Over drinks from Bibliotheque Wines and delicious food from Simmone Logue, a happy crowd escaped to Woollahra Library to hear from Suzanne Leal, Simmone Logue, Ailsa Piper what they enjoyed about last year’s festival and to explore what is coming up this year. Under the broad theme Escape and Explore
We’re excited to announce that we have no fewer than four major prize-winning guests at this year’s festival program. Sebastian Smee, art critic for the Boston Globe, brings his Pulitzer Prize winning expertise to the festival, discussing his witty and insightful The Art of Rivalry. Well-loved favourite and Booker Prize winner Tom Keneally meets with Susan Wyndham to examine
Ailsa and Tony. Thank you for agreeing to take part in this interview. The Attachment is a poignant and fascinating journey through the lives of two unlikely friends. I stayed up reading it until the wee hours, and in places I cried. How did this writing friendship come about? TONY: Well, Ailsa
Paul Irish. Thank you for taking part in this interview. Hidden in Plain View is a fascinating book that puts us in touch with people who have been lost to history. Where did the idea for the research come from? I grew up in Sydney and started working as an archaeologist on
Sebastian Smee. Thank you for agreeing to this interview. What an intriguing way of exploring the lives and work of great artists, your book, The Art of Rivalry, approaches this task through their friendships and rivalries with other artists. How very human. What first gave you the idea of approaching art
St Albans festival attendees. You may recall the announcement of the Nib Waverley Prize shortlist over a glass of champagne during our 2016 festival. The shortlist was as follows: Stan Grant - Talking To My Country Gerard Henderson - Santamaria, A Most Unusual Man Melanie Joosten - A Long Time Coming: Essays on