Word Storm NT Writers' Festival
When? 14-16 May, 2010
Where? Darwin, Northern Territory
What's it all about then? Northern Territory Festival held in alternate years either Darwin-based WordStorm, or in a regional area, Eye of the Storm.
How can the nations of this region address climate change? Is Australia still ‘the lucky country’? Can an intervention be benign? Is there a place for feminism in Islam? How can the world’s displaced find a place of refuge?
Plans are on the boil for WordStorm, the Festival of Australasian Writing, that will be held in Darwin, May 12-16 2010, where these issues - and many more - will be considered, discussed and debated.
Wordstorm has a unique place in Australia’s writers’ festival scene, with its strong focus on Indigenous and South East Asian writers. It’s a festival that talks to, and about, the region it inhabits. It is well away from the larger, East coast writers festivals in major capital cities, and it has an intimacy and rare cultural mix that has writers and readers raving about it. Located in the storytelling wellspring that is the Northern Territory, the mythical heart and soul of the country, you cannot experience this festival and not be moved in some very personal way.
Headlining this year's festival Professor Germaine Greer will be a special guest.
Where is it? Alternates each year. This year Darwin.
How much are tickets? Some Free events. Others TBA
Festival Website: Wordstorm 2010
WORDSTORM 2010 INVITED GUESTS
Germaine Greer, Tim Flannery, Andrea Hirata, Robert Adamson, Dina Zaman, Arnold Zable, Marcia Langton, Morris Gleitzman, Nicolas Rothwell, Don Walker, Mary Anne Butler, Mohamad Guntur Romli, Patrick Allington, Wendy Harmer, Waiata Dawn Davies, Jennifer Mills, Randa Abdell-Fatah, Archie Weller, Melissa Lucashenko, Barry Jonsberg, Teodosio Batista Ximenes, Jose Belo, Di Lucas, Irim Tolentino, Lily Yulianti Farid, Jill Jollife, Phillip Gwynne, Sharanya Manivannan, Iyut Fitra, Jean Tay, Tony Maniaty, Andrew McMillan, O Thiam Chin, Edio Saldanha, Alice Pung, Leonie Norrington, Melaina Faranda, Kim Toft, Isa Kamari, Claire Scobie, John Maynard, Ali Cobby Eckermann, James Murray, Marie Munkara, Phillip McLaren, Bruce Pascoe, Lorraine McGee-Sippel, Deborah Cheetham, Kaye Aldenhoven, Dizzy Doolan, Wesley Enoch, Kevin Gillam, Nick Parsons, Shane Thamm, Nick Earles and more!
Who appeared in 2009 ? Kate Grenville, Arnold Zable, Shane Maloney, Andrew McMillan, Jennifer Byrne, Wire MC, Choo Choo, Jennifer Mills, John Maynard, Linda Jaivin, Steve Gumerungi Hodder, Richard J Frankland, Jo Dutton, Kenny Laughton, Peter Bishop, Barry Nicholls, Michael Watts, Tanya Heaslip, Kelly-Lee Hickey, Yvette Holt, Dani Powell, Leonie Norrington, Mary Anne Butler, Mardijah Simpson, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Shellie Morris, Bec Cole, Warwick Thornton, Mei Lai Swan, Kimberley Mann, Kieran Finnane, Bob Gosford, Alison Lester, Nicholas Jose, Jeremy Fisher plus more.
Where is it? Alternates each year. This year Darwin.
How much are tickets? Some Free events. Others TBA
Festival Website: Wordstorm 2010
Previous Festivals? Helen Garner, Charles Firth, Naldo Rei, Goenawan Mohamad, Nicolas Rothwell, Anita Heiss, Munkimuk,Tom E Lewis, Leonie Norrington, Barry Jonsberg,
Alice Garner, Cristavão Pereira, Sandra Tilman, Gail Jones, Yvette Holt, Terri Janke, Phil Kettle & Craig Smith, Terry Whitebeach, Edie Wright, Frané Lessac, Andrew McMillan, Gideon Haigh, Ursula Dubosarsky,
Gayle Kennedy, Patti Miller, Maria Federer, Cameron Hindrum, Sally Heinrich, Laksmi Pamuntjak,
John Waromi, Toni Tapp Coutts, Yong Shu Hoong, Jane & Christine Christophersen, Michael Torres,
Jeremy Fisher, Marie Munkara,Dael Allison,Veronica Perrlurle Dobson, MK Turner OAM, William McInnes,
Jennifer Mills, Yi-Sheng Ng, Deepika Shetty, Shamini Flint, Jo Dutton, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Tony Wilson,
Bruce Hocking, Shellie Morris,