Was Shakespeare really in love, or was Gwyneth Paltrow just... hot? When that poet spilled beer on you at her reading, was it really all just part of her art? Are poets nice people to know? Of our all-poet panel, half say yes, half say no.

Girls who like boys who like boys who like girls. Does anyone care anymore? This panel pits die-hard queer arts gurus against a gang of homophobic rednecks. Kidding! They're very cool people who just aren't all that interested in queer art. Co-presented by Critical Animals and the NYWF.

Feeling creatively blue, mentally remaindered, or just a bit shithouse? Book in to get a once over with one of our very hot practitioners. Their topic of the day is you, you, you. Check in so Bethany Jones an entertianment lawyer, film and theatre all round guru can check you out!

Feeling creatively blue, mentally remaindered, or just a bit shithouse? ! Book in to get a once over with one of our very hot practitioners. Their topic of the day is you, you, you. Check in so Kelly Chandler: Chair of the NYWF Board (Need we say more?) can check you out!

Feeling creatively blue, mentally remaindered, or just a bit shithouse? ! Book in to get a once over with one of our very hot practitioners. Their topic of the day is you, you, you. Check in so Margo Lanagan a highly celebrated international author can check you out.

Feeling creatively blue, mentally remaindered, or just a bit shithouse? Book in to get a once over with one of our very hot practitioners. Their topic of the day is you, you, you. Check in so Tony Woodward sculpter, zinester and senior arts educator can check you out.

We all love writing, right? So why do we treat it so bad? If you've ever abused an intern, stolen stationery, or passed your frenemy up for promotion, then come on down and hear the pros explain how not to let it happen to you.

Wranglers, hoarders, dropouts, show-offs, very talented circles of friends! Wanna figure out how to get all gallery on that shit? CURATORIAL is part of our new series of informal, abnormal, but very, very practical roundtable how-tos.

Pick over the bones, give us a piece of your mind, tell us how it should be done. And while you're at it, farewell outgoing festival co-directors Amy Ingram and Dan Evans. Hosted by 2010 festival co-director Sarah Howell and Associate Director Ronnie Scott.

Pushers of good writing everywhere! Forget SHOULD we sell - ask only HOW. Take some marketing tips and tales from people who have the smarts and the souls. By the time they're through with you, you'll be able to sell the whole thing right back to 'em.

Work it. Print it. Glue it. Proof it. Send it. Get it. InDesign it. Get comfy and bring some Qs for this catch-all publishing blowout. PUBLISHING is part of our new series of informal, abnormal, but very, very practical roundtable how-tos.

Editors, Publishers, Curators, and Cool-Kids-In-The-Know talk out their classic writing faux pas. Find out how editors chop, why your work was dropped: the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of developing a relationship with the peeps in charge.  From pitching articles to delivering on deadline: this one is a must.

Does Meanjin misunderstand you? Overland drive right by? Voiceworks shove its fingers down your throat and tinker? Wet Ink wait until your work is long dry? Come and meet the new class of literary magazines, as scrutinised by a panel of booksellers, writers, sceptics, and the editors themselves.

Get ready to rumble. Fiction and Non-Fiction go head-to-head in this all-out literary smackdown where only one genre can emerge triumphant! Watch FACT cut FICTION down to size, and see FICTION kick FACT in the balls! Minds unite, fight, and win. Arrive early for a ringside seat.

Where are my readers and where is my money? And why is my writing course so full of hacks? A two-pronged inquiry into what writing courses are like, and where to take your walk of shame once they've loved and left you.