BWF.ORG.AU 1 UPLIT PRESENTS What the world needs now Book now bwf.org.au BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL BWF.ORG.AU 1 Brisbane Writers Festival Thanks Its Sponsors Contents HOME OF BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL 02 03 04 Welcome Messages Ticketing Special Events GOVERNMENT PARTNERS Proudly supported by Brisbane Writers Festival is supported Brisbane Writers Festival is assisted by the by the Queensland Government Australian Government through the Australia through Arts Queensland. Council, its arts funding and advisory body. 06 08 09 How you can help BWF Love YA BWF in Your Suburb CULTURAL PARTNERS UNIVERSITY PARTNERS PROGRAM PARTNERS 10 13 18 Program (Friday) Program (Saturday) Program (Sunday) MEDIA PARTNERS 22 25 26 MARKETING PARTNERS Authors & Chairs Index Workshops & Activities BWF Team & Board HOSPITALITY PARTNER BEVERAGE PARTNER Genres SUPPORTING PARTNERS Australian Society of Authors, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, Logan City Council, PKF Hacketts, Queensland Poetry Festival, A Spectrum Connected Romance – Relationships Environment – Philosophy How to Write – Knowledge Historical Fiction Business – Archaeology Exchange Sessions PROVIDING PARTNERS PROUD SUPPORTER Bigfish Web + Content, Travel – Culture – Ethics Thriller – Mystery – Action Contemporary Storytelling – Urban Grassroots IT Social Equity – Home – Family Crime – True Crime – Biography Poetry – Fantasy – Mythology Childhood – Feminism – Religion Comedy – Satire – Politics – Sport Science Fiction – Dystopian Future Science – History – War Stories Speculative – Fashion – Music – Art UPLIT acknowledges the generous support of our donors, with special thanks to the Taylor Family. 2 BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL BWF.ORG.AU 3 The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP Tickets Welcome to the 2018 Brisbane Writers Ashley Hay, Trent Dalton, Melissa Lucashenko, Festival, a leading literary event that Nick Earls, Richard Fidler and Janet Lee. Festival Friends – champions curiosity and creativity and Queensland’s young readers and creative provides a unique opportunity to share minds will again find inspiration in the Sign-up & Support BWF and celebrate our Queensland stories. popular schools program Word Play, and From 6 to 9 September, the Festival will Love YA celebrates the characters and Full: $50 How to Book encourage the exchange of ideas through authors that make the world of Young Adult its theme of ‘what the world needs now’ and Fiction unforgettable. Concession: $45 ONLINE explore the incredible power of storytelling. The Queensland Government is proud to It will feature an extraordinary line-up support Brisbane Writers Festival and its role Embrace everything the Brisbane Writers Festival has to offer by becoming VISIT BWF.ORG.AU of international authors such as Lauren in sharing the beauty of the written word with a Festival Friend! There are great benefits on offer including: Weisberger (The Devil Wears Prada), Veronica growing audiences — offering more than 200 MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND THE Roth (Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant), A.J. events, attracting over 15,000 visitors to the — Early bird Festival ticket access GREAT BARRIER REEF, MINISTER FOR Finn (The Woman in the Window), human rights State Library of Queensland, and engaging — Discounted Festival tickets PHONE SCIENCE, AND MINISTER FOR THE ARTS barrister Geoffrey Robertson A.O. Q.C., and more than 120 schools from across the state. — 20% off click and collect on SLQ bookstore online orders for titles Call (07) 3255 0254 South African writer Sisonke Msimang whose I encourage you to participate in the offered alongside ticketing Mon to Fri 10:00–16:00 work focuses on race, gender and democracy. exciting and rich program of Brisbane — Discounted food and beverages during the Festival (6 – 9 September) and They will be joined by a host of Australian Writers Festival 2018. — A Festival tote bag from BWF to collect on arrival. authors including Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Morris Gleitzman, Jared Thomas, Clare Atkins, IN PERSON Alison Goodman, Sarah Epstein, Dr Anita BWF Box Office is open one hour Heiss, Billy Griffiths and Brendan Lawley as before the first event of each day. well as Queensland literary talents such as Day Passes Available Until Sold Out Booking fees may apply. Workshops, Special Festival Events, the Marion Taylor Opening Address and BWF Closing Address are not included in the day passes. Day pass holders must redeem their pass to book into specific sessions. Day Pass Two Day Pass Three Day Pass Ticket Holder Attend up to 6 sessions Attend up to 12 sessions Attend up to 18 sessions Ann McLean in one day. across two days. across Friday, Saturday Discount Full: $75 Full: $149 and Sunday. Concession: $72 Concession: $145 Full: $199 Ticket holders spending more than What is the future you want to see? How As this year’s leader at BWF, I have been given Festival Friends: $70 Festival Friends: $140 Concession: $195 $35 online at SLQ’s Library Shop would you go about making that happen? a wonderful opportunity to share the curatorial Festival Friends: $190 receive 20% if they order before We all have an idea about ‘what the world driving with Carl Lindgren, our Guest Artistic 3 September. Some titles will be needs now’. This is something we are all Director, and our program team of Ella Peile offered in the ticketing process talking about, whether over dinner with and Rachel Fry. Brisbane Writers Festival online, with books available for family or house mates, with friends at is staffed by a dedicated team, supported pick-up during the Festival. school or work, or online. The idea that we by our generous Board with whom we have might imagine the future we could create created a special experience. I am so grateful Special Events Single Sessions QWC Workshops to work with these warm, talented people. for ourselves is fantastic, and perhaps the Special Festival Events, Full: $20 Full: $90 inspiration and positivity BWF brings us BWF’s team and Board also acknowledge our the Marion Taylor Opening Concession: $17 Concession: $85 can make a difference to our every day. sponsors and partners and genuinely thank Address and BWF Closing Festival Friends: $15 Workshops are three hours’ long. It is encouraging to know there are others who them for their contributions. My special thanks Address have limited ACTING CEO believe in a better future for everyone, and it also go out to every donor, volunteer, patron, capacity. Book early. BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL speaker and interviewer on this amazing is great to have an opportunity to hear about Full: $39 Disability other people’s ways of making a difference. program. All your goodwill and support Free Events Rush Tickets contributes to the future for BWF as a strong, Concession: $37 All art is a gift to the future audience Look for free events listed in BWF Box Office will have vibrant Festival with more great stories to offer Festival Friends: $35 Access of the work. That’s what is so exciting the program and online. rush tickets on sale for communities all over Brisbane and Queensland. Please note: some sessions just $12. Ask at Box Office about being a reader, receiving the gift may vary in price. BWF Festival precinct and all Council on the day or look for of the story, one page at a time. Libraries are wheelchair accessible. #BWF2018RUSH online. Writers devote their craft, investing great Volunteer way finding assistance is effort in the future by publishing their work. available. A quiet room is available They work with the premise that readers will for patrons requiring refuge. Auslan experience their unique stories, love them, sign language interpretation can be share them, be astounded by them and Terms and Conditions arranged with two weeks' notice for even disgusted by them. BWF deepens the specific sessions. UPLIT – BWF reserves the right to alter the program and artists, and to cancel sessions where necessary. No refunds or connections between readers and writers. 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. Full Terms and Conditions are available at bwf.org.au. 4 BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL BWF.ORG.AU 5 Special Events Special Events TICKETED / 101 TICKETED / 103 Dinner with Dinner with Irvine Welsh (UK) Lauren Weisberger (US) in conversation with Andrew Stafford in conversation with Marie-Louise Theile Dead Men’s Trousers is a continuation of the phenomenally Meet Lauren Weisberger, author of the iconic novel The Devil influential Trainspotting story. The original characters have Wears Prada as she talks about her new bestseller When Life moved on, some more than others. Join Irvine Welsh for a Gives you Lululemons. Enjoy a lavish 3 course banquet with discussion about contemporary culture, wide ranging ideas matched wines by the award winning team at Gerard’s Bistro. and issues reflected in his new book. $165 (limited capacity) / Wed 5 Sept / 18:30–21:00 $135 (limited capacity) / Wed 29 Aug / 18:30–20:30 Gerard’s Bistro, Fortitude Valley Emporium Hotel, South Bank TICKETED / 232 TICKETED / 102 When Life Gives You Irvine Welsh (UK) Lululemons: Lauren in conversation with Andrew Stafford Weisberger (US) (Trainspotting, Dead Men’s Trousers) in conversation with Suzi Derbyshire The conversation will be followed by a special screening of the 1996 feature film Trainspotting, as well as a book signing. The Devil Wears Prada story of sassy wit continues in Lauren’s new book. $35–$39*