Sydney writers` festival 2020: Bernadine Evaristo, Lisa Taddeo and Anna Weiner announced
(The Guardian Books News)

Themed around the Doomsday Clock, writers Anna Weiner, Daniel Lavery, Bruce Pascoe and Leslie Jamison will also be appearingThe 2019 Booker prizewinner, Bernardine Evaristo, Three Women author Lisa Taddeo and essayist Leslie Jamison are among the Sydney Writers festival lineup, which was announced on Thursday evening.Joshua Wong - a student activist who played a pivotal role in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong - will be appearing via video link. The program also features Uncanny Valley author Anna Weiner; The Blazing World and Memories of the Future author Siri Hustvedt; Dark Emu author Bruce Pascoe; and Australian actor Yael Stone. Related: Bernardine Evaristo: `These are unprecedented times for black female writers` Continue reading...