Sydney Writers' Festival
Randa Abdel-Fattah sells out Sydney Writers’ Festival appearance
The academic was sensationally dumped from Adelaide Writers’ Week in January, sending the festival into meltdown. Her Sydney appearance has already sold out.
- John Buckley
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Sydney Writers’ Festival promises ‘brave conversations’ in wake of Gaza controversy
The festival is staring down a letter-writing campaign targeting its sponsors as it announces a program of intellectual heft and big literary names.
- Linda Morris
- Analysis
- Analysis
Caught between audiences and supporters, arts companies face an uncertain future
Sydney Writers’ Festival is caught in an intractable bind that has major consequences for ideas and talks festivals across the country.
- Linda Morris
- Analysis
- Literature
How Adelaide’s writers’ week collapse is shaping Australia’s major literary festivals
The rancour surrounding the implosion of Adelaide Writers’ Week has meant all upcoming festivals in 2026 are risk-checking their programs.
- Kerrie O'Brien and Linda Morris
‘Sydney is not a shallow city’: Major change for Sydney Writers’ Festival
The development is good news for writers – and their readers.
- Linda Morris
- Opinion
- Literature
Writers, I’m on your side – now here’s my list of complaints
Even as a forgiving reader, I have my quibbles.
- Richard Glover
Sky News’ favourite college opens Cardinal George Pell hall
Campion College, a small institution in western Sydney, is a safe space for conservatives.
- Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Liam Mannix
Good food, good craic as bestselling author Marian Keyes gets real
Lunch with Marian Keyes is a revelation; sex, alcoholism, life and death. Nothing is off the table.
- Margot Saville
Sixteen years ago, Nam Le’s debut won a major literary prize. His follow-up has done it again
Australian-Vietnamese writer Nam Le has taken out book of the year at the 2025 NSW Literary Awards for a poetry collection he fought to get published.
- Linda Morris
How a Japanese book about a woman who murders her lovers became a global phenomenon
Met with a muted reception in her native Japan, Asako Yuzuki’s Butter won fanfare around the world.
- Thomas Mitchell