~ Festival Special: Irish Writer Colum McCann

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What does it mean to write using an 'ethical imagination'? Colum McCann onstage with Kate Evans at the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival, on his novels Twist, Apeirogon, TransAtlantic, Let the Great World Spin and many more; and his work with the social justice storytelling movement, Narrative Four.Presenter/ Producer: Kate EvansSound Engineers: Simon Branthwaite, Antonia GauciActing Arts Editor: Sarah L'Estrange

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