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Constellations Festival: Children’s & YA Readers & Writers Day

Date: Saturday 28 March

Time: 1pm to 2pm

Cost: Free

Location: 401 Greenhill Rd, Tusmore SA 5065

Appropriate reading material for teens and young adults is hotly contested and adult gatekeeping can sometimes hinder rather than help. How are young readers influencing the diversity of the stories being published for them, and is it time we trusted our teens a little bit more?

YA In Conversation Panel featuring Olivia De Zilva, Will Kostakis, Gary Lonesborough and Jared Thomas. Chaired by Rebecca Bird.

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Constellations Festival: Writers SA present Read SA: Plus One

Date: Monday 2 March

Time: 2.45pm to 3.45pm

Cost: Free

Location: The Exchange Building, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide 5000

A cohort of South Australia’s most exciting writers introduce you to the writing they love. A line-up of lauded writers from across the genre spectrum present a series of paired live readings. Each author will read from their latest work along with that of another SA writer.

Participants: Adam Cece, Carol Lefevre, Jennifer Mills, Jessica White, Olivia De Zilva, Susan Betts. Chair Michelle Prak

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Constellations Festival: Pink Shorts Press presents: Resistance and Adoration

Date: Monday 2 March

Time: 6.15 to 7.15pm

Cost: Free

Location: The Exchange Building, 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide 5000

What is stronger: love or protest? Be roused and charmed in turn, as local authors from independent publisher Pink Shorts Press read non-romantic letters of adoration and outraged letters of resistance, and consider what role books can play in creating change, building connections and finding levity in dark times.

Participants: Alex Cothren, Margaret Merrilees, Olivia De Zilva, Tracy Crisp.

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Constellations Festival: Writing the world around us: Olivia De Zilva and Lauren Fuge

Date: Thursday 5 March

Time: 6 to 7pm

Cost: Free

Location: Goodwood Books, 145 Goodwood Rd, Goodwood 5034

As part of Constellations, hear young writers Olivia De Zilva and Lauren Fuge in a candid discussion about creating art in a world that feels increasingly fragile.

In conversation with Laura Pietrobon, Olivia and Lauren will explore questions including: how does the state of the world challenge our ability to write? Why is it essential for young people to tell stories about their realities? And what does it mean to create art while living in a world that often feels like it’s failing?

The conversation will touch on themes from Olivia De Zilva’s Plastic Budgie and Eggshell, works rooted in problematic and defiant nostalgia, and Lauren Fuge’s Voyagers, which explores the drive to explore and reimagine the future of our world.

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UNABRIDGED by Opinionated at the Adelaide Fringe

Date: Saturday 14 March

Time: 6-8pm

Cost: $15

Location: 107 Hindley Street, Adelaide 500

A night of live readings with a sensorial accent, performed South Australian writers of colour. Disappear into curated soundscapes and experience the dichotomy of storytelling through the art of spoken word, in the iconic Imprints Booksellers. Featuring stories from Rayleen Forester, Makeda Duong, Alice McCool, MAHA, Vivana Luzochimana and Lur Alghurabi.

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Clunes Booktown Presents: The Long and Short of Stories

Date: Saturday 21 March

Time: 11.30am to 12.30pm

Cost: $25.00

Location: 67 Fraser Street Clunes, Victoria, 3370

What makes a short story pop? And what draws writers and readers to the form? Join award-winning short story writer, Maxine Beneba Clarke; winner of the 2025 Nakata Brophy Short Story Prize, Susie Anderson; and novella writer, Olivia De Zilva; with chair Bec Kavanagh, as they unpack the long and short of stories.

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Amplify Salon: Olivia De Zilva and Adalya Nash Hussein

Date: Monday 23 March

Time: 6.30pm to 7.30pm

Cost: Free

Location: Amplify, 55 Peel St, West Melbourne

Join us for an evening of conversation featuring breakout author, Olivia De Zilva, in conversation with Adalya Nash Hussein (editor of Loom). They will be discussing Olivia’s debut adult novel, Plastic Budgie, and her YA novel, Eggshell.