Jane Caro AM is a Walkley award winning Australian columnist, author, novelist, feminist, public education activist and social commentator. She was also awarded the B&T Women in Media Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. Once upon a time, she was also a multi-award-winning advertising copywriter and an academic. These days, when not tweeting up a storm to her 184,000+ followers, she is a full-time writer, novelist, speaker, MC and TV, radio and media pundit. She has published thirteen books, including the bestselling novel The Mother. Her new novel, Lyrebird, is her second novel for adults.
Saturday 18 October
11.15am
Bestselling, award-winning author and political commentator Jane Caro will talk about her new crime novel Lyrebird and how she weaves her real-life advocacy into her fiction, creating worlds that are uncannily familiar while crafting plot twists and absorbing mysteries to keep readers guessing. With Hannie Rayson.
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9.30am
Jenny Macklin AM’s parliamentary career saw her lead multiple portfolios: she designed the NDIS, oversaw the Apology to the Stolen Generations, and established the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Sexual Abuse. Passionate about reform and progressive change, she explores how urgent issues can be tackled in the current political landscape. With Jane Caro.
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