It’s that time of year again! The Melbourne Writer’s Festival is almost upon us again, and there’s a whole swag of Speaking Out friends in this year’s line up. If you have been considering one of these change-makers for your next event, heading along to see them speak at the MWF is a great way to see what all the fuss is about – click here to see our program highlights.
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Speaking Out faces at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival
Profiles:
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Private: Anna Krien
Anna Krien is the author of Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport, Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests
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Benjamin Law
Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. He’s the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia (2013), the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 (2017)
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Private: Jamila Rizvi
Jamila Rizvi is an author, presenter and political commentator. She is Editor-at-Large for the Nine Network’s Future Women platform and hosts
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Michelle Law
Michelle Law is a writer and actor based on Gadigal Land (Sydney, Australia). She writes for print, film and
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Nakkiah Lui
Nakkiah Lui is a writer/actor/director and Gamillaroi/Torres Strait Islander woman. She began her playwriting career at Sydney Theatre Company
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Private: Nevo Zisin
Nevo Zisin (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, Jewish writer, performer, activist and public speaker based in Naarm/ Birraranga /
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Zoya Patel
Zoya Patel is the award-winning author of No Country Woman, a memoir of race, religion and feminism, and Once
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Alice Pung OAM
Alice Pung OAM is an award-winning author, journalist, lawyer and educator from Melbourne. Her non-fiction books Unpolished Gem, Her
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