UPCOMING EVENTS
IN CONVERSATION:
LOUISA LIM & GINA CHUA
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 • 7:00 PM
Award-winning journalist and devoted Hong Konger Louisa Lim will join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop for a virtual event celebrating the publication of her newest title, Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong.
KEVIN RUDD: THE AVOIDABLE WAR
Tuesday, 26 April, 2022 • 6:30pm-7:30pm
The Wheeler Centre • Melbourne
Kevin Rudd is one of Australia’s leading authorities on the United States’ relationship with China. Rudd will share his in-depth analysis of Australia’s position in relation to China and the US, and offer new ways of thinking about current geopolitical crises amid an overwhelming news cycle. Hosted by Louisa Lim.
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL:
REAL CHINA
Thursday 19 May • 10:00 AM
Endless column inches are devoted to think pieces and hot takes on the rise of China, but genuine understanding and meaningful conversation continue to elude us. Murong Xuecun joins Linda Jaivin and Louisa Lim for a conversation that goes beyond broad media commentary, with the BBC’s Frances Mao.
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL:
INDELIBLE CITY: LOUISA LIM
Thursday 19 May • 6:30 PM
Join award-winning journalist and podcaster Louisa Lim at Wentworth Point Community Centre & Library . Linda Jaivin will be in conversation with Louisa to discuss her fascinating portrait of Hong Kong Indelible City, which mixes memoir and reportage and aims to put Hongkongers at the centre of their own story.
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL:
WORLD NEWS: THE STATE OF INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Friday 20 May • 12:00 PM
Damien Cave, Louisa Lim, and Shaimaa Khalil discuss the current state of international media and foreign correspondence, the priorities and pitfalls of 'world' news and the repercussions of a domestic-focused news cycle in a world of global consequences.
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL:
LOUISA LIM & KYLIE MOORE-GILBERT
Saturday 21 May • 6:00 PM
Authors of two of the year’s most anticipated non-fiction releases, Louisa Lim and Kylie Moore-Gilbert share the stage to discuss the complexities of power, persecution and freedom.
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL
COFFEE & HEADLINES WITH THE MONTHLY
Sunday 22 May, 8:30 AM
Editor of The Monthly Nick Feik unravels today’s headlines with Sarah Holland Batt (Fishing for Lightning and The Jaguar), Gina Rushton (The Most Important Job in the World) and Louisa Lim (Indelible City).