Adelaide Writers' Week 2025

Live Streaming at Burnside Library

Monday, 3rd March
Righting Wrongs – 9:30 AM | Stephanie Palmer, Geoffrey Robertson and Kenneth Roth
On Grief – 10:45 AM | Geraldine Brooks
Espionage, Seduction and Intrigue – 12:00 PM | Rachel Kushner
The Forever War – 1:15 PM | Nick Bryant
The State of the World – 2:30 PM | John Crace, Masha Gessen and Wesley Lowery
When the Tech Bros Come to Town – 3:45 PM | Kara Swisher
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations – 5:00 PM | Sir Simon Schama

Tuesday, 4th March
Final Verdict: A 21st-Century Holocaust Trial – 9:30 AM | Tobias Buck
How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science – 10:45 AM | Dava Sobel
The Art of Misremembering – 12:00 PM | Geraldine Brooks and Peter Godwin
Race and Racism – 1:15 PM | Wesley Lowery and Amy McQuire
A Tech Love Story – 2:30 PM | Kara Swisher
Hazzard and Harrower: The Letters – 3:45 PM | Brigitta Olubas and Susan Wyndham
Narcissistic Villains and Asphyxiating Families – 5:00 PM | Charlotte Mendelson

Wednesday, 5th March
“Paki, Writer, Cripple: Who Am I Now?” – 9:30 AM | Hanif Kureishi and Dr. Michelle Johnston
The Men Who Killed the News – 10:45 AM | Eric Beecher
History Lessons – 12:00 PM | Orlando Figes, Bettany Hughes, Matthew Longo and Dava Sobel
Working for the Brand: How Corporations are Destroying Free Speech – 1:15 PM | Josh Bornstein
Chameleon: A Memoir of Art, Travel, Ideas and Love – 2:30 PM | Robert Dessaix
Balcony Over Jerusalem: Israel, Iran and the New Middle East – 3:45 PM | John Lyons
The Circus Returns – 5:00 PM | Nick Harkaway

Thursday, 6th March
The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out – 9:30 AM | Joe Aston
Europe and the Challenge of Russia – 10:45 AM | Orlando Figes
American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress – 12:00 PM | Wesley Lowery
Diva: Reimagining Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’ Scandalous Affair – 1:15 PM | Daisy Goodwin
Guns, Drugs and a Young Woman Dead on the Money – 2:30 PM | Ronni Salt
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – 3:45 PM | Bettany Hughes
Writing a Childhood – 5:00 PM | Tom Lamont and Téa Obreht