Jo Dyer is a writer, literary curator and producer of theatre and film. Most recently Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, Jo has held leadership roles at national cultural institutions such as Sydney Writers’ Festival, Sydney Theatre Company and Bangarra Dance Theatre. Her freelance productions have been staged at venues that include the Sydney Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, and the legendary Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas, and her films have won awards and screened worldwide, notably at the Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2021, Jo was unexpectedly thrust into the national spotlight when she became an advocate for her deceased friend Kate, after Kate’s accusations of rape against then attorney-general Christian Porter were posthumously made public. She is a Community Independent candidate for the seat of Boothby in the 2022 Federal election.
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Burning Down the House
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Burning Down the House
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Events
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Sonia Orchard at Avid Reader
Avid Reader
193 Boundary Street, West End, Queensland, Australia
Jessica Rudd will be in conversation with Sonia Orchard for her In the National Interest edition, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse, Protecting Children. ABOUT THE BOOK Stories of child sexual...
$15
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Book launch: Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid by Jeff Sparrow (Readings, Carlton)
Readings Carlton
Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
We are delighted to host the launch of Jeff Sparrow's latest work, Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid: The Extraordinary Life of Lesbia Harford. Barely known in her lifetime, Lesbia Harford...
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Book Launch: Australian Girls (Melbourne Museum)
Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, Australia
Join us to celebrate Catherine Gay's new book Australian Girls: Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century (Monash University Publishing). Launched by Senior Curator Deborah Tout-Smith (Museums Victoria), Professor Andrew May...
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Brisbane Writers Festival: Thom Woodroofe: Power, Prosperity & Planet
Brisbane Powerhouse - Underground Theatre
19 Lamington St, New Farm, VIC
Climate change affects all of us – but what about climate action? In this cogent and clear-eyed book, Thom Woodroofe argues that Australia’s energy transition offers us a vital opportunity to secure economic...
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Mount Beauty Writers Festival
Mount Beauty Community Centre
Kiewa Cres, Mount Beauty, VIC, Australia
Mount Beauty Writers Festival ABOUT Everyone has a story ... Come and enjoy the stories of award winning authors in the picturesque Alpine setting of Mount Beauty, awarded Tourism Victoria's...
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Sonia Orchard at Avid Reader
Avid Reader 193 Boundary Street, West End, Queensland, AustraliaJessica Rudd will be in conversation with Sonia Orchard for her In the National Interest edition, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse, Protecting Children. ABOUT THE BOOK Stories of child sexual...
$15 -
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Book launch: Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid by Jeff Sparrow (Readings, Carlton)
Readings Carlton Woiworung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaWe are delighted to host the launch of Jeff Sparrow's latest work, Somewhere Here the Future’s Hid: The Extraordinary Life of Lesbia Harford. Barely known in her lifetime, Lesbia Harford...
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Book Launch: Australian Girls (Melbourne Museum)
Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, VIC, AustraliaJoin us to celebrate Catherine Gay's new book Australian Girls: Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century (Monash University Publishing). Launched by Senior Curator Deborah Tout-Smith (Museums Victoria), Professor Andrew May...
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Brisbane Writers Festival: Thom Woodroofe: Power, Prosperity & Planet
Brisbane Powerhouse - Underground Theatre 19 Lamington St, New Farm, VICClimate change affects all of us – but what about climate action? In this cogent and clear-eyed book, Thom Woodroofe argues that Australia’s energy transition offers us a vital opportunity to secure economic...
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Mount Beauty Writers Festival
Mount Beauty Community Centre Kiewa Cres, Mount Beauty, VIC, AustraliaMount Beauty Writers Festival ABOUT Everyone has a story ... Come and enjoy the stories of award winning authors in the picturesque Alpine setting of Mount Beauty, awarded Tourism Victoria's...
