Melbourne Writers Festival Announce 2015 Program
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Melbourne Writers Festival Announce 2015 Program

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With more than 500 international and local authors, scriptwriters, bloggers and thinkers over more than 60 venues throughout the city across the 11 day festival, there will be a lot to take in.

The first of 531 events features best-selling novelist Louis de Bernieres (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Red Dog). On the eve of his latest novel, The Dust That Falls From Dreams, he will retrace his journey as a writer. He will be followed by Rob Thomas, the creator of TV cult classics Veronica Mars and Party Down

British novelist and journalist Will Self will have closing night address honours. He will reflect on the love/hate relationship he has built over 30 years with Australia and the repression and denial he sees at its heart.

Other program highlights include activist Naomi Klein will lead one of a series of discussions about climate change and the war capitalism is waging on our planet, while Nobel Prize winner Prof Brian Schmidt and astrophysicist Katie Mack present a multimedia Guide To The Universe.

Lifestyle leaders Leo Babauta (Zen Habits) and Sarah Wilson (I Quit Sugar) team up to share visions for what a good life looks like in Health & Happiness Dot Com and New Yorks hottest and hippest literary ticket The Moth Mainstage comes to Melbourne, as storytellers weave stories around the theme of ‘between worlds’ in this live theatrical production.