WordFest 2022 Launch: Clementine Ford The focus of this event will be Clementine Ford's latest work, How We Love, a tender and lyrical memoir that explores love in its many forms, through Clementine’s own experiences.
WordFest 2022: Author Talk with Peter Papathanasiou Peter will discuss his debut ‘outback noir ’ crime novel, The Stoning, which was described by The Times in the UK as “the crime debut of the year ” in 2021.
WordFest 2022: Panel - Manuscripts and Movie Screens Featuring panelists Cath Moore, Christian White, and Graeme Simsion discussing the experience of writing for screen and writing a novel.
WordFest 2022: Adult Writers Workshop with Huda Hayek This workshop will teach writers how to embrace their own backgrounds and experiences to create an ‘own voices’ story.
WordFest 2022: Author Talk with Ed Coper In discussing his mostrecent book, Facts and other lies:Welcome to the Disinformation Age Ed will put fake news in its historical context and explain how disinformation has fractured society, even threatening democracy itself.
WordFest 2022: Author Talk with Van Badham Van Badham will discuss her book 'QAnon and On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults'.
WordFest 2022: Writing for a Young Adult Audience Workshop Hosted by Danielle Binks, this session is designed for adult authors (18+) who want to write for the Young Adult market.
WordFest 2022: Author Talk with Clem Bastow In this event Clem will discuss her debut non-fiction book, Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life.
WordFest 2022: Author Talk with Lee Kofman Dr Lee Kofman is a Russian-born Israeli-Australian author of six books and editor of two anthologies, writing teacher and mentor based in Melbourne.
WordFest 2022: Author Talk with Randa Abdel-Fattah Randa will discuss her most recent work - Coming of Age in the War on Terror – which examines the lives of a generation for whom the rise of the far-right and the growing polarisation of politics seem normal.
WordFest 2022: Sir John Monash Lecture Wisdom in Words: Insights at the intersection, an exciting panel discussion on the theme ofwisdom from the unique and diverse perspective of the LGBTQIA+ community.