Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 10 November
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
Stuart Littlemore and PM Newton both have serious form, as a lawyer and police officer respectively. Now they’ve traded that for the world of fiction. Far from the glamorous world of private eyes with cigarettes dangling from the lips, these two masters of the worlds of law and order, respectively, will speak on bridging the gap between the real world and the printed word. This event will be chaired by Angela Savage.
Featuring
Stuart Littlemore
Stuart Littlemore is a barrister, author, documentarian and former presenter of ABC TV’s ‘Media Watch’.
Stuart is one of Her Majesty’s Counsel, practising at the Bar in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart, Perth, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. He also appears on occasions in the United States. He has twice been elected to the Bar Council of New South Wales. In his legal work, he specialises in media law, criminal law and administrative law.
Stuart has maintained a parallel career as a maker of documentary films and non-fiction television programs over more than 20 years. He is probably best known for his writing and presentation of the ABC TV programs Media Watch (for nine years, from 1989 to 1998) and Littlemore in 2001. He has been employed by all Australian commercial television networks, the ABC and BBC TV in London. His memoir of professional life, The Media and Me, was a bestseller.
Stuart is also well known as a human rights activist and a member of the Executive Council of the International Commission of Jurists, for whom he has acted as observer and commentator on sensitive proceedings in the Asia-Pacific region. He was made an Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite by the President of France in 2002.
Angela Savage
Angela Savage is an award-winning writer, former CEO of Writers Victoria, and current CEO of Public Libraries Victoria. Her debut novel, Behind the Night Bazaar, won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript ...
PM Newton
PM Newton is a former member of the New South Wales police and the author of an award-winning debut crime novel, The Old School.
Fresh from an Arts degree, PM Newton joined the NSW police force and spent the next 13 years working in and around Sydney as a detective in drug enforcement, sexual assault, and major crime. But constantly meeting people for the first time on the worst day of their lives took a toll and Newton resigned from the job to travel and live overseas. The Old School was published in 2010 and shortlisted for the Indie Award for Debut Fiction, the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction, and was joint winner of the Asher Literary Award.