Highlights from the Festival of Dangerous Ideas will be live-streamed into Taree Library on Saturday September 3, providing an exciting opportunity for the local community to engage with this event, without the hassle of travelling to Sydney.
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The Festival of Dangerous Ideas is an annual event presented by the Sydney Opera House bringing the world’s leading thinkers together to discuss and debate some of the most important issues of our time.
With our Manning Valley Libraries being a satellite partner of the event, two festival highlights will beam into Taree Library, including Break a Rule a Day and The Government We Deserve.
The event will kick off Break a Rule a Day at 11.30am where best-selling author and journalist, Lionel Shriver, will toy with the idea that breaking a rule a day is better for your health than an apple.
Next up will be Annabel Crabb and David Marr from 1.30pm who will no doubt spark up a hilarious debate off the back of the July election in The Government We Deserve.
Both talks will be Auslan-interpreted and if you’d like to follow the conversation on Twitter, the event hashtag is #FODI.
As an added bonus, our local audiences will have the opportunity to take part in a live Question and Answer (Q&A) with the very talented A.C. Grayling from 1 to 1.30pm, sending their questions direct to the Sydney stage.
A.C. Grayling is the Master of the New College of Humanities, London, and its Professor of Philosophy, and the author of over thirty books on philosophy, biography, history of ideas, and essays.
MidCoast Council’s Library Events Coordinator (Taree office) Danielle Old, is looking forward to connecting local people with a world class event right here in their own community.
“We had such a positive response following our live-streaming of the Sydney Writers’ Festival and we’re excited that we can follow on from this positive initiative with the Festival of Dangerous Ideas,” said Danielle.
If you’d like to come along, tickets are free, but bookings are essential and can be made by visiting www.manningvallerylibraries.com.au