Writers Tent Program 2009 

Sponsored by Newtown bookshop Better Read Than Dead, the Writer's Tent brings together some of the best local and national writing talent the country has to offer. 

11:00AM

Newtown's Performance Poets
Local poets will entertain with their unique blend of poetry, music and rhyme.

12:00PM

Charlotte Woods - Brothers & Sisters
Charlotte will explore the tensions, alliances and affections between siblings in this dazzling collection of new stories.

1:00PM

Thomas Keneally -  Australians - Volume 1, Origins to Eureka
Booker Prize winner Tom Kenneally tells in the first of a trilogy that will undoubtedly help define our nation, Tom brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story. 

2:00PM Robert Forster -  The Ten Rules of Rock & Roll

In conversation with Bernard Zuel, Robert talks about his life as a Go Between, his subsequent solo music career, and how he established himself as one of the finest music critics in the business.

2:45PM

Alex Miller - Lovesong
Alex chats with Anita Heiss about the characters in his new novel and provides a deeply moving story of their lives together, and of how each was undone by desire.

3:30PM

Richard Glover - The Mud House
Richard returns with a funny, frank and thought provoking memoir, in which he describes how four friends, set out to build an edifice that would outlast all of them. Along the way he discovers big things.

4:15PM

Reg Mombassa - The Mind & Times of Reg Mombassa 
Musician, writer, illustrator and Australian icon Reg Mombassa talks with Murray Waldren about this book, From his days with the Mentals to his work with Mambo for the Sydney Olympics, Reg paints a fascinating picture of his life as a writer, musician and designer, and demonstrates that he still has plenty of inspiration left for the future.