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Sydney Writers' Festival: Closing Address: A Braver Australia

Photo credit: © Christopher de Rouw

Event

Sydney Writers' Festival: Closing Address: A Braver Australia


Time & date

5:45pm - 7:00pm, 24th May 2026


Location

Carriageworks View map

245 Wilson St, Eveleigh, NSW 2015


Tickets

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About

Change is possible. But it requires courage.

We are in a moment of increasing tensions, rising inequality, climate crisis and loss of democratic freedoms. In this special Festival event, writers reflect on what it takes to make change and consider how we can create a braver Australia.

Hear from writer and activist Tony Birch, novelist Shankari Chandran, artist Ben Quilty, Chief Political Analyst at The Australia Institute Amy Remeikis, researcher and writer Amy Thunig-McGregor and activist and author of Better Things Are Possible Jack Toohey as they present their reflections on courage and change. With contributing host, writer Sisonke Msimang.

Book

Free Fall

A stunning art book of Quilty's most recent collection of paintings from his series 'Free Fall'

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