Troy Bramston at Bendigo Writers Festival

Saturday 12 August

4:00pm – 5:00pm
The Art of Debate
Location: Captital Theatre, 50 View St, Bendigo VIC 3550

Fast news and so much competition has sped up the process of analysis and response, so it can seem there’s no time for considering before we’ve moved on to the next issue.

Where does good debate happen now, when so much shouting and manipulation of argument seems to dominate?

Annika Smethurst hosts Troy Bramston, Clementine Ford and Kon Karapanagiotidis to ask, can we create spaces where people who disagree can find common ground?

Sunday 13 August

2:45pm – 3:30pm
The Trail Blazer
Location: La Trobe Arts Institute, 121 View St, Bendigo VIC 3550

Troy Bramston was the one biographer who managed to persuade the inimitable Paul Keating to cooperate on the writing of his story.

He talks with Rob Stephenson about the deep research, the shrewd analysis, and the courageous commitment behind his monumental book.

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