Sydney Writers' Festival is Australia’s largest annual celebration of literature and ideas. From 19 – 25 May the festival will present local and international authors at over 300 events across Sydney.
Writers in this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival line-up include:
Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad
Sydney Writers' Festival is Australia’s largest annual celebration of literature and ideas. From 19 – 25 May the festival will present local and international authors at over 300 events across Sydney.
Writers in this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival line-up include:
Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad
Tim Finn, White Cloud
Alice Walker, The Color Purple
David Malouf, The Great World
And be sure to get along to or tune in to RN’s events at the festival:
Books and Arts Daily with Michael Cathcart on Thursday 22 May
RN Drive with Dr Rebecca Huntley on Friday 23 May
NOW HEAR THIS with Melanie Tait on Sunday 25 May
THE COMPETITION
An RN listener from each state and territory around Australia will have the chance to win a Sydney Writers’ Festival book pack selected especially for RN listeners.
THE PRIZE
8 x book packs comprising of 11 signed books, selected by Jemma Birrell, Artistic Director of Sydney Writers’ Festival. The book packs will contain the following:
Eleanor Catton – The Luminaries
Adam Johnson – The Orphan Master's Son
Eimear McBride – A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
Amy Tan – The Valley of Amazement
Emma Donoghue – Frog Music
David Malouf – A First Place
Andrew Solomon – Far From the Tree
Irvine Welsh – The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins
Christos Tsiolkas – Barracuda
Fiona McFarlane – The Night Guest
Richard Flanagan – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
To be in the running, simply answer the following question and complete the form below:
If you were writing a book, what would you call the book and what would be the first sentence for the book?If you would like to submit a book cover instead of a text entry for the title of your book, please follow these steps:
post the book cover to your Instagram account
tag the photo with RN’s Instagram handle and competition hashtag: @RadioNational and #RNSWF
don’t forget to register your details using the form below, so we can track your entry
Don’t have Instagram? We’ll also accept your photo (less than 500kb) to rn_marketing@your.abc.net.au
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