Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Friday 19 February
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mark Danner has reported and written on foreign affairs, politics and war for 25 years. He was for many years a staff writer at The New Yorker and contributes frequently to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications.
Danner’s work has been chosen as a New York Times Notable Book and honoured with a US National Magazine award, three Overseas Press Awards and an Emmy. His latest book, Stripping Bare the Body, shows at close hand how terrorism works and how war looks and feels.
In an in-depth interview with Fran Kelly, Danner will uncover the grim realities of some of the world’s broken places, giving his perspective on American power during the last quarter century and reflecting on the state of journalism today. It will be an unforgettable session.
Picture credit: Dominique Nabokov
Featuring
Fran Kelly
'Let me remind any women of any generation still worried by the tag ... feminism is about equality, political equality, economic equality, cultural equality, personal equality, social equality. That’s it, it’s as simple as that.'
Fran Kelly is one of Australia’s leading political interviewers and commentators. She has earned a reputation as an intelligent, informed and balanced journalist who has been a key contributor to the nation’s political and social debates for the past 25 years. In that time she’s been the ABC’s Europe Correspondent based in London, the political editor for The 7.30 Report and the political correspondent for the prestigious AM program.
Fran is the Presenter of ABC RN Breakfast, Australia’s leading national morning current affairs radio show.
She is currently hosting the political panel programme, Insiders, on ABC TV on Sunday mornings.
Mark Danner
Mark Danner has reported and written on foreign affairs, politics and war for 25 years. He was for many years a staff writer at The New Yorker and contributes frequently to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications.
His books include The Secret Way to War, Torture and Truth, The Road to Illegitimacy and The Massacre at El Mozote, which was chosen by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year.
Danner’s work has been honoured with a US National Magazine award, three Overseas Press Awards and an Emmy.