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Homegrown talent and a debutante ball: Sydney Writers’ Festival program revealed – Sydney Morning Herald
Kazuo Ishiguro, Judy Blume and Rachel Cusk will appear at a festival with a strong local flavour.
The coronavirus pandemic might have offered no shortage of plot twists for the Sydney Writers Festival, but it has also given the annual literary event a chance to turn over a fresh page.
Interim artistic director Michael Williams says his first program reflects a shift away from the seduction of international guests and the mindset they are what makes or breaks writers festivals.
While there will be virtual events with high-profile authors including Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro, Pulitzer Prize-winner…
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