EVENTS
SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL
May 22-28, 2017
I'm thrilled to be part of the line-up for this year's @Sydney Writers' Festival, 22 - 28 May in Sydney – talking with writers including Henry Marsh, Hannah Kent, Hannah Donnelly, Annabel Abbs, Melissa Ashley and James Bradley about their work, and talking with Kate Evans about A Hundred Small Lessons.
I've listed the individual events below, and tickets are on-sale from 9am on April 7. You can find information about my events here.
SWF: Historical Fiction – Chicklit with Wimples?
Pier 2/3, The Loft
May 25, 11.30-12.30
Delighted to be talking with Annabel Abbs, Melissa Ashley, Hannah Kent and Liam Pieper about their work – and historical fiction – for SWF. Tickets and more information about these authors and their books is all available here.
SWF: A Hundred Small Lessons
Camden Civic Centre
May 25, 6.00-7.30pm
I'll be talking about A Hundred Small Lessons at the Camden Civic Centre as part of this year's Sydney Writers' Festival – come along if you're in that part of the world. Tickets and information are available here.
SWF: A Gathering Storm – The Rise and Rise of Cli-Fi
Richard Wherrett Studio, Roslyn Packer Theatre
May 26, 11.30-12.30
SWF have assembled a wonderful combination of writers – James Bradley, Hannah Donnelly and Sally Abbott – to talk about the ways in which the future is infusing their work. You'll find tickets and information about these authors and their latest books here.
SWF: Hannah Kent – The Good People
Wharf 2 Theatre, Pier 4/5
May 27, 11.30-12.30
Looking forward to this conversation with the wonderful Hannah Kent about her most recent novel The Good People. Please come along if you can.
SWF: Dear Science
Pier 2/3, Main Stage
May 27, 4.30-5.30pm
Please join me for a conversation with a fantastic quartet of writers – Henry Marsh (UK neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery), Michael Slezak (environment reporter and editor of this year's Best Australian Science Writing), Bianca Nogrady (science journalist extraordinaire and editor of Best Australian Science Writing 2015), and James Bradley (author of The Silent Invasion) – about the stories of science, and taking science personally. Tickets and information are available here.
SWF: A Hundred Small Lessons
Richard Wherrett Studio, Roslyn Packer Theatre
May 28, 11.30-12.30
I'm delighted to be talking with Kate Evans about A Hundred Small Lessons at this Sydney Writers' Festival event. Tickets and information are available here – and the event code is 219.
Ashley has participated in many writers' festivals and conferences over more than fifteen years and is available for lectures, workshops and other presentations and conversations. She is also a skilled facilitator and regularly chairs sessions and conducts one-on-one conversations with writers about their work at festivals and other events in Australia and abroad.
