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Author Kate Manne at the Sydney Writers’ Festival at Carriageworks.

‘Misogynistic massacre’: Sydney Writers’ Festival closing address dedicated to Bondi Junction victims

A feminist author used her closing address to call out “himpathy”, where men who commit violence receive “disproportionate and undue sympathy”.

  • Helen Pitt

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Authors Ann Patchett, Bonnie Garmus and Paul Lynch will appear at the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

Nobel laureates, Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up

More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

  • Helen Pitt
Bryan Brown at Margaret River Writers Festival

The accidental author: Bryan Brown can’t get used to being invited to literary events

Despite great reviews for his debut short story collection, Sweet Jimmy, the legendary Australian actor struggles with the label “author”.

  • Mark Naglazas
Brown’s new short-story collection mines his childhood for characters and incidents. “What’s the emotion that lasts longest? Guilt.”

‘It all comes from his mother’: the surprising force behind Bryan Brown

On screen, Bryan Brown has long been the archetypal Aussie bloke. Off screen, it’s women who’ve shaped him.

  • Amanda Hooton
“For an actor, Bryan works a lot, but for a normal human being, he doesn’t work very much at all!”

On being Bryan Brown

From modest beginnings to big-screen stardom and now a new book, Aussie actor Bryan Brown is the topic of conversation in the latest episode of Good Weekend Talks.

Bryan Brown has a career waiting for him should he decide to turn his back on acting.

Bryan Brown’s first crime novel is ‘an extraordinary piece of work’

If the veteran actor ever decides to leave the industry, there is clearly another career waiting for him.

  • Brian McFarlane
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Paul Wiegard, Bryan Brown, Scott Morrison and Matthew Deaner in Canberra in February

Inside story: How Bryan Brown and the Nationals saved Australian film

In an unlikely buddy pairing, screen legend Brown and Nationals deputy David Littleproud were part of a posse to prevent the industry from imminent collapse.

  • Karl Quinn
Susie Bick, Nick Cave and Luke Cave in Ireland, 1998.

From Nick Cave to Asher Keddie: The images of real Australian love stories

They say it’s a many-splendored thing – and the truth of this can be seen in a major new exhibition celebrating famous relationships that have stood the test of time.

Bryan Brown at the Riverview Hotel in Balmain with his lemon squash.

You can’t be a slack arse: Lunch with Bryan Brown

It was not quite what I expected. I’m sitting in a pub with Bryan Brown and he’s ordering a lemon squash.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Warwick Thornton filming his series, The Beach surrounded by Western Australia's Dampier Peninsula.

Warwick Thornton: the man and his demons, alone together

Acclaimed filmmaker Warwick Thornton on the self-exile that saved him.

  • Tim Elliott

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