Sydney Writers' Festival

Stan Grant and George Williams

UNSW Sydney academics and researchers were featured in the weeklong festival that brought a diverse line-up of local and international writers and thinkers to Sydney and beyond.

Behrouz Boochani

Behrouz Boochani discusses how his inhumane treatment as a refugee led to his movement of 'resistance knowledge'.

Claire Keenan

In a three-month internship, UNSW Media and Communications student Claire Keenan developed valuable skills for her career.   

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Jenny Zhang will discuss her role as a ‘subversive interpreter of the immigrant experience’ in one of the highlights of UNSW-affiliated events at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

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From the disillusioned middle class to fake news, a Sydney Writers' Festival panel discussed how inequality has come to be a mark of the Trump presidency. 

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A public talk by self-confessed ‘bad feminist’ Roxane Gay will be one of the highlights of UNSW-affiliated events at this year’s Sydney Writers' Festival.

Books SWF

UNSW has strengthened its affiliation with the Sydney Writers' Festival, becoming a major partner of the iconic literary event.

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James Joyce, pornography and anthropology are just some of the topics to be discussed by UNSW academics at the Sydney Writers' Festival.

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UNSW's partnership with the Sydney Writers' Festival has been essential in attracting some key authors to the event, says Festival director Chip Rolley.