Fact and Fiction: Christine Leunens Join internationally acclaimed author Christine Leunens as she chats with Ken Duncum about her latest book, In Amber’s Wake.

Inspired by the artistic continuum of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, this is an ode to the evolution of story and how overlapping art worlds kōrero and inspire.

Megan Dunn talks to Sarah Jane Barnett about how our personal journeys and reckonings can reverberate through our art, expanding the possibilities of the personal and transforming the things we create, including ourselves.

Susie Ferguson and Kate Camp talk about Kate’s ‘true stories’, You Probably Think This Song Is About You.

Crip the Lit writers Alice Mander, Erin Donohue and Robyn Hunt discuss their radical storytelling techniques to affirm authenticity and challenge tropes.

Catherine Chidgey and Maggie Tweedie discuss writing the relationship between humans and the natural world, the double-edged magic of fame, and the freedom of fables.

Join Michele A’Court as she talks to Louise Wallace and Anna Perry about the radical possibility of domestic mess, the great dishevelment of the idealized home and woman, the confluence of painting and language, and the comradeship of creatives and new mothers.

What can we offer reluctant readers? How can parents and caregivers support a lifelong interest in books and reading for pleasure? Join co-editors of Annual Ink, Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris, with Verb's Founder Claire Mabey, for a discussion about the breadth of literary opportunity for young readers.

Join Anke Richter and Michelle Duff for a conversation about power, abuse, belonging and leaving. And how Anke’s obsession was sparked by her own explorations which she is still coming to terms with.

Visit Newtown’s beautiful book shops and listen to kōrero, readings and more. Three events, one afternoon, lots of fun.

Kate De Goldi talks with Harry Ricketts about writing teenage characters that strike a chord with adult readers, stretching language and wordplay to fit around the contours of grief and anger, and portraying a city in the aftermath of devastation.

Join bestselling authors Nicky Pellegrino (To Italy With Love, Don’t Sweat It) and Niki Bezzant (This Changes Everything) as they talk to Sarah Connor, the force behind Menopause Over Martinis about the latest, hottest thing –– menopause and peri-menopause.