What is Adelaide Festival?

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Like a best friend returned from afar, the shape-shifting heart of the Adelaide Festival is back. The less you know about this decadent refuge for artists and audiences alike, the more fun you will have.
Madeleine Thien
Adelaide Festival, Writers' Week
A Canadian-born writer of Malaysian parents. Her most recent book 'Dogs at the Perimeter' is an account of a brother's search in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Tim Soutphommasane
Adelaide Festival, Writers' Week
Tim Soutphommasane is a journalist and academic whose recent book ‘Don’t Go Back to Where You Came From’, is an examination and a defence of multiculturalism.
Shanaka Fernando
Adelaide Festival, Writers' Week
Interview with author and restaurateur Shanaka Fernando. Fernando talks about his philosophy and his book 'Lentil as Anything'.
Andrea Hirata
Adelaide Festival, Writers' Week
Indonesian writer Andrea Hirata talks about his autobiographical novel 'The Rainbow Troops', a best seller in the region that has also been made into a film.
Pat Grant
Adelaide Festival, Writers' Week
Melbourne writer Pat Grant talks about his recently published graphic novel ‘Blue’.
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Writers' Week
Adelaide Festival
Adelaide's iconic literary festival returns in 2013 with a whole new host of writers, stories and literary adventures.
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