John Safran

About

John Safran is a writer and filmmaker who always gets in too deep for his own good. His debut book, Murder in Mississippi, won the Ned Kelly Award for best true crime. His follow up, Depends What You Mean by Extremist, found him lost among radicals and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards. His wild and hilarious documentaries, such as ‘John Safran vs God’ and ‘Jedis & Juggalos’, have received accolades from the Australian Film Institute and Rose d’Or Festival.

His latest book is Puff Piece: How Philip Morris set vaping alight (and burned down the English language).

Past Events

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A Gala Night of Storytelling

John Safran, Paul Kelly, Chloe Hooper, John Marsden, Judith Lucy, Tara June Winch, Christos Tsiolkas, David Malouf, Alexis Wright, Alex Miller, Shane Maloney, Cate Kennedy

13 Feb

Christian Lander

Christian Lander, John Safran

4 Oct

Alom Shaha: The Young Atheist's Handbook

Alom Shaha, John Safran

27 Feb

Comedy Festival

Get Fact!

John Safran, Dave O'Neil, Adam Zwar

13 Apr

The School of Life Melbourne Secular Sermon Series

John Safran ON UNREST

John Safran

24 Feb

John Safran: Murder in Mississippi

John Safran

6 Nov

Question Time

Radicalisation

Madeleine Morris, Irfan Yusuf, John Safran, Joumanah El Matrah

5 Jul

The Alt Write

George Saunders, Brit Bennett, Roxane Gay, John Safran, Michael Williams

22 May

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