More
about women and 'less' on men
"It
would be nice to hear a bit less about the crisis of masculinity and
a whole lot more about the crisis of women's equality," said Anne
Summers
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Watson's
power not lost in translation
Indigenous
poet Samuel Watson shies away from suggestions that he is a role model,
and that his work has become a symbol of hope.
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Dean
fine tunes his political lessons
"I
only sing in front of senate committees," said Watergate whistleblower
and Worse than Watergate author John W Dean.
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Crime
stories tell how people live
Australian crime writers Kerry Greenwood, Barry Maitland and
Jane Goodall talk about 'doing crime.'
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Pekar and Leunig talk drawings
In a traditional sense, cartoonist Michael Leunig and comic-book
writer Harvey Pekar are not the kind of people you would expect to appear
at a festival of writing.
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Smashing times for convict women
Up Suez Canal, along Nurses Walk, down Long's Lane and into Cumberland
Dig, Kristin Williamson leads a small group through The Rocks.
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Honest fun to help kids read
What makes kids like reading?"
It's a simple question, with no simple answer - as children's authors
Mem Fox and Paul Jennings discussed
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True selves in diaries
Paul Brunton, senior curator of the Mitchell Library in Sydney
began his dalliance with Miles Franklin's handwritten diaries in 1979.
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Late night readings a festive joy
A jovial audience enjoyed late night readings in the cosy cabaret
surrounds of the Festival Club.
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Authors in pyjamas
There was chaos and cuddles all round as tiny tots dragged their
parents out of bed for the pyjama party launch of Cuddle Time.
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Brush with history inpired Nunn's latest work
Judy Nunn admits to being "thoroughly sick of the 'ex-soapy
star-turned-writer tag.
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Writers can face second novel syndrome
A novelist' greatest fear is the inability to write a second
book that matches the success of the first.
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Blooming great for Joyceans
James Joyce's best-known novel Ulysses has been claimed by many
critics and academics as the greatest novel of all time.
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Different perspectives at home
Homesickness, cultural difference and female repression were
just some of the topics discussed at the Different Perspectives session.
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Young
poet tells tale of jumbled up happiness
A
gifted ten-year-old poet left an indelible mark on the audience at the
innovative poetry exhibition Fingerprints, held at the Bangarra Mezzanine
last night.
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Bohemian Rhapsody in the Cross
Kings Cross has been home to more Australian writers than anywhere else
in the country. Mandy Sayer and Louis Nowra led a literary walking tour
of the area yesterday.
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Alain de Botton: Low status leads to high anxiety
"The
thing about status anxiety is that it's terribly awkward to talk about,"
says Alain de Botton, who amused crowds with his witticisms from his
latest work.
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Loose Lips keep UTS talent afloat
When
the 18th UTS Writers' Anthology goes on sale next month, it will mark
the end of another long labour of love for UTS staff and students.
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NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS: Family history inspires
winning novel
A
novel that one publisher dismissed as "really hard and really long"
has taken out the top prize at the 2004 NSW Premier's Literary awards.
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UK Award for Hilary Mantel
British
writer and guest of the Sydney Writer's Festival, Hilary Mantel, as
yesterday awarded the prestigious Mind Book of the year award.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 'Dull' life is key to rich tales
Tales
of laziness, guilt and vagrant women living in his backyard echoed through
the Sydney Theatre when writer Alan Bennett delivered the festival's
keynote address.
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FESTIVAL OPENING: Who to invite? A happy dilemma
Ask
SWF Director Caro Llewellyn what her favourite genre is and she will
tell you: literary fiction. So which of her favourite writers did she
want to invite to the festival?
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LITERARY LUNCHEON: A book John W Dean 'had' to write
Between
musing on the identity of 'Deep Throat' to postulating on Iraqi oil,
former Nixon advisor and author John W Dean captivated his audience.
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Literature lovers rise to mountain challenge
Wrapped
in thick jumpers, more than 150 literature lovers jammed into the ballroom
of the Carrington Hotel in Katoomba for the SWF's first foray in the
Blue Mountains.
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Eating our words on the Bankstown Express
The
'Hanoi-Beirut Express' left The Rocks at 9am sharp on Saturday taking
foodies on a gastronomical tour of one of Sydney's most fascinating
food precincts.
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