There are plenty of opportunities to get lost in literary ideas at Adelaide Writer’s Week in March. Image: Dmitry Ratushny on Unsplash.
‘A Better Picture’ will be the theme explored and adopted by writers both home grown and from across the globe at the 37th iteration of Adelaide’s Writers’ Week (AWW) over 5-10 March. AWW launches its full program today in which director Jo Dyer presents her fourth and final festival, with its generous spread of 165 guests.
Dyer elaborated on some key events in the packed week of stimulation: ‘We’ll hear from some of our best contemporary authors such as Emily Bitto, Michael Mohammed Ahmed, Jennifer Down and Michelle de Kretser, as well as events celebrating the legacy of some of our greats, including Les Murray, Charmian Clift and Donald Horne.
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).
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