Explore fantastical places, unpack politics and hear a world of stories, real and imagined, at Carriageworks, Sydney Town Hall and venues across the city from 17–24 May.
2025 Booker Prize winner on the complexity of identity
Hear 2025 Booker Prize winner David Szalay trace the evolution of his singular, propulsive novel Flesh and the slowly unravelling life of its protagonist.
Hear masterful and award-winning author Patrick Radden Keefe unpack his catalogue of bestselling non-fiction – Empire of Pain, Say Nothing and, his latest, London Falling.
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Discover some of our local favourites across memoir, comedy, art and more. Hear from familiar faces or try the work of someone entirely new to you in these Festival events.
Whether you favour romance, fantasy or something a bit weirder, we’ve rounded up some of the biggest and buzziest books to stimulate lively discussion at your next meeting.
Whether it’s the state of democracy, global leadership or Australian federal elections, this curation of writers and journalists are working to keep you up to date with the world around you.
In these crime-centric events, ranging across the true and not-so-true stories of murder and intrigue, masters of the genre reveal their tactics for getting your heart racing and your spine tingling.
Discover some of our local favourites across memoir, comedy, art and more. Hear from familiar faces or try the work of someone entirely new to you in these Festival events.
Whether you favour romance, fantasy or something a bit weirder, we’ve rounded up some of the biggest and buzziest books to stimulate lively discussion at your next meeting.
Whether it’s the state of democracy, global leadership or Australian federal elections, this curation of writers and journalists are working to keep you up to date with the world around you.
In these crime-centric events, ranging across the true and not-so-true stories of murder and intrigue, masters of the genre reveal their tactics for getting your heart racing and your spine tingling.
Discover some of our local favourites across memoir, comedy, art and more. Hear from familiar faces or try the work of someone entirely new to you in these Festival events.
Whether you favour romance, fantasy or something a bit weirder, we’ve rounded up some of the biggest and buzziest books to stimulate lively discussion at your next meeting.
Whether it’s the state of democracy, global leadership or Australian federal elections, this curation of writers and journalists are working to keep you up to date with the world around you.
In these crime-centric events, ranging across the true and not-so-true stories of murder and intrigue, masters of the genre reveal their tactics for getting your heart racing and your spine tingling.
