‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen…’, ‘I have a dream‘, ‘Well may we say “God Save the Queen”…’, ‘Frankly my dear…’ Speechmaking isn’t all 21st birthday toasts and sporting triumphalism. From great oratory to political grandstanding, eight local writers and performers read their favourite speeches from history, cinema and literature.
Presenters
Sonya Hartnett is the award-winning, internationally-acclaimed author of several novels for adults and younger readers.
Sophie Black works in the diverse roles of writer, journalist and editor of Crikey, an online news service that publishes to some of the smartest inboxes in the country.
Sam Pang is a writer, presenter and broadcaster. His television credits include the hugely popular Santo, Sam and Ed’s Cup Fever and SBS’s coverage of The Eurovision Song Contest.
Noni Hazlehurst is one of Australia’s favourite actors and presenters.
Julian Burnside, QC, is an Australian barrister who specialises in commercial litigation and is also deeply involved in human rights work, in particular in relation to refugees.
Lisa Gorton’s first collection, Press Release, was shortlisted for the Mary Gilmore Award and the Melbourne Prize Best Writing Award, and won the Victorian Premier’s Prize for Poetry.
Dave Graney is an ARIA-award winning, gold record-wearing, bad-ass musician with a recording output comprising roughly 24 albums (with the Moodists, the Coral Snakes, the White Buffaloes and the Lurid Yellow Mist) in a career spanning thirty years. 1001 Australian Nights is his first book.
Tony Birch is the author of the acclaimed novel, Blood (UQP 2011). His has also published widely as a short fiction writer.
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