SWF Livestream - A.C. Grayling on Cancel Culture

City Library, Saturday 24 May, 12pm

Join us for Live & Local 2025, streamed live by Sydney Writers’ Festival and delivered locally to Shellharbour City Library.

Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some of the world’s finest writers and thinkers. Audiences can also participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions straight to the Sydney stage.

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‘Cancel culture’ may seem like a 21st century invention sparked by contemporary politics and stoked by social media, sometimes with deadly consequences.

However, as philosopher A.C. Grayling illustrates in Discriminations: Making Peace in the Culture Wars, disagreement and public shaming are ancient traditions.

Learn how ‘cancel culture’ evolved and what effect it’s having on intellectual discourse. Festival favourite A.C. Grayling searches for a middle ground in an environment where everything is up for debate.=============================================

What should I know?

Free Event. Bookings are essential to secure your seat.

The livestream will be 1 hour long.

Who should attend?

Suitable for ages 16+