
STREAMED LIVE IN MALENY
20 – 22 MAY 2022
SIX SENSATIONAL SESSIONS AT THE MALENY COMMUNITY CENTRE
We are thrilled to welcome guests back to the Maleny Community Centre – The Verandah Room – to view six sessions streamed live from the Sydney Writers Festival 20 – 22 May. Single Sessions are $15 or make a weekend of it and book your six session package for $60.
BOOK THE WEEKEND PACKAGE HERE
Session 1 – Friday 20 May 12 noon – 1 pm
MICHELLE DE KRETSER and CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS
Two of the biggest names in Australian literature, Michelle De Krester (Scary Monsters) and Christos Tsiolkas (7 1/2) come together to discuss their latest books with Roanna Gonsalves.
BOOK SINGLE SESSION HERE.
Session 2 – Friday 20 May 4pm – 5pm
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Listen to this remembrance of writers past, including Jackie Huggins on bell hooks; Sarah Krasnostein on Joan Dideon; Melissa Lucashenko on Keri Hulme; and others hosted by Susan Wyndham.
BOOK SINGLE SESSION HERE.
Session 3 – Saturday 21 May 10am – 11am
BARRIE CASSIDY & FRIENDS: ELECTION 2022
The only thing more essential for election 2022 than a sausage in a bread roll is a panel featuring political commentators /writers Barrie Cassidy, Fran Kelly and Nikki Savva.
BOOK SINGLE SESSION HERE.
Session 4 – Saturday 21 May 2pm – 3pm
MAXINE BENEBA & OMAR MUSA
Acclaimed Australian artists and writers Maxine Beneba Clarke (How Decent Folk Behave) and Omar Musa (Killernova) discuss their electrifying and unsparing new poetry collections, in conversation with Evelyn Araluen (Dropbear).
BOOK SINGLE SESSION HERE.
Session 5 – Sunday 22 May 12noon – 1pm
WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
Hannah Marshall, Chris Masters and Kate McClymont choose their words carefully with Erik Jensen to explore why Australia’s defamation laws are the harshest in the world, and what impact this has on good public discourse.
STAY ON FOR LIGHT REFRESHMENTS, A CHAT, A DRINK AND A DRINK BEFORE THE NEXT SESSION.
BOOK SINGLE SESSION HERE.
Session 6 – Sunday 22 May 2pm – 3pm
LIANE MORIARTY & CAROLINE OVERINGTON
International phenomenon Liane Moriarty discusses her new novel Apples Never Fall and the art of suspense-driven fiction with Literary Editor of The Australian Caroline Overington (The Cuckoo Cry).
BOOK SINGLE SESSION HERE.
PRICE INCLUDES LIGHT REFRESHMENTS. DRINKS WILL ALSO BE ON SALE.
A small booking fee applies to online bookings.
BOOKINGS IN PERSON at Rosetta Books, 30 Maple Street, Maleny.







The Maleny Community Centre is slowly being reopened according to the Stages for easing of restrictions that the Queensland Government has introduced.
If you have any enquiries, do contact the Administration Manager via email admin@malenycc.org , phone 07 5429 6043 or mobile 0475 916 286 during the below office hours.
Monday Closed
Tuesday 10.00am to 12.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am to 12.00pm
Thursday 10.00am to 12.00pm
Friday Closed
The Maleny Community Centre provides a range of venues and facilities to support the arts and cultural activities of the Sunshine Coast.
Maleny Community Centre Inc (MCC) has been owned and run by the community of Maleny for more than 100 years and receives no ongoing government support. The MCC works collaboratively with many other community organizations to provide social and cultural amenity in the region.
The facilities have been upgraded to provide increased social capital, amenity and liveability within the community, increased financial independence, and the means to support cultural, economic and social enterprises in the region into the future.
The Main Hall is fitted with new digital technologies to support cinema and theatre performances, and, through a more advanced internet presence, will provide affordable on-line information, promotion and sales services to users of the facility. MCC will continue to provide a variety of excellent, modern Community Centre spaces, including a concert-ready modern main hall, for use by a broad base of people thus delivering lasting economic and community benefits. The main building is self sustaining using solar power and water tanks.Closed