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South Coast Writer's Festival In-Conversation Events
EVENT: South Coast Writer’s Festival In-Conversation Events
DATE AND TIME: 25 and 26 July, 2026
PRODUCED BY: South Coast Writer’s Festival
LOCATION: Details to Come
BOOKING DETAILS: Details to Come
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How To Dress for Old Age Launch: David Carlin and Peta Murray with Catherine McKinnon and Kathryn Millard
EVENT: How To Dress for Old Age Launch: David Carlin and Peta Murray with Catherine McKinnon and Kathryn Millard
DATE AND TIME: 26 Feb 2026, 6.30 pm – 8 pm
PRODUCED BY: Better Read Than Dead
LOCATION: 265 King Street, Newtown, NSW, 2042, Australia
BOOKING DETAILS: Book here
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In-Conversation Event – Catherine Cole, Deborah Pike, Catherine McKinnon
EVENT: In-Conversation Event – Catherine Cole, Deborah Pike, Catherine McKinnon
DATE AND TIME: 8 March, 2026, 2 pm
PRODUCED BY: Gleebooks, Glebe
LOCATION: 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, NSW, 2037
BOOKING DETAILS: Details to Come
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International Women's Day Panel—In Her Words;
EVENT: International Women’s Day Panel—In Her Words; a celebration of resilience, creativity and connection with Claudine Tinnellis, Karina May, Aunty Barb
Nicholson, Hayley Scrivenor, Catherine McKinnon, Camille BookerDATE AND TIME: 7 March, 2026. 10 am – 12 pm
PRODUCED BY: Nowra Library
LOCATION: 10 Berry Street, Nowra, 2541
BOOKING DETAILS: Details to Come
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Manly Writers’ Festival—Australian Historical Fiction with Catherine McKinnon
EVENT: Manly Writers’ Festival—Australian Historical Fiction with Catherine McKinnon (To Sing of War) Meg Keneally (Free) and Siobhan O’Brien (All the Golden Light) hosted by Victoria Haskins.
DATE AND TIME: Saturday 29 March, 2.50 pm – 3.50pm
PRODUCED BY: Manly Writers’ Festival
LOCATION: Darley Smith Building
BOOKING DETAILS: Click here
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Bookoccino: In Conversation Catherine McKinnon and Sarah Turnbull
EVENT: Bookoccino: In Conversation Catherine McKinnon and Sarah Turnbull
DATE AND TIME: 5.30pm for 6pm
PRODUCED BY: Bookoccino
LOCATION: 66 Old Barrenjoey Road, Avalon
BOOKING DETAILS: (Link to come)
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Adelaide Writers’ Week—In Conversation Catherine McKinnon and Sarah L’Estrange
EVENT: Adelaide Writers’ Week—In Conversation Catherine McKinnon and Sarah L’Estrange
DATE AND TIME: Saturday 1 March, 10.45
PRODUCED BY: Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week
LOCATION: Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden
King William St, AdelaideBOOKING DETAILS: Free, no bookings needed
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Manly Writers’ Festival
EVENT: Manly Writers’ Festival
DATE AND TIME: 28–30 March(Panel events and specific times TBC)
PRODUCED BY: Manly Writers’ Festival
LOCATION: Manly (specific venues TBC)
BOOKING DETAILS: (Link to come)
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(Mulubinba) Newcastle Writers Festival
EVENT: Artist as Activist, James Bradley, Hasib Hourani, Catherine McKinnon discuss the role of creativity in shaping society, inspiring creative action and interrupting long held beliefs. They share their personal experiences as both creators and activists. Hosted by Kate Mildenhall.
DATE AND TIME: 6.15pm, Saturday 5 April
PRODUCED BY: Newcastle Writers’ Festival
LOCATION: Newcastle Nuspace X301
BOOKING DETAILS: Free Click here
EVENT: Things We Don’t Speak About: Great Australian Myths. In this returning series of conversations, we invite authors to share how they interrogate tough topics in their writing lives. Mark Dapin and Clare Wright challenge some great Australian myths and their long-lasting hold on our identity. Hosted by Catherine McKinnon.
DATE AND TIME: 11.30am -12.30pm
PRODUCED BY: Newcastle Writers’ Festival
LOCATION: Civic Playhouse
BOOKING DETAILS: Click here
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Writer’s Week, Adelaide Festival
1 – 6 March
2025
Details to come
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Canberra Writers Festival
Friday 25 October, 12.30pm–1pm
2024
Saturday 26 October 10am-12noon.
2024
EVENT 1: History Repeating—Emily Maguire and Catherine McKinnon in-conversation with Rebecca Harkins-Cross
PRODUCED BY: Canberra Writers Festival
DATE AND TIME: Friday 25 October, 12.30pm–1pm
LOCATION: Theatrette, National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA)
McCoy Circuit, Acton, ACT, 2601
BOOKING DETAILS: Click here
EVENT 2: Masterclass: Transforming Characters with Catherine McKinnon
DATE AND TIME: Saturday 26 October 10am-12noon.
PRODUCED BY: Canberra Writers Festival
LOCATION: Marie Reay Teaching Centre, ANU
Building 155
155 University Avenue
BOOKING DETAILS: Click Here
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Goulburn Mulwaree Library
10 October
2024
Author Talk
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Readings Emporium (Melbourne)
12 September
2024
In Conversation with Kate Mildenhall
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Brighton Library (Melbourne)
11 September
6pm -7pm
2024
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International Literacy Day
9 September
2024
University of Wollongong
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Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival Writing War Panel
14 July
11.15am – 12.15pm
2024
In Progress: Writing Craft, Shady Cosgrove and Catherine McKinnon
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Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival
June 2024
2025
Writing Historical Fiction Panel
Saturday 8 June 2024
10:30 am – 11:30 amThe Studio
Featuring: Yumna Kassab, Misha Zelinsky, Catherine McKinnonFrom an unnamed region shaped by revolution and war in Yumna’s Politica, to a story of freedom and oppression honouring those currently fighting in Ukraine in Misha’s The Sun Will Rise, these novels show us the broken communities and everyday bravery beyond the bombing.
Led by Catherine McKinnon, whose latest breathtaking novel To Sing of War charts disparate lives at the close of WWII, this will be a stirring conversation of mortality, struggle, and the lengths we go to for our humanity.