ANNOUNCING HALF DAY FESTIVAL PASSES!
Half day passes are now on sale!
Too busy to set aside an entire weekend for History Unbound? Now you can soak up the festival magic with a Half-Day Pass.
Choose Morning or Afternoon access on Saturday 1 Nov or Sunday 2 Nov to enjoy panels and interviews including a guaranteed session with one of our Guests of Honour. Morning passes on Saturday and Sunday include morning tea.
These passes are perfect for locals, those with busy schedules, or first-time festival goers who want a taste of our historical fiction community.
Saturday morning 1 November (Morning tea included)
Enjoy Kelly Gardiner’s interview with our Guest of Honour, Anita Heiss, in a plenary session.
Then choose from the following features across two session times:
Linda Funnell in conversation with Emily Maguire and Toni Jordan
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Identity and Diaspora: Tracing multicultural identity
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What would Jane think? The Bridgerton Effect
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The Subjective Voice: Depicting authentic historical characters
Saturday afternoon 1 November
Enjoy Belinda Lyons-Lee’s interview with our Guest of Honour, Fiona McIntosh, in a plenary session.
Then choose from the following features in one session time:
Greg Johnston in conversation with our mystery guests
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On the Cusp: What is the essence of Young Adult historical fiction?
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End your day with our signature First Pages Pitch Contest where ‘First pages’ from aspiring authors are read by a narrator to industry experts who will provide a critique of chosen submissions.
Sunday morning 2 November (Morning tea included)
Enjoy Kate Evans’ interview with our Guest of Honour, Pip Williams, in a plenary session.
Then choose from the following features across three sessions times:
First Nations’ Voices: the importance of oral histories
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Meet the Debutantes: the highs and lows of a first time author
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Stephen Romei in conversation with Malcolm Knox and Matthew Reilly
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The Future of Publishing: AI, Audio & Digital
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Book Club with Nicole Alexander and Kate Forsyth
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Sunday afternoon 2 November
Enjoy Elisabeth Storrs’ interview with our Guest of Honour, Natasha Lester, in a plenary session followed by our Historic Heads Parlour Game with Natasha Lester, Michael Burge and Pamela Hart (hosted by Lucy Watson).
Have time to enjoy more historical fiction? Full weekend and day passes are still available.
Enjoy hearing from over 50 speakers across the weekend in a two stream program featuring interviews as well as panels on the writing craft. And you won’t miss a moment! The program will be livestreamed to a virtual audience and recorded. Both online and in-person tickets for weekend and day pass holders include on-demand access to recordings for three months post the event
Wait - there’s more! Join our Workshop Program
Thanks to our new partnership with WestWords, we are holding a workshop program on 31 October at WestWords offices a short distance from Parramatta Town Hall. Tutors include Sophie Masson (What catches a publisher’s eye), Pamela Hart (Making Historical Dialogue Sing), Renee Otmar (Writing the Past Sensitively), Bonnie Wyldie (Truth in Fiction: Trove & Library Research tools), Nicole Alexander (Turning Family Legend into Fiction) and Pamela Rushby (How to Slay the Dreaded Synopsis). A festival ticket isn’t required to book a workshop.
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