Live stream: Big Histories (SWF, Live & Local)

Next date: Friday, 22 May 2026 | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

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Amitav Ghosh, Luke Kemp and Clare Wright live-streamed on our big screen as part of the Sydney Writers' Festival.

Please note: This is a live-streamed event. No presenters will be at Castlemaine Library.

What if we could change our future by rewriting our pasts?

For author Amitav Ghosh and researcher Luke Kemp, navigating the present means understanding the past. In two books, The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis and Wild Fictions, Amitav considers human history through our relationship with the environment, while Luke retells the collapse of empires to find solutions for our current existential crises in Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse.

Revisit the past to find solutions for the present with Amitav and Luke in conversation with host Clare Wright.

BOOKINGS REQUIRED

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When

  • Friday, 22 May 2026 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Location

Castlemaine Library, 212 Barker Street, Castlemaine, 3450, View Map

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