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Welcome to HNSA 2023

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THE 2023 HNSA CONFERENCE IS OVER BUT YOU CAN BUY ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND RECORDINGS OF THE WEEKEND OR SAT/SUN PROGRAMS UNTIL 29 FEBRUARY 2024 The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ... Read more

Kelly Gardiner in conversation with Guest of Honour Melissa Lucashenko

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Kelly Gardiner interviews Melissa Lucashenko, literary award ... Read more

Linda Funnell in conversation with Kate Forsyth and Katrina Nannestad

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Katrina Nannestad has tackled the challenges of ... Read more

Walking in Another’s Shoes: How to Approach Sensitivity Reading

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Sensitivity reading has become extremely useful when ... Read more

Kate Evans in conversation with Guest of Honour Anna Funder

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Kate Evans interviews Anna Funder on Wifedom: ... Read more

Truth-telling in Historical Fiction: The Challenges of Writing Shared Histories

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   The colonial past of Australia and New ... Read more

Secrets and Scandals: The Allure of Uncovering Hidden Pasts

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Fine art, luxury jewellery, espionage, royal scandal ... Read more

Elisabeth Storrs in conversation with Mirandi Riwoe & Devika Ponnambalam

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Mirandi Riwoe's Sunbirds tests the identities and ... Read more

Give Up Your Day Job: What Attracts an Author to Write Historical Fiction

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   How does an author's profession (outside their ... Read more

At First Glance: TCW First Pages Pitch Contest

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THE 2023 HNSA CONFERENCE IS OVER BUT YOU CAN BUY ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND RECORDINGS OF THE WEEKEND OR SAT/SUN PROGRAMS UNTIL 29 FEBRUARY 2024 The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ... Read more

Stephen Romei in conversation with Fiona McFarlane & Jock Serong

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THE 2023 HNSA CONFERENCE IS OVER BUT YOU CAN BUY ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND RECORDINGS OF THE WEEKEND OR SAT/SUN PROGRAMS UNTIL 29 FEBRUARY 2024 The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ... Read more

The Creative Spirit: Weaving Tales of Women’s Originality, Survival and Love

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THE 2023 HNSA CONFERENCE IS OVER BUT YOU CAN BUY ACCESS TO ON-DEMAND RECORDINGS OF THE WEEKEND OR SAT/SUN PROGRAMS UNTIL 29 FEBRUARY 2024 The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ... Read more

Kim Kelly in conversation with Guest of Honour Judy Nunn

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Kim Kelly interviews Judy Nunn on her ... Read more

Capturing Imaginations: Writing Engaging Historical Fiction for Children & Young Adults

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Set in WW2, Running with Ivan is ... Read more

Merinda Dutton in conversation with Claire G. Coleman & Dr. Monty Soutar

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Dr. Monty Soutar's Kawai: For Such A ... Read more

Angelo Loukakis in conversation with Fiona Kelly McGregor & Robyn Mundy

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Fiona Kelly McGregor evokes a savage urban ... Read more

Past, Present & Future: Bending Genres

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Does time run in a straight line? ... Read more

It’s a Question of Character: Creating Angels and Demons

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Kelly Rimmer, Victoria Purman and Nicole Alexander ... Read more

View from the East: Highlighting Asian Historical Fiction

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The Conference was both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to a virtual audience. All recordings of in-person plenary sessions, interviews and panels are included in your access ticket. There is no option to buy recordings of individual sessions. BUY ON-DEMAND CONFERENCE TICKET >   Hong Kong on the brink of the ... Read more

Suzanne Leal in conversation with Guest of Honour Tom Keneally

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Suzanne Leal interviews multi award winning Thomas Keneally on the inspiration behind his 2022 ARA Historical Prize winning Corporal Hitler's Pistol, a novel that weaves together the traumas of WW1, the Irish Civil War, and 1930s small town prejudices. His new book, Fanatic Heart also explores Irish rebellion in a retelling of the life and ... Read more

Conference Wrap-Up

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BUY IN-PERSON TICKET > BUY ONLINE TICKET >   The HNSA 2023 conference is both a live and online event with in-person sessions livestreamed to the virtual audience.  Ticket holders will have on-demand access to sessions for 3 months after the event. Any queries should be directed to hnsaevents@gmail.com  

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