Join Scribe authors Jeff Sparrow and Megan Stack at the Byron Writers Festival this August.
Jeff Sparrow is a writer, editor, and broadcaster. He writes a regular column for The Guardian and contributes regularly to many other Australian and international publications. Jeff is a former member of the 3RRR Breakfasters team and the immediate past editor of literary journal Overland. He is the author of a number of books, including Money Shot: a journey into porn and censorship; No Way But This: in search of Paul Robeson; and Trigger Warnings: political correctness and the rise of the right. His upcoming book Person X and the Fascists Amongst Us will be out in November 2019.
Friday 2 August — Why Voters are So Disaffected
Friday 2 August — Opera House
Saturday 3 August — Creating Cultural Heritage: Investing in the Arts
Megan K. Stack is the author of Every Man in This Village Is a Liar, which was a finalist for America’s 2010 National Book Award and an Australian bestseller. She reported on war for the Los Angeles Times from dozens of countries, and was most recently Moscow bureau chief. She was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting. Her latest book is Women’s Work: a reckoning with work and home.
Friday 2 August — Creativity and Motherhood
Friday 2 August — Reporting from the Middle East
Saturday 3 August — In Conversation with Debbie Whitmont