Melbourne Writers Festival – Alexis Wright: Boisbouvier Oration

What is the power and purpose of literature? Alexis Wright, the only author to win both the Miles Franklin Award (Carpentaria) and the Stella Prize (Tracker), examines this question in her lecture as the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian literature at The University of Melbourne.

Check out some of the other highlights of the Melbourne Writers Festival at Fed Square:

Melbourne Writers Festival – Duets Series

Magda Szubanski (Second Last Rites: Magda’s Funeral)

Neko Case: This Tornado Loves You

The Eye of the Storm: The Power of Patrick White

Kitty Flanagan (Kitty Flanagan’s School for Relationship Break-ups)

Chris Fleming: Live