Colson Whitehead; Harlem Shuffle
Carriageworks Bay 17, May 26, 4pm
You can usually bank on Whitehead coming up with something different. After The Underground Railway and The Nickel Boys, he gave us his New York-set crime novel, Harlem Shuffle. Here he explains its genesis and why he’s written a sequel.

Crime and Justice
Carriageworks Bay 17, May 27, 12pm
The cultural obsession with true crime shows no signs of abating, and often has real-world consequences. Just ask host of hit podcast The Teacher’s Pet, Hedley Thomas. He and doyenne of Australian letters Helen Garner join Sarah Krasnostein to talk about what makes these stories so fascinating.

Andrey Kurkov: Diary of an Invasion
Carriageworks Track 8, May 27, 2pm
Ukranian novelist Andrey Kurkov began writing a diary in December 2021, two months before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, his entries depicting a growing sense of unease. Diary of an Invasion runs until mid-July, as he experiences the first missiles in Kyiv before fleeing the city. He appears at SWF to talk about the book live via video.

We Called Them Uncle: Archie Roach and Jack Charles
Carriageworks Bay 20, May 28, 3pm
Author Tony Birch, singer Emma Donovan, musician Rulla Kelly Mansell, and director Rachael Maza come together to celebrate the extraordinary lives and legacies of the late Uncle Archie Roach and Uncle Jack Charles.

SMH Best Young Australian Novelists
Carriageworks Bay 24, May 28, 3.30pm
For 27 years, the Sydney Morning Herald has named the best young fiction writers in the country, including the likes of Gillian Mears, Christos Tsiolkas and Hannah Kent. Spectrum editor Melanie Kembrey chats to the three winners about their work and creative process.

Sydney Morning Herald subscribers can enjoy 2-for-1 tickets* to the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales during June 2023. Click here for more details.

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