Almanac Literary: Adelaide Writers’ Week 2022 – Day 1

 

 

After rain over night, it’s a beautiful morning in Adelaide for the start of Writers’ Week. I arrived early as there is a cap on the number of attendees this year and I did not want to miss out. A coffee and an apple danish and I was on my way to my first session. Having read a number of Michelle de Krester’s books I was interested to see and hear her speaking  about her new book  Scary Monsters.

 

 Michelle de Krester interviewed by Cath Kenneally

 

It was a cracking first up session with Michelle de Krester. She is a most impassioned, articulate, and wonderful author, her keen intellect holding the audience in the palm of her hands as she discussed the two separate narratives written in the first person, one set in the past, the other in the future.  Intriguingly, the book is divided in two, to read the other story you flip the book upside down. I bought the book and Michelle signed the book for me, I’m looking forward to reading it.

 

 

Annabel Crabb and Miranda Murphy with Natasha Cica

 

Next session I attended was ‘Well Hello’ with Annabel Crabb and Miranda Murphy discussing Annabel’s successful podcast  with Leigh Sales which has now been developed into a book. Obviously, the majority of the audience were keen fans and thoroughly enjoyed the chat which basically involved Annabel telling amusing and entertaining tales about Leigh Sales. I must admit I’m not a huge fan of Crabb or Sales so my mind drifted off onto other tangents. But, that’s what Writers’ Week is all about, the variety and diversity of the authors, some you prefer over others, some you do not.

 

 

Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull

 

The next session was a real cracker with a huge audience in attendance; Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull discussing ‘How Fast Things Fall’ with their take on events since they left politics. Both were very honest about their time in politics, the difficulties  endeavouring  to push their agendas through parliament, their successes and failures, and the struggles they often had within their own parties. Without the constraints of the party machines both presented positions on issues such as China, Climate Change, and in particular the power of the media in Australia especially the Murdoch empire.

 

Col and Kev solving the world’s problems

 

Van Badham

 

The final session I attended was a very powerful one featuring journalist and author Van Badham. Her subject was ‘QAnon and On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults’. She was a compelling and forceful speaker providing a detailed  background into the development of ‘conspiracy theories’, and she certainly enlightened her audience with her account of in-depth research into the issue.

 

 

 

It has been a fabulous start to Adelaide Writers’ Week and I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s events.

 

 

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