Robert Wellington will be in conversation with Mathew Trinca on Roberts new book Versailles Mirrored. The Power of Luxury, Louis XIV to Donald Trump.

Join an intimate conversation with Sabia Rasool, author and winner of the 2025 international Human Rights Essay Prize, as she presents her award-winning essay “The Blind Side”.

Paula Gerber will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on her new book Sex, Gender & Identity: Trans Rights in Australia.

Tracy Lee Holmes will be in conversation with Phil Coorey on The Eye of the Dragonfly

Marian Wilkinson will be in conversation with David Pocock on her Quarterly Essay Woodside vs. the Planet. How a Company Captured a Country.

Peter Papathanasiou will be in conversation with Beejay Silcox on his latest gripping crime thriller, The Bolthole

Lee Kofman will be in conversation with Professor Kim Rubenstein on her new book Ruptured : Jewish Women in Australia Reflect on Life Post-October 7

Michael Brissenden will be in conversation with Chris Hammer on Michael's new novel, Dust.

In collaboration with the National Centre of Biography, Sita Sargeant will be in conversation with Michelle Staff.

Elizabeth Finkel will be in conversation with Joan Leach on her new book Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era

Join us for an in conversation with authors Pip Harry & Sandy Bigna who will be discussing their recent foray into verse novels and explore techniques used in this writing format.

Gretchen Shirm will be in conversation with Lucy Neave on her latest book Out of the Woods.

Mariana Enriquez will be in conversation with Dr. Fabricio Tocco on her latest collection of short stories A Sunny Place for Shady People

Lucy Nelson will be in conversation with Beejax Silcox on her new book Wait Here.

Kerrie Davies will be in conversation with Michelle Staff on her new book Miles Franklin Undercover

Pulitzer Prize winning US poet Rae Armantrout will be in conversation with major Australian poet Kate Lilley, where they will discuss poetry and poetics.

While the impacts of climate change keep getting worse, the typical framing of the problem and the solutions are seriously insufficient. As a result, the steps we’re taking to build a clean energy economy and move beyond fossil fuels are far too incremental for the threat. So argues Dr Jennifer Rayner in this sharp and lively analysis of what’s holding us back from true action.

Corruption, politics, history and unforgettable landscapes are front and centre of two new crime thrillers, The Creeper and Smoke. Meet their authors, Margaret Hickey and Michael Brissenden, in conversation with Chris Hammer.

Australia's modern transformation as revealed through the life of an extraordinary woman: Monte Punshon. Meet author Tessa Morris-Suzuki in conversation with historian Frank Bongiorno.

Brigitta Olubas and Susan Wyndham will be in conversation with Julieanne Lamond on their new book Hazzard and Harrower. The Letters. Olubas, Hazzard’s official biographer, and Wyndham, who interviewed both Hazzard and Harrower, deliver an extraordinary account of two literary luminaries, their complex relationship and their times.

Allan Behm will be in conversation with Mark Kenny on his new book The Odd Couple: the Australia-America relationship, a provocative narrative about recalibrating the relationship between Australia and the USA to deliver peace and prosperity rather than conflict and disharmony.

Dr Li Tana in conversation with Professor Anthony Reid

Meet author Amy Brown in conversation with Canberra Writers Festival Artistic Director Beejay Silcox.

Meet authors Karen Viggers and Inga Simpson in conversation.

Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia - Meet the Editor

Deadly Dialogues celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their journeys through in-conversation style events.

Join Paperchain for a conversation with Paul Hardisty, author of The Forcing.

Refreshments will be provided.

This is a free event but please arrive early if you would like to sit during the event as we have limited seating.

Join Paperchain for the launch of Book Launch: How James Became King by Brian O’Malley

Refreshments will be provided.

This is a free event but please arrive early if you would like to sit during the event as we have limited seating.

Peter Polites - God Forgets about the Poor

The Canberra Writers Festival presents Boochani in conversation with Amy Remeikis