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Event: Alan Hollinghurst this
Friday 9 March
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Winner of the Man Booker Prize for his brilliant satire of
Thatcher's London, The
Line of Beauty, Hollinghurst will discuss his latest novel, The Stranger's Child.
The Stranger's Child casts
a longer gaze, beginning with the story of two families and two houses on
the eve of World War I before coursing through the 20th century to tell a
larger story of England -- and of its truths secreted by time.
Alan Hollinghurst will appear in conversation with Sydney
Writers' Festival artistic director Chip Rolley.
Presented with thanks to Adelaide Writers' Week.
Book tickets here. |
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Volunteer applications now open
for SWF 2012
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Volunteer applications have opened for 2012.
We recommend you submit your application as soon as
possible, as volunteer roles with the Festival are highly sought-after.
To find out more, including the volunteer roles available, click here.
Our team of volunteers play an integral role in the
success of the Sydney Writers' Festival. Volunteering is an excellent
opportunity to network, and an enjoyable, fulfilling experience. |
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SMH Younger Writer Years 7 to 9
Competition
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Younger Writers, ahoy! It’s time to dust off your
great story ideas!
Sydney Writers’ Festival has teamed up with The Sydney Morning Herald
to offer a creative writing competition for anyone in Years 7-9 in NSW
and ACT.
If you’ve ever dreamed of being a writer, or just enjoy
writing, this is the competition for you.
To enter the competition, pick one of three story starters
and then continue the story in your own words. Entry forms and story
starters are available online here.
Entries close 5pm Monday 9 April. |
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Man Book Club: The Stranger's
Child
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Sydney Writers’ Festival is delighted to be presenting
Alan Hollinghurst on March 9 at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium
of Music. With this in mind, we have selected his latest novel, The Stranger’s Child,
longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, as this month’s book club choice.
‘A polished and often beautiful novel, tough-minded yet
elegiac, that confirms Hollinghurst's place at the beating heart of
contemporary English lit.’ The
Australian.
Join the conversation on our Man Book Club page here. |
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WIN tickets to Belvoir's Baby
Teeth
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WIN one of two double passes to Belvoir's latest mad,
gorgeous, bittersweet comedy about how good it is not to be dead yet.
This play looks at the humdrum world around us and sees
something radically alive. Dogs, Paganini, figs, an eight-year-old
Vietnamese violin prodigy, morphine, clear skies and a Latvian immigrant
are among the magnificent conflagration of ingredients that make up this
funny play directed by Eamon Flack (As
You Like It).
WIN one of two double passes by emailing competition@belvoir.com.au
with the subject BABYTEETH and the name of one of the characters in the
play. |
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