Sydney Writers' Festival 2015 program released: Jemma Birrell's festival tackles life and death questions

By Susan Wyndham
Updated April 2 2015 - 10:18am, first published March 27 2015 - 1:33pm
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay.  Photo: Wolter Peeters
Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, at the festival site at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay. Photo: Wolter Peeters

Jemma Birrell, the artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival, has set out to answer to Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophical challenge: "Everything has been figured out, except how to live."

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