In the lead up to OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words, we asked Adelaide Festival Centre staff what what kind of books keep them up at night.
Non-Fiction, Memoirs & Autobiographies
63.4%
It’s no surprise that learning about what has been and gone, and lessons we can learn from other human beings is popular amongst Adelaide Festival Centre staff. Whether they’re little anecdotes or whole autobiographical novels, we have an innate desire to listen and learn.
If you’re similar, you’d love:
Fantasy & Sci-Fi
34.2%
Our staff love to be transported into another world, dimension or landscape. The question is: escaping reality or enhancing it? Whatever resonates with you, OzAsia Festival's Weekend of Words has the thought-provoking panels to discuss these worlds with the writers who create them.
If you’re an avid reality escaper, you’d love:
Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children' Book Club
Contemporary & Romance
34.2%
Our staff love a heart-felt story full of twists and turns with underlying messages that make you smile, weep, or giggle. If you’re the same, welcome to the club! The water is warm, please stay for a while, and maybe see some free panels?
We’ve put them for you here, for your convenience of course!
Poetry
21.9%
With emotional ballads, soulful sonnets, and the occasional iambic pentameter, poetry is a loved and sought-after reading material for Adelaide Festival Centre staff.
If you’re a poetry lover too, these panels are just for you (see what I did there?):
Short Stories
19.5%
Just like a 5'2 brunette racing to get Taylor Sheesh tickets, these kinds of stories are short and fun. Keeping the word count low, but the meanings endless, we have a line-up of writers at OzAsia Festival's Weekend of Words who are itching to talk with you.
You can find them here:
Young Adult Fiction
24.4%
We all grew up on these novels. They hold a remarkable amount of nostalgia and kicking-your-feet giddiness that many of us are still enthralled in. From romance, to fantasy, to coming-of-age stories, YA Fiction is a breed of its own with room to grow.
Love yourself some YA? You’d love these panels:
Salman Rushdie’s 'Midnight’s Children' Book Club
Comic Books, Graphic Novels & Manga
7.3%
Small but mighty, the staff who love comic books and graphic novels are a special breed, multi-tasking their way through life and always on the go. Luckily for them (and you, if you’re the same) we have a panel just for you with acclaimed graphic novelists talking of their craft and processes
Find more information here:
Speech Bubbles: The Art of the Graphic Novel
Cookbooks
26.8%
Almost a third of the Adelaide Festival Centre office love cooking and cookbooks. From sweet treats to savoury delights; cooking from the heart (and a recipe) always wins.
Fancy a food fight?
The Closing Night Debate will determine if Indian or Chinese comes out on top as the best cuisine. Read the panel menu here.
The News
21.9%
Staying updated with the happenings of the world; we love it! Reporting on the most important headlines, OzAsia Festival's Weekend of Words has a group of renowned and respected journalists discussing the work and topics relevant to their line of field.
Interested? You’ll love these free panels:
Music
7.3%
Music is one of the most popular forms of storytelling. It raises the hair on your arms, serenades your ears, and soon enough you’ve memorised the bass, melody, and (most importantly) the lyrics.
Are you a lyricist at heart?
Hone your craft in a free workshop with ARIA Award nominee L-FRESH The LION: Rhythms and Rhymes Workshop
Literary Fiction
39%
And then everything in between. If you love the art of writing or reading, we have panels that discuss the future of the medium, the stories that need to be told and the ways in which writers embed themselves into their stories.
If this sounds up your alley, you’d love:
But that’s not all!
OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words covers more topics, ideas, and creativity.
8 – 10 November 2024
