Radio National at Byron Writers Festival

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Image: Byron Bay Writers Festival (Evan Malcolm)

Join some of your favourite Radio National presenters—Antony Funnell, Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski—at this year’s Byron Bay Writers Festival, 5-7 August, which celebrates its 20th year with a line-up of 150-plus writers and thinkers for Australia’s largest regional writers’ festival.

See below the full list of RN hosted events.

Friday 5 August 2016

Imagining the Future
Peter Doherty, Antony Funnell, Ashley Hay
Chair: Julianne Schultz

RN: Books and Arts
Magda Szubanski
Chair: Sarah Kanowski
This session will be recorded for future broadcast.

Jeffery Renard Allen
In conversation with Sarah Kanowski

Saturday 6 August 2016 

Bearing Witness: The Power of Story
Richard Fidler, Angela Flournoy, Debra Oswald
Chair: Moya Sayer-Jones

Life is Short But Art is Long: Paul Kelly
In conversation with Sarah Kanowski

The Pacific is Sinking
Ben Bohane, Peter Doherty, David Manne
Chair: Antony Funnell
This session will be recorded for future broadcast.

Sunday 7 August 2016 

Richard Fidler
In conversation with Rosemarie Milsom

Documentary Photography: Societies in Transition
Ben Bohane, Rio Helmi, Tim Page
Chair: Antony Funnell
This session will be recorded for future broadcast.

Fatherhood
Richard Fidler, David Leser
Chair: Mick O’Regan

For more information including bookings and the full program, visit https://byronwritersfestival.com/


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