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WORDS OF SOLACE
May 7
7 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:15 pm11:00 – 12:15
WORDS OF SOLACE
7 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:15 pm11:00 – 12:15

War, grief and writing

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7 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:15 pm11:00 – 12:15
ON THE GRAPEVINE
May 8
8 May 2020
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm12:30 – 14:30
ON THE GRAPEVINE
8 May 2020
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm12:30 – 14:30

Lunch with Derryn Hinch and Peter Kennedy

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8 May 2020
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm12:30 – 14:30
NOT SO SAFE HAVEN
May 8
8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
NOT SO SAFE HAVEN
8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00

Escape to the country

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8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
CRY ME A RIVER
May 8
8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
CRY ME A RIVER
8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00

Water, drought, food, politics

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8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
FROM THE HEART
May 8
8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
FROM THE HEART
8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00

The Uluru Statement

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8 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
PARTY ANIMALS
May 8
8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
PARTY ANIMALS
8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30

What happened to Labor in the Federal election?

Samantha Maiden with Sharon Kemp

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8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
REALLY FANTASTIC
May 8
8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
REALLY FANTASTIC
8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30

In writing, anything is possible

Laura Jane McKay and Garth Nix with Amy Doak

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8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
SPEAKING OUT
May 8
8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
SPEAKING OUT
8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30

Writing what we don’t want to hear

Clive Hamilton with Nicholas Nakos

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8 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
COMMON GROUND
May 8
8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00
COMMON GROUND
8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00

Crossing the divide between enemies

Colum McCann with Jasmine-Kim Westendorf

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8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00
ALL OUR RELATIONS
May 8
8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00
ALL OUR RELATIONS
8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00

In the shadow of colonialism

Tanya Talaga with Raylene Harradine and Daniel James

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8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00
FIXING IT
May 8
8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00
FIXING IT
8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00

Has feminism changed men?

Jane Gilmore, David Leser, Iola Mathews and Jonathan Green

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8 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm20:00 – 21:00
WORLD BUILDER
May 9
9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00
WORLD BUILDER
9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00

A creator of kingdoms

Garth Nix with Sarah Mayor Cox

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9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00
THE FUTURE OF US
May 9
9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00
THE FUTURE OF US
9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00

Who, where, how many?

Liz Allen with Rachel Winterton

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9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00
Q&A WRITE ON
May 9
9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00
Q&A WRITE ON
9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00

Reading and writing in the digital age

Jonathan Green, Kirsten Krauth and Paul Laverty with Bryley Savage

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9 May 2020
11:00 am – 12:00 pm11:00 – 12:00
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
May 9
9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30

The Senate years

Derryn Hinch with Fiona Parker

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9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30
Q&A CULTIVATE CHANGE
May 9
9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30
Q&A CULTIVATE CHANGE
9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30

How to influence and get things done

Iola Mathews, Tanya Talaga and Andrew Wear with Beth Gibson

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9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30
THE HISTORY OF BELIEF
May 9
9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30
THE HISTORY OF BELIEF
9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30

The Bible in Australia

Meredith Lake with Margaret O’Rourke

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9 May 2020
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm12:30 – 13:30
DISAPPEARED AUSTRALIA
May 9
9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00
DISAPPEARED AUSTRALIA
9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00

What’s gone and where did it go?

Claire Collie, Peter Fenton and Lucy Treloar with Ruth Ford

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9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00
ON TRUST
May 9
9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00
ON TRUST
9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00

Solid ground or shifting sands?

Jane Gilmore, Samantha Maiden and Margaret Simons with Jeff Sparrow

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9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00
CITY ON FIRE
May 9
9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00
CITY ON FIRE
9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00

What happened in Hong Kong?

Antony Dapiran with Rowan Callick

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9 May 2020
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm14:00 – 15:00
CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
May 9
9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30
CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS
9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30

Writing with nature

Sophie Cunningham and Laura Jean McKay with Sarah L’Estrange

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9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30
BETTER BOYS
May 9
9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30
BETTER BOYS
9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30

How can we detox masculinity?

Jane Caro, Christian Leavesley, David Leser with Nicole Ferrie

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9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30
WE CAN'T SAY WE DIDN'T KNOW
May 9
9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30
WE CAN'T SAY WE DIDN'T KNOW
9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30

The people behind the headlines

Sophie McNeill with Steve Kendall

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9 May 2020
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm15:30 – 16:30
SUPER POWER
May 9
9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
SUPER POWER
9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00

Renewable energy potential

Ross Garnaut with Damian Wells

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9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
OLD KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW WORLDS
May 9
9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
OLD KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW WORLDS
9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00

Listening to Indigenous peoples

Thomas Mayor and Tanya Talaga with Tasneem Chopra

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9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
FASCISTS AMONG US
May 9
9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
FASCISTS AMONG US
9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00

How the far right have adapted

Jeff Sparrow with Julie Rudner

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9 May 2020
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm17:00 – 18:00
CHINESE CHECKERS
May 9
9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
CHINESE CHECKERS
9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30

What do we know about China?

Antony Dapiran and Clive Hamilton with Bec Strating

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9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
WHAT MAKES US WHOLE?
May 9
9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
WHAT MAKES US WHOLE?
9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30

The search for meaning

Sophie Cunningham and Meredith Lake with Sam Kane

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9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
ON OUR SELECTION
May 9
9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
ON OUR SELECTION
9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30

The art of gallery curating

Doug Hall with Jessica Bridgfoot

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9 May 2020
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm18:30 – 19:30
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
May 9
9 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm20:00 – 21:15
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
9 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm20:00 – 21:15

Hope in a time of chaos

Liz Allen, Jane Caro, Tasneem Chopra and Andrew Wear with Rob Stephenson

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9 May 2020
8:00 pm – 9:15 pm20:00 – 21:15

 

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Bendigo Writers Festival takes place on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung country.

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