A lineup of standout Festival guests respond to the 2019 Festival theme, Lie to Me. They explore the fibs, fictions and falsehoods that underpin our daily lives and personal relationships, and whether facts have any value in a post-truth age. Featuring playwright Patricia Cornelius, former Greens senator Scott Ludlam, political theorist Tim Soutphommasane, Oyinkan Braithwaite (whose debut novel My Sister the Serial Killer has just been longlisted for the Booker Prize), journalist and author Ece Temelkuran, social commentator and comedy writer Nayuka Gorrie, musician Megan Washington and much-loved compere Benjamin Law.

<p>A lineup of standout Festival guests respond to the 2019 Festival theme, Lie to Me. They explore the fibs, fictions and falsehoods that underpin our daily lives and personal relationships, and whether facts have any value in a post-truth age. Featuring playwright&nbsp;Patricia Cornelius, former Greens senator&nbsp;Scott Ludlam, political theorist&nbsp;Tim Soutphommasane,&nbsp;Oyinkan Braithwaite&nbsp;(whose debut novel&nbsp;<em>My Sister the Serial Killer</em> has just been longlisted for the Booker Prize), journalist and author Ece Temelkuran, social commentator and comedy writer Nayuka Gorrie, musician Megan Washington and much-loved compere Benjamin Law.</p>

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