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ARTS EXCURSIONS FILMS TALKS WORKSHOPS
Thursday 20 August
COPY, PASTE, PROFIT
// 6PM — 7PM
The Mint
6PM — 7PM
KNIFE: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SALMAN RUSHDIE (2026)
// 6:30PM — 8:35PM
Dendy Newtown
6:30PM — 8:35PM
CONTEMPORARY ART IN A TIME OF CRISIS
// 6:30PM — 7:30PM
Suzanne Cotter, Benjamin Law
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
6:30PM — 7:30PM
Friday 21 August
AFTERLIVES, INTERRUPTED
// 2PM — 3PM
Chau Chak Wing Museum
2PM — 3PM
THE PRICE OF IDEAS
// 6:30PM — 7:45PM
Salman Rushdie [USA/UK]
Sydney Town Hall
6:30PM — 7:45PM
Sold Out
Saturday 22 August
THE WORLD CAME FLOODING IN
// 9:30AM — 6:45PM
Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine
Carriageworks
9:30AM — 6:45PM
HEAP
// 10AM — 8PM
Carriageworks
10AM — 8PM
HOW TO START A CULT
// 10AM — 11AM
Anke Richter [GER/NZL], Laura McConnell
Carriageworks
10AM — 11AM
GOVERNING IN THE AGE OF STUPID
// 10AM — 11AM
Waleed Aly, Amy Remeikis, Greg Sheridan
Carriageworks
10AM — 11AM
UNEARTHING DANGER
// 10AM — 11AM
Brook Andrew, Aretha Brown, Keg De Souza, Tarryn Gill, HOSSEI, Sophie Penkethman-Young, Tim Silver, EJ Son
Carriageworks
10AM — 11AM
THE GOOD LIFE STATE
// 10:30AM — 11:30AM
Melissa Chan [HK/TWN/US], Alexandre Lefebvre, Ussama Makdisi [PAL/USA]
Carriageworks
10:30AM — 11:30AM
AGAINST GOODNESS
// 11AM — 12PM
Jesse Bering [USA], Joanna Bourke [UK], Hanno Sauer [NDL/GER]
Carriageworks
11AM — 12PM
NEGOTIATING THE END OF THE WORLD
// 11:30AM — 12:30PM
Clive Hamilton
Carriageworks
11:30AM — 12:30PM
HERESIES
// 12PM — 1PM
Richard Flanagan
Carriageworks
12PM — 1PM
DECOLONISATION IS NOT AN ECONOMIC POLICY
// 12PM — 1PM
Duane Fraser, Celeste Liddle, Glenn Loury [USA]
Carriageworks
12PM — 1PM
CIRCLE OF CHAIRS
// 12PM — 1PM
Carriageworks
12PM — 1PM
PARANOID NATIONALISM
// 1PM — 2PM
Ghassan Hage, Marcia Langton, David Leser
Carriageworks
1PM — 2PM
BUYING AND SELLING THE POOR
// 1PM — 2PM
Mark Considine, Rick Morton, Emily Roy
Carriageworks
1PM — 2PM
NOBODY BELONGS
// 1:30PM — 2:30PM
Jesse Bering [USA], Kate Holden, Neha Kale, Amy Thunig-McGregor
Carriageworks
1:30PM — 2:30PM
FAKE
// 1:30PM — 2:30PM
Mark Haslam, kdmindustries
Carriageworks
1:30PM — 2:30PM
THE MYTH OF ANCIENT HATREDS
// 2PM — 3PM
Ussama Makdisi [PAL/USA]
Carriageworks
2PM — 3PM
CIRCLE OF CHAIRS
// 2PM — 3PM
Carriageworks
2PM — 3PM
THE END OF HUMAN RIGHTS
// 2:30PM — 3:30PM
Philippe Bolopion [FRA/USA]
Carriageworks
2:30PM — 3:30PM
PORN WITHOUT PEOPLE
// 3PM — 4PM
Tilly Lawless, Dan Miller, Patrick Stokes, Emily van der Nagel
Carriageworks
3PM — 4PM
LONGEVITY THREATENS THE FUTURE
// 3PM — 4PM
Lucinda Holdforth
Carriageworks
3PM — 4PM
THE CURE
// 4PM — 5PM
Hannah Diviney, Stan Grant, Jess Hill, Peter Singer, Scott Stephens
Carriageworks
4PM — 5PM
YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION
// 4PM — 5PM
Badiucao [CHN/AU], Melissa Chan [HK/TWN/US]
Carriageworks
4PM — 5PM
YOU’VE GOTTA HAVE FAITH
// 4PM — 5PM
Greg Sheridan
Carriageworks
4PM — 5PM
NON-MONOGAMY MAKES US BETTER PARENTS
// 4:30PM — 5:30PM
Evolving Love Project, Rebecca Huntley
Carriageworks
4:30PM — 5:30PM
DEEP SOULFUL SWEATS
// 4:30PM — 6PM
Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen
Carriageworks
4:30PM — 6PM
BAD EDUCATION
// 5PM — 6PM
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Pasi Sahlberg, George Williams
Carriageworks
5PM — 6PM
KILLING CULTURE
// 6PM — 7PM
Maria Alyokhina [RUS], Brook Andrew, John Cameron Mitchell [USA], Salman Rushdie [USA/UK]
Carriageworks
6PM — 7PM
THE WITCHES
// 6PM — 7PM
Emma Quilty, Lucianne Tonti, Caroline Tully
Carriageworks
6PM — 7PM
THE LAST HUMANS
// 7PM — 8PM
Cory Doctorow [CAN/UK], Eleanor Gammell, Toby Walsh
Carriageworks
7PM — 8PM
FAKE
// 7PM — 8PM
Mark Haslam, kdmindustries
Carriageworks
7PM — 8PM
EXPOSURE
// 7PM — 8PM
Latai Taumoepeau, Mirabelle Wouters, Branch Nebula
Carriageworks
7PM — 8PM
THE LAST SUPPER
// 7:30PM — 9:30PM
Carriageworks
7:30PM — 9:30PM
DEEP SOULFUL SWEATS
// 8PM — 9:30PM
Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen
Carriageworks
8PM — 9:30PM
Sunday 23 August
TRUMP IS A SYMPTOM
// 10AM — 11AM
Peter Beinart [USA], Glenn Loury [USA], Maria Ressa [PHI]
Carriageworks
10AM — 11AM
HEAP
// 10AM — 8PM
Carriageworks
10AM — 8PM
THE WORLD CAME FLOODING IN
// 10AM — 4:45PM
Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine
Carriageworks
10AM — 4:45PM
RETHINKING, THINKING ABOUT ISLAM
// 10AM — 11AM
Aftab Malik
Carriageworks
10AM — 11AM
AND ALSO WITH YOU
// 10AM — 11:10AM
Simon Vaughan
Carriageworks
10AM — 11:10AM
THE ILLUSION OF IMPARTIALITY
// 11AM — 12PM
Pat Abboud
Carriageworks
11AM — 12PM
THE NEXT WORLD WAR
// 11:30AM — 12:30PM
Amy Hestermann-Crane, Rain Liivoja, Paul Symon
Carriageworks
11:30AM — 12:30PM
ENSHITTIFICATION
// 12PM — 1PM
Cory Doctorow [CAN/UK]
Carriageworks
12PM — 1PM
AFTER EQUALITY
// 12PM — 1PM
Hanno Sauer [NDL/GER]
Carriageworks
12PM — 1PM
HURT, HARM, HATE
// 1PM — 2PM
Antoinette Lattouf, Luke McNamara, Robynne Quiggin, Sami Shah, David Slucki
Carriageworks
1PM — 2PM
DANCING WITH ELEPHANTS
// 1PM — 2PM
Bob Carr, Catherine McGregor, Malcolm Turnbull
Carriageworks
1PM — 2PM
CIRCLE OF CHAIRS
// 1PM — 2PM
Carriageworks
1PM — 2PM
EVIL WOMEN
// 1:30PM — 2:30PM
Joanna Bourke [UK]
Carriageworks
1:30PM — 2:30PM
FACING MORAL WRECKAGE
// 2PM — 3PM
Peter Beinart [USA]
Carriageworks
2PM — 3PM
TRUST ME, IT'S A CONSPIRACY
// 2:30PM — 3:30PM
Ariel Bogle, Harry Hobbs, Anke Richter [GER/NZL]
Carriageworks
2:30PM — 3:30PM
FAKE
// 2:30PM — 3:30PM
Mark Haslam, kdmindustries
Carriageworks
2:30PM — 3:30PM
SELF-CENSORSHIP
// 3PM — 4PM
Glenn Loury [USA]
Carriageworks
3PM — 4PM
LIFE AFTER DEATH
// 3PM — 4PM
Jesse Bering [USA]
Carriageworks
3PM — 4PM
RAW ETHICS
// 3PM — 4:20PM
Christopher Hall, Em Readman, William Salkeld
Carriageworks
3PM — 4:20PM
WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION
// 4PM — 5PM
Maria Ressa [PHI]
Carriageworks
4PM — 5PM
ON ANTISEMITISM
// 4PM — 5PM
Ruth Balint, Sarah Schwartz, David Slucki
Carriageworks
4PM — 5PM
JUST BE PUNK
// 5PM — 6PM
John Cameron Mitchell [USA]
Carriageworks
5PM — 6PM
FAKE
// 5PM — 6PM
Mark Haslam, kdmindustries
Carriageworks
5PM — 6PM
CIRCLE OF CHAIRS
// 5PM — 6PM
Carriageworks
5PM — 6PM
PUSSY RIOT'S POLITICAL GIRL
// 6PM — 7PM
Maria Alyokhina [RUS], Eric J. Breitenbach [CAN]
Carriageworks
6PM — 7PM
EXPOSURE
// 6PM — 7PM
Latai Taumoepeau, Mirabelle Wouters, Branch Nebula
Carriageworks
6PM — 7PM
FAREWELL TOUR
// 7PM — 8PM
Joe Wilson and Chanelle Collier
Carriageworks
7PM — 8PM
Monday 24 August
PREPARING FOR EXTINCTION
// 9:15AM — 4PM
Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
9:15AM — 4PM
STACKS OF DANGER
// 5:30PM — 7PM
State Library NSW
5:30PM — 7PM
Sold Out
Tuesday 25 August
THE LIVING ARCHIVE
// 12:45PM — 2:45PM
Australian Museum
12:45PM — 2:45PM
HOW TO SAY THE WRONG THING
// 4PM — 8PM
Monty Badami
The Ethics Centre
4PM — 8PM
Wednesday 26 August
HOW TO USE AI WITHOUT BECOMING ITS EMPLOYEE
// 4PM — 6PM
Aubrey Blanche
The Ethics Centre
4PM — 6PM
STACKS OF DANGER
// 5:30PM — 7PM
State Library NSW
5:30PM — 7PM
Sold Out
ROCKING THE FOUNDATIONS (1985)
// 6PM — 7:50PM
Dendy Newtown
6PM — 7:50PM
Thursday 27 August
HOW TO FILE AN FOI
// 4PM — 5:30PM
Cam Wilson
The Ethics Centre
4PM — 5:30PM
HATRED (1995)
// 6PM — 7:50PM
Dendy Newtown
6PM — 7:50PM
HOLDING HATRED
// 6PM — 7PM
Justice and Police Museum
6PM — 7PM
Selling Fast
Friday 28 August
HOW TO DO CONFLICT AT WORK
// 11AM — 1PM
Tim Duggan
The Ethics Centre
11AM — 1PM
OFF THE RECORD
// 11:45AM — 1PM
ABC Ultimo Centre
11:45AM — 1PM
Selling Fast
OFF THE RECORD
// 2PM — 3:15PM
ABC Ultimo Centre
2PM — 3:15PM
MELTDOWN
// 7PM — 11:59PM
Heaps Normal Health Club
7PM — 11:59PM
Saturday 29 August
BANNED BOOK CLUB WITH BENJAMIN LAW
// 12:30PM — 2:30PM
Benjamin Law
Attenzione
12:30PM — 2:30PM
THE PIANO (1993)
// 2:30PM — 4:50PM
Dendy Newtown
2:30PM — 4:50PM
ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012)
// 5PM — 7:50PM
Dendy Newtown
5PM — 7:50PM
SALÒ (120 DAYS OF SODOM) (1975)
// 8:30PM — 10:45PM
Dendy Newtown
8:30PM — 10:45PM
Sunday 30 August
GOJIRA (GODZILLA) (1954)
// 12:30PM — 2:20PM
Dendy Newtown
12:30PM — 2:20PM
AFTERLIVES, INTERRUPTED
// 2PM — 3PM
Chau Chak Wing Museum
2PM — 3PM
HOLY MOTORS (2012)
// 3PM — 5:15PM
Dendy Newtown
3PM — 5:15PM
SHORTBUS (2006)
// 5:30PM — 7:30PM
Dendy Newtown
5:30PM — 7:30PM
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