In collaboration with the UTS Library, the UTS Centre for New Writing presented ‘In Conversation with Bob Carr and Camilla Nelson'.

Helen Garner's award-winning books include novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction, including The First Stone (1995) and Joe Cinque's Consolation (2004).

Peter Garrett praised the healthy state of Australian fiction writing and announced the judges for the Prime Minister's two new Literary Awards worth $100,000 each.

UTS Centre for New Writing is pleased to announce that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett will open the second Australian Contemporary Fiction Festival hosted by the Centre for New Writing at the NSW Writers Centre in Rozelle at 10 am on March 29.