OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words
OzAsia Festival’s writing and ideas program returns for another year of conversations between poets, novelists, journalists, playwrights, performers, and creatives from around the world.
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Sunday11:30 am — 12:30 pm
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The platforms changed.
The voices multiplied.
The rules? Still catching up.
Explore how social media influencers, creators and rogue reporters are reshaping the future of news, one scroll at a time.
Navigate the weekend with an interactive planner and venue maps
- Accessibility
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
For more information regarding venue accessibility, please visit https://www.adelaidecc.com.au/attending/accessibility-facilities
- Age Suitability
- All ages
- Runtime
- 1 hour
Part of
A vibrant celebration of Asian and Asian Australian literature, writing, and ideas. Discover, engage, inspire. 7-9 November '25.
Discover OzAsia Festival's Weekend of Words
Speakers
Aarti Betigeri
Speaker
Ngunnawal Country, Canberra, Australia
Aarti Betigeri is a multi-platform journalist and the editor of Growing Up Indian In Australia. She is a former foreign correspondent and TV news journalist and presenter, and a long-term correspondent for Monocle.
Appearing in: I Get My News from TikTok and Track Changes
Jan Fran
Speaker
Eora Nations (Sydney), Australia
Jan Fran is a multifaceted media personality and founder of Ette Media. She is a Walkley Award-winning journalist, television presenter and social commentator. Her international experience includes shooting and producing documentaries in countries such as Lebanon, France, Bangladesh and Uganda, and she is fluent in three languages.
Appearing in: I Get My News from TikTok and The Line Keeps Moving
Kirsten Han
Speaker
Singapore
Kirsten Han is a Singaporean writer and activist, and Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal Mekong Review. She runs We, The Citizens, a newsletter covering Singapore from a rights-based perspective, and is the author of The Singapore I Recognise: Essays on home, community and hope.
Appearing in: Fake News / Real Journalism and I Get My News from TikTok
Osman Faruqi
Moderator
Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
Osman Faruqi is an award-winning journalist, writer and editor. Osman is the co-founder and host of Lamestream Media, and a former editor at The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and the ABC.
Appearing in: Fake News / Real Journalism, I Get My News from TikTok and The Line Keeps Moving
Performance Location: Riverbank 2 + 3, Adelaide Convention Centre
View venue maps for directions to Riverbank 2 + 3
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Plan your literary weekend at OzAsia Festival's Weekend of Words with our interactive planner and venue maps.
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