up to 6 sessions Attend up to 12 sessions Attend up to 18 sessions across in one day. across 2 days. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. $80 Full $154 Full $204 Full $72 Concession $145 Concession $195 Concession $70 Festival Friends $140 Festival Friends $190 Festival Friends $50 Under 25s $100 Under 25’s $150 Under 25s Single Tickets* Special Events* Bundle and Save* $23 Full Special Festival events, the Marion Buy a 3 Day Pass and become Taylor Opening Night Gala and a Festival Friend to receive $17 Concession BWF Closing Address have limited discounted ticket prices to all our capacity. Book early to avoid $15 Festival Friends events, a limited edition BWF tote disappointment. bag and other special treats. Most $12 Under 25s importantly, you’ll be supporting $45 Full the Festival you love. $37 Concession $235 Festival Friend Bundle $35 Festival Friends 3 Day Pass $25 Under 25s Terms and Conditions * Booking fees may apply. Workshops, Special Festival Events, Meet the Author events, Marion Taylor Opening Night Gala and BWF Closing Address are not included in the day passes. Day pass holders must redeem their pass to book into specific sessions. Day passes not valid until redeemed for specific sessions. Under 25s may be required to produce valid ID on entry to sessions. 4 Become a Festival Friend to support BWF – and unlock great savings! Embrace everything Brisbane Writers Festival has to offer by becoming a Festival Friend! There are great benefits on offer including: • Pre sale Pass offer • Discounted Festival tickets • 20% off click and collect on SLQ bookstore online orders for titles offered alongside ticketing plus other offers • 10% discount on full priced items in QAGOMA stores • Discounted food and beverages during the Festival (5– 8 September) including Meet the Author 5% off food and beverages in Meet your favourite author and ask the questions you’re dying the QAG Cafe and GOMA Cafe to know the answer to! This year the Brisbane Writers Festival is Bistro, and presenting a limited number of book club sessions. With smaller • A Festival tote bag from BWF groups and the opportunity for deeper engagement with authors, to collect on arrival. these sessions will appeal to book club members looking for that perfect event. A glass of wine and nibbles will be provided. Meet * conditions the Author events are not included in Passes. apply $50 How to book Support BWF Online Brisbane Writers Festival is made possible every bwf.org.au year through the generous support of our donors. Phone If you are as passionate as we are about having a vibrant annual literature festival every year in Brisbane that celebrates books, writing and ideas, Call + 61 7 3216 0694 we’d love you to consider making a donation. 10:00am–4:00pm Monday to Friday We want to make Brisbane Writers Festival accessible to as many people who love books and writing as we can and invite you to help us make this In Person a reality. A donation now will help us to make the following happen in 2020: The Brisbane Writers Festival box $80 will give one child access to our education program: Word Play office opens 1 hour before the first $200 gives an emerging Brisbane based author the opportunity to event each day. The box office present in our program will be located in the Knowledge Walk on the ground floor at the $1000+ contributes to bringing an international author to Brisbane State Library of Queensland from Whether you can give a little or a lot, any donation to Brisbane Writers 3–8 September. Festival over $2 is tax deductible. Every participant in Brisbane Writers Festival thanks you for your support, and so do we. Terms and Conditions Brisbane Writers Festival reserves the right to alter the program and artists, and to cancel sessions where necessary. No refunds or exchanges are possible once bookings are complete and payment received unless the Festival has cancelled the session. Program details are correct at the time of printing. Proof of concession may be required when booking your event and on entry to sessions. Full Terms and Conditions are available at bwf.org.au. 5 special events Baker Boy highlight Thursday, 5 September Friday, 6 September Marion Taylor On Compassion Opening Night Gala Ann Weisgarber’s characters are deeply complex and multi-layered.
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