Events and appearances
2022
- Sydney Writers Festival: the Great Debate in Sydney Town Hall (May)
- Conversation with Andrew Leigh, ANU (podcast available) (June)
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Melbourne Writers Festival:
- Conversation with Ailsa Piper, State Library (9 September)
- Closing Address, Capitol Theatre (11 September)
2021
- Maitland City Library event with Nicole Abadee (remote, October)
- Opening address at Brisbane Writers’ Festival (May)
- Appearance at Adelaide Writers’ Week (March)
2020
- Launch of The Time of Our Lives by Andrea Goldsmith at Melbourne WF by Zoom (October)
- Interviews begin for The Time of Our Lives launch (September) (including SMH, Courier-Mail, Joy FM, ABC RN, Caroline Baum, 3RRR, Susan Wyndham for Gleebooks, Nicole Abadee, Geelong Library and many others)
- Queer Stories, Spiegeltent, Melbourne (January)
2019
- Talk to SA Writers on creativity at State Library of SA (October)
- Jaipur (JLF) OzAsia Festival, Festival Centre, Adelaide (October)
- Queer Stories, Giant Dwarf Theatre, Sydney (August)
- Queer Stories event in Spiegeltent, Hobart (March)
2018
- Lecture at St Xavier’s College, Mumbai (November)
- Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest (November)
- Bangalore Literature Festival (Bangalore, India, October)
- Queenscliff Literary Festival (Queenscliff, Victoria, May)
- Chennai Literary Festival
- Kolkata Literary Festival
- Jaipur Literature Festival (Jaipur, India, January)
2017
- Ubud Writers Festival appearances (Bali, October)
- Bendigo Writers Festival (August)
- Muse Long Lunch, Canberra (30 May)
- ANU/Canberra Times in conversation with Nicholas Brown (29 May)
- Sydney Writers’ Festival (24–27 May)
- Avid Reader bookshop, Brisbane, in conversation (16 May)
- Launch of The Pleasures of Leisure at Salamanca Inn, Hobart (8 May)
2016
- George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia) (November)
- Byron Writers Festival (August)
- New Zealand Writers Week (Wellington) (March)
- Adelaide Writers’ Week (March)
2015
- Address at Australian Embassy event, Kathmandu (October)
- Address at Australian High Commission event, Delhi (September)
- Kolkata, India (18 September) Bon Voyage – why we leave home and write about it (a conversation with Prof. Hari Vasudevan at Alliance française sponsored by Oxford Bookstore)
- Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival (12 September) interview with Caroline Baum
- Bendigo Writers’ Festival (August)
- Southern Highlands Literary Festival, Bowral NSW (July)
- Sydney Writers’ Festival (May)
- Appearance at the Adelaide Writers’ Week (February/March)
2014
- Conversation with Ramona Koval, Wheeler Centre, Melbourne
- Interview at Travel Writing Symposium, University of Tasmania, Launceston
- Sydney Writers’ Festival (talking about travel, friendship)
- Panel discussion on childhood reading at Reader’s Feast Bookshop, Melbourne
2013
- Perth Writers’ Festival (interviewing Michelle de Kretser, talk on ageing)
2012
- Adelaide Writers’ Week: Seymour Biography Lecture ‘Pushing Against the Dark’; panels
- Melbourne Writers’ Festival (panels and an address on growing old well)
- Brisbane Writers’ Festival (interviewing Drusilla Modjeska, being interviewed about my own writing)
2011
- Talks at Australian Literature conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Ten Days on the Island festival, Hobart (interviewing writers, panels)
- Seymour Biography Lecture, National Library, Canberra
- Address on beauty at Newcastle Art Gallery
2010
- Adelaide Writers’ Week
- Paper on gay issues at Gerontology Conference, Hobart
- Keynote address to Australian Society of Travel Writers, Sydney
- Lecture on the personal essay at ABR Calibre prize event National Library, Canberra
2009
- Address at Monash University campus, Prato, Italy
- Byron Bay Writers’ Festival (panels, keynote address)
- Melbourne Writers’ Festival
- Perth Writers’ Festival (interviewing writers, breakfast address)
- Graduation speech at Curtin University, Perth WA
- Address to Fine Arts students, University of Tasmania
2008
- Addresses at Travel Conference, University of Melbourne
- Panel discussion on Suffering at State Library of NSW
- Melbourne Writers’ Festival
2007
- Panel discussion at State Library of NSW on melancholy
- Address at Lyon literary festival (“Villa Gillet Assizes”), France (in French)
- Byron Bay Writers’ Festival
- Talk on George Lambert at National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2006
- Talks on travel, beauty, at Newcastle Writers’ Festival, Ourimbah, NSW
2004
- Appearance at Vancouver and Calgary literary festivals
2001
- Participation in Montreal Literary Festival (in French)
- Readings at the Woolloomooloo Hotel in Paris
- Appearances on French and Belgian television (in French)
2000
- Appearance on “Bouillon de culture”, French television (in French)
