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Samah Sabawi at Sydney Writers Festival - FEAST: Family-style
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Samah Sabawi at Sydney Writers Festival - FEAST: Family-style


Time & date

8:00pm - 9:15pm, 24th May 2025


Location

Carriageworks View map

245 Wilson St, Eveleigh, NSW 2015


Tickets

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$30 Full $20 Conc.

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About

The feast continues in this return of a Festival favourite event from 2024!

Chinese Australian writer, comedian and food enthusiast Jennifer Wong (Chopsticks or Fork?) plays host in this special event, rounding up Festival guests to share their stories of family and food.

Join Candice Chung (Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You), Richard Glover (Best Wishes), Kate Reid (Lune), Samah Sabawi (Cactus Pear For My Beloved), Tony Tan (Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class), Virginia Trioli (A Bit on the Side) and others with their tales of dinner disasters, festive frivolities and heaping spoonfuls of love.

With stories this mouth-watering, be sure to visit one of our dining options at Carriageworks before the show. Expect to be comedically and culinarily delighted!

Book

Cactus Pear For My Beloved
SHORTLISTED, 2025 Stella Prize. Shortlisted for THE AGE Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the NSW Literary Award for Non Fiction. 'If there's a more important or timely book in 2024, I'm yet to come across it. Five big shiny stars.' GOOD READING MAGAZINE 'Samah Sabawi has written a story of courage and struggle. Her generosity is such that above all she has gifted us a story of love of family and country.' TONY BIRCH The story of a family over the past 100 years, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland.
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