Literature & Ideas – Perth Festival

Literature & Ideas
Land. Money. Power. Sex.

Literature stands as a rebuke to the hyper-speed of the Internet. Literature is slow and deliberate; edited, fact-checked and proofed. Literature is not fake news. Literature is our surest guide, helping us to make sense of court battles and political coups, Royal Commissions and detention facilities, by-elections and referendums. Literature is a barometer of our ideas, tracking who we are and who we might become.

And so, we are thrilled to announce a taste of the Literature & Ideas 2020 program—a conversation series about literature in its broadest sense. Novelists, songwriters, comic book illustrators, filmmakers, politicians, artists, DJs and comedians come together to talk about the most pressing issues of our time in a program packed with all the things that matter: Land. Money. Power. Sex.
Come listen, talk and play at UWA over the Literature & Ideas Weekend or join us at events around town. Stay tuned for details of the full program we’ll unveil on 16 January.

Visit the Perth Festival website for more information.