Writers' Week Access
Writers' Week Access content
Adelaide Writers' Week hopes to create an accessible Festival for all to enjoy.
On this page you will find a Text Only version of the 2025 Adelaide Writers' Week Program anda list of sessions that will be Auslan interpreted.
The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden site is wheelchair accessible. There are wheelchair recharge station and assistance dog water stations available.
Limited access parking available at Torrens Parade Ground. Please note parking must be pre-booked. For enquiries contact access@adelaidefestival.com.au or call 08 8216 4444.
Access information for all events can be found in the Access Guide located on the General Access Page. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding access, please contact us.
Auslan INtrepreted Sessions
Sat 1 Mar
9:30am | West Stage
The World After Gaza: A History
Pankaj Mishra
10:45am | East Stage
It's Christmas 1962 and a Baby Arrives...
Niall Williams
12pm | East Stage
Fiction, Memoir and the Boundaries of Art
Michelle de Kretser
2:30pm | East Stage
The State of the Nation
Bob Carr, Rebecca Huntley and Rick Morton
3:45pm | East Stage
How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy
Clare Wright
5pm | East Stage
We Are the Stars
Gina Chick
Sun 2 Mar
9:30am | East Stage
The State of the Self
Julia Baird, Geraldine Brooks and Rachel Kushner
10am | Torrens Tent - Young Readers' Day
Can You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?
Jane Godwin
10:30am | Torrens Tent - Young Readers' Day
Guess What We Are Doing Today?
Luke Springer and Chris Kennett
10:45am | East Stage
Drawing a Line
Mandy Beaumont, Louise Milligan and Michael Robotham
12pm | West Stage
The United States: Down and Out?
Allan Behm, Nick Bryant, Dr Prudence Flowers and Emma Shortis
1:15pm | West Stage
Writing to Change the World
Anna Spargo-Ryan (live stream), Clare Wright and Jonathan Green
2:30pm | East Stage
Dirrayawadha: Resistance, Resilience and Love During the Frontier Wars
Anita Heiss
5pm | East Stage
What’s on your Bookshelf
Charlotte Mendelson, Brian Castro and Niall Williams
Mon 3 Mar
10:45am | East Stage
On Grief
Geraldine Brooks
12pm | East Stage
Espionage, Seduction and Intrigue
Rachel Kushner
1:15pm | North Stage
Between Colonial Archives and Indigenous Memory
Natalie Harkin and Jackie Huggins
2:30pm | North Stage
For the Love of a Small Patch of Land
Christine Breen and Niall Williams with Amanda Vanstone
3:45pm | East Stage
When the Tech Bros Come to Town
Kara Swisher
5pm | North Stage
Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss and Occasional Wars
Peter Godwin
Tue 4 Mar
9:30am | East Stage
Final Verdict: A 21st-Century Holocaust Trial
Tobias Buck (live stream)
12pm | East Stage
The Art of Misremembering
Geraldine Brooks and Peter Godwin
2:30pm | North Stage
The Story of a Girl-Pope
Emily Maguire
Wed 5 Mar
9:30am | East Stage
“Paki, Writer, Cripple: Who Am I Now?”
Hanif Kureishi and Dr. Michelle Johnston
10:45am | North Stage
Writing Home: Writers on Place
Jannali Jones, Jennifer Mills and Jessica White
12pm | East Stage
The Death of Dora Black
Lainie Anderson