This page is part of the 2007 FESTIVAL ARCHIVE.
Visit the current Melbourne Writers Festival website for details of the next festival.
24th August - 2nd September 2007
Book Now!
All Melbourne Writers Festival events, except for the schools program, are booked through the Malthouse Theatre Box Office.

The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival has a booking form for your use. Download a PDF booking form.

Online Booking

Telephone:
(03) 9685 5111

Facsimile:
(03) 9685 5112

In person:
CUB Malthouse Theatre
113 Sturt Street, Southbank VIC 3006

For directions to the CUB Malthouse Theatre, please click here.

Max Barry

Max Barry lives with his wife and daughter in Melbourne,Australia. He pretended to sell high-end computer systems for Hewlett-Packard while secretly writing his first novel, Syrup. In fact, he still has the laptop he wrote it on because HP forgot to ask for it back, but keep that to yourself. He put an extra X in his name for Syrup because he thought it was a funny joke about marketing and failed to realise everyone would assume he was pretentious.

Jennifer Government, his second novel, was published without any superfluous Xs and sold much better. His third novel Company (Scribe) was a New York Times bestseller.

To help promote his novels, Max wrote the online political game NationStates, which has been played by over half a million people and is currently causing him to drown in e-mail from people who want new features.

He writes full-time, but enforces a strict dress policy, requires that his desk be kept tidy at all times, and asks that he limit personal calls to less than two minutes.
Max Barry will be appearing:
Date: 24 August 2007
Time: 10am - 5pm
Venue: Merlyn Theatre
Tickets: Full $95
Concessions $80
Bookings: Malthouse box office (see sidebar)
Date: 25 August 2007
Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Festival Marquee
Tickets: FREE EVENT
Date: 26 August 2007
Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Merlyn Theatre
Tickets:
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