NewsBite

Melbourne Writers Festival

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.

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/topic/melbourne-writers-festival-5zn