Writers' Week winds up in style13 March, 2008After a record-breaking start, this year's Adelaide Writers' Week continued to draw impressive crowds on its final two days last week, despite temperatures reaching 38 degrees on Friday.
Wrap up: Adelaide Writers' Week11 March, 2008The 2008 Adelaide Writers' Week has wrapped up. The crowds were slightly smaller on Friday - probably because most attendees were recovering from heat stroke and dehydration from the four preceding days
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature winners announced6 March, 2008Poet John Tranter has taken out the South Australian Premier's Award, announced as part of the 2008 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.
Adelaide Writers' Week breaking records despite heat6 March, 2008The 2008 Adelaide Writers' Week got off to a 'record-breaking' start on Sunday, with visiting ex-pat Germaine Greer drawing an adoring crowd--and sales of her most recent book
Shakespeare's Wife (Bloomsbury) helping the festival bookshop to its best opening day ever.
Adelaide Writers' Week - Day 35 March, 2008Well, I thought the crowds were good for day 2, but star acts Geraldine Brooks and Peter Carey attracted much greater numbers to the Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens in Adelaide on Tuesday 4 March - again in spite of the extreme heat as temperatures hovered around 35 degrees.
Premier Rann cops a spray at Adelaide Writers' Week3 March, 2008After several weeks of mild weather, Adelaide has poured on the heat for this week's Adelaide Writer's Week, part of the wider Adelaide Festival of Arts.