Director's Choice
Director's Choice content
Streamed from our place to yours
Our selection of Director’s Choice sessions can be streamed from home. It’s the perfect option for people who can’t make it to Adelaide Writers’ Week or are having difficulty choosing between sessions on the day.
Director’s Choice tickets are available for $15 per event. Events can be viewed live from their scheduled start and for one week thereafter. The live stream tickets for each event are sold separately but can form part of one transaction, just keep adding the events to your cart. To purchase tickets, please visit this page to see all events or click the individual event links below.
Sat 1 Mar, 9:30am
Boys and Men and Aussie Rules
Helen Garner with Nicole Abadee
Sat 1 Mar, 10:45am
It’s Christmas 1962 and a Baby Arrives...
Niall Williams with Kate Evans
Sat 1 Mar, 12pm
Fiction, Memoir and the Boundaries of Art
Michelle de Kretser with Georgina Godwin
Sat 1 Mar, 3:45pm
How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy
Clare Wright with Kerry O’Brien
Sun 2 Mar, 12pm
Dog Days
Markus Zusak with Nicole Abadee
Sun 2 Mar, 1:15pm
Crimes Against Humanity
Tobias Buck, Geoffrey Robertson and Dorcy Rugamba with Gareth Evans
Sun 2 Mar 2:30pm
Dirrayawadha: Resistance, Resilience and Love During the Frontier Wars
Anita Heiss with Nicole Abadee
Sun 2 Mar, 3:45pm
Politics: Is It a Laughing Matter?
Annabel Crabb and John Crace with Cathy Wilcox
Mon 3 Mar, 10:45am
On Grief
Geraldine Brooks with Bob Carr
Mon 3 Mar, 12pm
Espionage, Seduction and Intrigue
Rachel Kushner with Claire Nichols
Mon 3 Mar, 5pm
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
Sir Simon Schama with Norman Swan
Tue 4 Mar, 1:15pm
Race and Racism
Wesley Lowery and Amy McQuire with Larissa Behrendt
Tue 4 Mar, 2:30pm
A Tech Love Story
Kara Swisher with Eliza Harvey
Tue 4 Mar, 5pm
Narcissistic Villains and Asphyxiating Families
Charlotte Mendelson with Sarah L’Estrange
Wed 5 Mar, 10:45am
The Men Who Killed the News
Eric Beecher with John Lyons
Wed 5 Mar, 12pm
History Lessons
Orlando Figes, Bettany Hughes, Matthew Longo and Dava Sobel
Wed 5 Mar, 1:15pm
Working for the Brand: How Corporations are Destroying Free Speech
Josh Bornstein with Joe Aston
Wed 5 Mar, 2:30pm
Chameleon: A Memoir of Art, Travel, Ideas and Love
Robert Dessaix with Susan Wyndham
Wed 5 Mar, 3:45pm
Balcony Over Jerusalem: Israel, Iran and the New Middle East
John Lyons with Bob Carr
Thu 6 Mar, 9:30am
The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out
Joe Aston with David Penberthy
Thu 6 Mar, 10:45am
Europe and the Challenge of Russia
Orlando Figes with Robert Dessaix
Thu 6 Mar, 12pm
American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress
Wesley Lowery with Rachel Perkins
Thu 6 Mar, 1:15pm
Diva: Reimagining Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis’ Scandalous Affair
Daisy Goodwin with Pip Williams
Thu 6 Mar, 3:45pm
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Bettany Hughes with Georgina Godwin