Be inspired by great thinkers, their ideas in action, and how they shaped their worlds.
Brisbane Writers Festival 2017

Marks Left by Masterful Minds
Dennis Glover
Dennis Glover has worked for two decades as an historian, newspaper columnist, political adviser and speechwriter to a number of federal Labor leaders. He has a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge where he was a member of King’s College. He has written three non-fiction books and was included in Best Australian Essays 2014. The Last Man in Europe is his first novel.
Jeff Sparrow
Jeff Sparrow is a writer, editor and broadcaster. He writes a fortnightly column for the Guardian and is a member of the 3RRR Breakfasters team. His most recent book is No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson.
Julianne Schultz
Julianne Schultz is the founding editor of Griffith Review.
Catherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey is the author of The Answers and Nobody is Ever Missing. She has won a Whiting Award, was a finalist for the NYPL’s Young Lions Fiction Award, and named one of Granta Magazine’s Best Young American Novelists. Her work has been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch & German.