an extended literary festival taking the form of occasional conversations with writers
We hold our events on the lands of the Jinaburra and Gubbi Gubbi Peoples. We acknowledge their elders past and present.
They are the keepers of the ancient stories of this place.
Welcome to Outspoken for 2024
Hugh Mackay has long been recognised as Australia’s leading social psychologist. In The Way We Are, his self-described ‘final book’, he presents a compelling portrait of the country as it stands today.
Hugh argues that we have entered a critical period in our social evolution. He identifies several major issues: the unfinished march towards gender equality combined with the concurrent persistence of misogyny; the anti-social consequences of social media and the impacts of information overload; and the decline in religious faith and the things we look towards as a substitute.
Hugh will be in conversation with Steven Lang.
Outspoken Presents
Hugh Mackay in conversation
Maleny Community Centre
Friday June 14,
6 for 6.30pm
Tickets $27.50 or $18 for students
And, Introducing, Simon Cleary
Outspoken Presents
Dr Norman Swan in conversation
Maleny Community Centre
Tuesday August 20,
6 for 6.30pm
Tickets $27.50 or $18 for students
And, Introducing, Mark Newman
We’re in the process of putting together a program for the year. We plan to hold six events.
We have two more events confirmed.
Hugh Mackay in June, speaking about his new book The Way We Are, (see above and more info in Upcoming Events) with introducing author Simon Cleary
Dr Norman Swan in August, speaking about his new book on parenthood. Introducing author will be Mark Newman.
Emails about these events will go out shortly.
Our event with Bri Lee and Carly-Jay Metcalfe was very well received. The podcast for both interviews is now streaming.
We held six events last year, with Chris Sarra, Alexander McCall Smith, Kim Mahood, Anna Funder, David Marr and Tony Birch. Our introducing authors were Joanna Jenkins, James Kirby, Louise Martin-Chew, Angela O’Keeffe, Mirandi Riwoe and Melissa Ashley.
We’re immensely grateful to all our authors for making the journey up to Maleny, and for our audience, you, for coming out to hear them.
Thank-you for your support.
regards, Steven and Tyyni
The podcasts of our recent events with Anna Funder, Kim Mahood, Chris Sarra, Heather Rose, Kate Holden, Dr Norman Swan, Kevin Rudd, Linda Jaivin and Scott Ludlam are now available, as are the shorter ones with
Angela O’Keeffe, Louise Martin-Chew, James Kirby, Joanna Jenkins, Peter Hudson, Katie McMahon, Kari Gislason, Warren Ward, Fiona Robertson and Kevin Smith
Please click on podcasts or, and this is fantastic news,
we are now up on Apple Podcasts, click here to be directed to them.
Once on their podcast page click the three dots on the top right and choose ‘follow’
That way you will get regular updates of all of our episodes!
Dr Norman Swan
David Williamson
Luke Stegemann
Scott Ludlam
Fiona Robertson
Kevin Rudd
Hugh Mackay
Steven Lang
We've recently moved to an on-line booking platform. It makes it easier for you to purchase tickets, you can buy them at any time of day or night. If for some reason you have difficulties purchasing tickets over the internet a limited number of tickets are available at Rosetta Books.