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Download MWF18 Program 24 Aug — 2 Sep a matter of life and death mwf.com.au #mwf18 Contents Special Events 5 Opening Night 6 Closing Night 7 Performances 16 Conversations 28 Workshops 44 Kids & Teens 48 Artist Index 50 Essential Information 52 Thanks 54 We respectfully acknowledge that Melbourne MWF18 is a celebration of joy, empathy and life Writers Festival takes place on the traditional lands itself. However, the Festival contains discussions of the Kulin Nation, in particular the Wurundjeri that may be distressing to some audiences, on and Boonwurrung people. We pay respects to topics including sexual assault, abuse, death, Elders past and present, and to the Elders of all suicide, self-harm, animal death, pregnancy communities and cultures across Australia. and stillbirth, mental illness, eating disorders, racism, sexism, ableism and homophobia. Lifeline: 13 11 14 lifeline.org.au beyondblue: 1300 224 636 beyondblue.org.au A writers festival like you’ve never seen it before ‘Tis upon us, friends! The thing! The glorious Festive thing! Y’know, this time last year I was a voracious and wide-eyed MWF punter, making my way from event to signing to pre-keynote tipple to bookshop, undulating through the warm crowd, tome in hand. In 2018 I’m humbled to be newly placed in a curatorial position, setting the traditional Festival experience on a light yet deliberate art-kook tilt. Along with the talks, ideas and sharing of passions you’ve come to know and love from authors at MWF we’re expanding the program to include theatre, performance, music, art, dance workouts and…an Animal Church. Obviously. When we talk about matters of life and death as a theme we’re exploring all the rich, important motifs that spring to mind under such an emotional umbrella. Survival, fluidity, impermanence, joy, grief, loss, love, determination. And empathy. If there’s any one thing I might hope for you to discover somewhere in our ten-day collection of hearts, warriors, song and words, it’s empathy. Allow yourself to be curious, allow yourself to explore, and allow yourself to listen. There’s a wealth of human experience on offer for you to share and connect with. Oh, and if you spot me around – I’m always up for a hug. Marieke Hardy Artistic Director Message from the Minister for Creative Industries On Melbourne’s tenth anniversary as a City of Literature we welcome the ever-creative Marieke Hardy as Melbourne Writers Festival’s new artistic director. This year, the Festival broadens its boundaries, marrying the world of books and writing with the thrill of live performance – it’s a program fit for our creative state. The Hon Martin Foley MP Minister for Creative Industries Message from the Lord Mayor of Melbourne Calling all lovers of literature! The Melbourne Writers Festival returns this year, bringing together a stellar line-up of the best local and international writing talent. The City of Melbourne is delighted to support this ambitious and exciting festival. This year is the 10th anniversary of our designation as a UNESCO City of Literature – and what a way to celebrate! Sally Capp Lord Mayor 3 Meet authors in-store after their events and get your books signed Readings Festival Bookshop OPEN DAILY IN THE ATRIUM AT FED SQUARE 25 August - 2 September Australian Independent Book Retailer of the Year 2016, 2017 & 2018 Special Events 5 SPECIAL EVENTS Opening Night Gala: You Are Here WHEN Fri 24 Aug, doors and bar open 7pm VENUE Melbourne Museum TICKETS $50/$45 Life is complex and we all try our best. So let’s toast survival, joy, resilience and pure existence. This evening of immersive performance features literary legend DJ Andy Griffiths on the decks, soul singer Mojo Juju, spoken word artist Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, rap icon Fablice Manirakiza, Australia’s first gay and lesbian youth chorus shOUT Choir, romantic art collective The Boon Companions, and a keynote address by the king of party-joy himself, Andrew W.K. Hosted by Sista Zai Zanda. 6 SPECIAL EVENTS WHEN Sun 2 Sep, doors and bar open 7pm VENUE Melbourne Museum TICKETS $50/$45 The final night of MWF celebrates what it means to let go, as six writers pay tribute to something or someone loved and lost in a night of ritual, healing and farewell. Featuring readings from Ali Cobby Eckermann, Jessie Cole, Sophie Cunningham, Kate Holden, Mariam Issa and Maria Tumarkin, and a full musical performance by the soaringly beautiful Megan Washington. Supported by Belong Closing Night Party: You Are There 7 SPECIAL EVENTS Second Last Rites: Magda’s Funeral WHEN Sat 25 Aug, 6pm (90 min) VENUE Deakin Edge, Fed Square TICKETS $45/$35 CODE 1106 It seems unfair to ask us to wait until we’re gone to be seen off properly. What would sitting through your own funeral really be like? Beloved Australian writer and legendary good sort Magda Szubanski is about to give over to the one party she never thought she could attend, as several big names gather to toast her life. One catch – the guests are a secret. Hosted by Emilie Zoey Baker. Supported by The Melbourne Gin Company 8 SPECIAL EVENTS ‘I’ve always had some kind of moral conscience, Irvine Welsh: but it gets Redemption stronger WHEN Sat 25 Aug, 8.30pm (90 min) when you VENUE Deakin Edge, Fed Square TICKETS $45/$35 CODE 1107 get older. ‘I’ve always had some kind of moral conscience, It’s harder but it gets stronger when you get older. It’s harder to be a bastard,’ says Irvine Welsh. ‘You’ve got to be a bit kind to yourself as well.’ to be a The highly acclaimed and often controversial cult author of Trainspotting asks if artists have bastard.’ a responsibility to say sorry for their art, social crimes or personal misdemeanours before seeking redemption. He talks with Omar Musa. Supported by The Melbourne Gin Company 9 SPECIAL EVENTS Home: Marwa Al-Sabouni & Ben Quilty WHEN Mon 27 Aug, 8.30pm VENUE Deakin Edge, Fed Square TICKETS $30/$27 CODE 1306 Marwa Al-Sabouni (author of the memoir The Battle for Home, about living as an architect in Syria) and artist and commentator Ben Quilty (curator of Home, a collection of drawings by Syrian children) discuss these extraordinary testaments to a generation of survivors. The ‘Hood: Raising Ted Chiang: The a Glass to Mothers Alchemist’s Gate WHEN Tue 28 Aug, 6.30pm (2 hours) WHEN Tue 28 Aug, 8.30pm VENUE STARWARD Distillery VENUE Deakin Edge, Fed Square TICKETS $35/30 CODE 8461 TICKETS $30/$27 CODE 1406 It’s time to properly bend the elbow and Award-winning iconic science-fiction toast the beautiful brutality of motherhood, writer and the brilliant mind behind Arrival, with designer whisky cocktails and live Ted Chiang, shares his belief on how the readings from those who have been there philosophy of time travel speaks to the and/or done that: Timmah Ball, Quinn question of free will. He’ll be joined by writer Eades, Em Rusciano, Jo Stanley and Maria and heavenly creature Benjamin Law. Tumarkin, with DJ Clementine Ford. Supported by US Consulate General Supported by STARWARD Distillery 10 SPECIAL EVENTS Paul Kelly: Other People’s Words WHEN Wed 29 Aug, 6pm (90 min) VENUE Athenaeum Theatre TICKETS $45/$35 CODE 8561 Quintessential Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly presents an evening of musical performance featuring songs he has written to ‘other people’s words’. Highlighting the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Les Murray, Judith Wright, WB Yeats and more, this very special event will also include a conversation about the art of words with writer and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke. Supported by 3RRR 102.7FM 11 SPECIAL EVENTS Kathy Lette: Girls’ Night In WHEN Wed 29 Aug, 8.30pm (90 min) VENUE Athenaeum Theatre TICKETS $45/$35 CODE 8562 Anthropologists have revealed that women, in all cultures, laugh more often than men – but why? Contradicting the bunkum that ‘women aren’t funny’, Kathy Lette is joined by Anne Edmonds and Celia Pacquola to explore the difference between male and female humour, and how women’s humour brings us closer together. 12 SPECIAL EVENTS Everything Happens For A Raisin: Jonny Sun & Mara Wilson WHEN Thu 30 Aug, 6pm (90 min) VENUE Deakin Edge, Fed Square TICKETS $30/$27 CODE 1605 Canadian graphic novelist and Twitter icon Jonny Sun (Everyone’s A Aliebn When Ur A Aliebn Too) joins American writer, former child actress and social media raconteur Mara Wilson (Where Am I Now?) to examine how microblogging can be a tool for empathy. Supported by US Consulate General Ronan Farrow: Power, Abuse & Facing Facts WHEN Thu 30 Aug, 6pm (90 min) VENUE Athenaeum Theatre TICKETS $30/$27 CODE 8661 Ronan Farrow has been one of the foremost reporters documenting the culture of silence and impunity around sexual misconduct in Hollywood and beyond. As industry after industry attempts to confront long-unexamined demons in this area, Farrow offers fresh ideas for creating a new culture of accountability. Hear from Farrow as he discusses the poignant personal stories of abuse, in his family and beyond, that led him to report so passionately on the topic. With Tracey Spicer. Presented in partnership with the Wheeler Centre. This is a MEL&NYC event, supported by the Victorian Government 13 SPECIAL EVENTS Ta-Nehisi Coates: Writing Yourself into History WHEN Thu 30 Aug, 8.30pm (90 min) VENUE Athenaeum Theatre TICKETS $45/$35 CODE 8662 American author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, (Black Panther comics, national correspondent for The Atlantic) is currently in development on America in the King Years, a television project about Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights movement, as well as writing the next Captain America movie.
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