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Talks & Ideas

16 January – 11 March 2024
12.26pm – 7.30pm AEDT
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Liberate your mind with a challenging program filled with lively debate, conversation and ideas.
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The talks and ideas series of conversations illuminates some of our most powerful stories. This February and March explore the untold history of our earth with historian and author Peter Frankopan, hear from acclaimed Tamil-language author Perumal Murugan who was once a target of right-wing book burnings, devour a moment with award winning author Bryan Washington and explore whether the deepening class divide can ever be transcended with Polly Toynbee.

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Peter Frankopan: The Earth Transformed
Examining human history through the lens of the natural world, hear from historian and author Peter Frankopan on the crucial role the environment plays in the existence humankind.
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Two of India’s luminary writers reflect on the complexities of life, love, writing history, and the power of words.
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4 Mar Past event
Bryan Washington: Family Meal
EVENT CANCELLED | Devour the writing of Bryan Washington, unpacking sex, love and food through his mind’s eye, in conversation with icon Benjamin Law.
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Samuel Moyn: Liberalism Against Itself
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Perumal Murugan: Resurrected Through Writing
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11 Mar Past event
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Polly Toynbee: An Uneasy Inheritance
Join a prolific Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee as she investigates the true meaning of privilege and entrenched class divide in Britain and Australia.
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