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Melbourne Writers Festival

April

Author Marian Keyes, seller of 35 million books, will appear at the Sydney and Melbourne Writers Festivals.

This author’s sold 35m books, but still thinks she’s ‘rubbish’

Marian Keyes is one of Ireland’s best-known exports, but the writer still feels “abject terror” at the keyboard.

March

Veronica Sullivan, new head of Melbourne Writers Festival.

‘No room for nuance’: Melbourne Writers Festival avoids Gaza

After the war in the Middle East tore apart the organisation last year, new artistic director Veronica Sullivan’s 2025 program has adopted a small target strategy.

April 2024

Lauren Groff outside her bookshop, The Lynx, in Gainesville, Florida.

This writer packs a lot into her weekends and still finds time to work

Lauren Groff is an athlete, a mother, a best-selling writer and she’s taking on the censors in her home state of Florida. She describes her typical Saturday and Sunday.

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