Anosh Irani at Brisbane Writers Festival

Saturday 9 September

A Whole New World

11.30am

Step into someone else's shoes with three authors discussing how they build the worlds their characters inhibit.

Panellists: bec Mac, Anosh Irani and Debra Jopson

Writing Taboo

4.00pm

Location: The Edge

Krissy Kneen, Anosh Irani and Michael Sala explore how authors confront the darkest aspects of human nature.

Sunday 10 September

Anosh Irani: The Parcel

11.30am

Location: The Edge

Finalist for the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and for the Governor General's Literary Award, Anosh Irani's dark, powerful new work about a transgender sex worker in Bombay who is given an unexpected task.

Anosh Irani in conversation with Sarah Kanowski.

Closing Address: Transcendence

5.30pm

Location: Auditorium 1

Indian-Canadian novelist Anosh Irani will close the Brisbane Writers Festival with a lecture on how reading can transcend our world view. Anosh's books, plays and screenplays have inspired readers across the world, as has his own passion towards writing and storytelling. Following his journey at the Festival, UPLIT are proud to welcome Anosh Irani to present the final event of the 2017 Brisbane Writers Festival.

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