Despite all the modern gizmos at our disposal it is obvious that people still love to read. If you doubt it, czech out the Sydney Writer’s Festival website and you will notice than 800,000 hits in the lead up to the festival to be staged between 22 to 28 May 2006. The majority of Festival events are free. To book for our ticketed events call Sydney Theatre box office on (02) 9250 1988, or book online. This year, we’re bringing 70 international guests to Sydney to talk about their work. They come from all corners of the globe including Bosnia, Iraq, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, East Timor, Singapore, Nigeria and, for the first time, Russia. Anna Politkovskaya in Sydney
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