The Long Weekend

Judy Nunn (Author, Reader)
Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.

Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.

Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy's position as one of Australia's leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.

In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".

Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Reader)
Trained at NIDA, actor and academic Lewis Fitz-Gerald's screen career began with Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford, 1980) and continues, most recently with 13 Lives (Ron Howard, 2022). Lewis has narrated a number of prize-winning novels, non-fiction works and documentaries, including those he has directed. He holds a PhD in film studies and lectures in Media & Communications at the University of New England.

Alice Parkinson (Reader)
Alice Parkinson has created a reputation of being one of Australia's finest actors. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005 Alice has built a solid and remarkable career in film and television with a string of lead credits to her name.

Alice has played a leading role in the James Cameron feature Sanctum 3D, the fantasy/drama Where The Wild Things Are directed by Spike Jonze where she donned a suit as 'K.W.', as well as Arclight Films' thriller/horror Bait 3D other credits include Don't Go Below, Not Suitable for Children, The Cup, Mao's Last Dancer, X Men Origins: Wolverine.

Television credits include Terra Nova, Brothers in Arms, Reef Doctors S1, Rake 2, Mr & Mrs Murder S1, Home & Away, Doctor Doctor S2, The Jesters, Dance Academy, The Pacific, 30 Seconds, The Strip, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, All Saints.

Alice theatre credits include, Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk; Belvoir Street Theatre, The Taming of The Shrew; Sydney Theatre Company, Peach Season; Griffin Theatre

Judy Nunn (Author, Reader)
Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.

Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.

Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy's position as one of Australia's leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.

In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".

Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Reader)
Trained at NIDA, actor and academic Lewis Fitz-Gerald's screen career began with Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford, 1980) and continues, most recently with 13 Lives (Ron Howard, 2022). Lewis has narrated a number of prize-winning novels, non-fiction works and documentaries, including those he has directed. He holds a PhD in film studies and lectures in Media & Communications at the University of New England.

Alice Parkinson (Reader)
Alice Parkinson has created a reputation of being one of Australia's finest actors. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005 Alice has built a solid and remarkable career in film and television with a string of lead credits to her name.

Alice has played a leading role in the James Cameron feature Sanctum 3D, the fantasy/drama Where The Wild Things Are directed by Spike Jonze where she donned a suit as 'K.W.', as well as Arclight Films' thriller/horror Bait 3D other credits include Don't Go Below, Not Suitable for Children, The Cup, Mao's Last Dancer, X Men Origins: Wolverine.

Television credits include Terra Nova, Brothers in Arms, Reef Doctors S1, Rake 2, Mr & Mrs Murder S1, Home & Away, Doctor Doctor S2, The Jesters, Dance Academy, The Pacific, 30 Seconds, The Strip, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, All Saints.

Alice theatre credits include, Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk; Belvoir Street Theatre, The Taming of The Shrew; Sydney Theatre Company, Peach Season; Griffin Theatre

Judy Nunn (Author, Reader)
Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.

Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.

Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy's position as one of Australia's leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.

In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".

Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Reader)
Trained at NIDA, actor and academic Lewis Fitz-Gerald's screen career began with Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford, 1980) and continues, most recently with 13 Lives (Ron Howard, 2022). Lewis has narrated a number of prize-winning novels, non-fiction works and documentaries, including those he has directed. He holds a PhD in film studies and lectures in Media & Communications at the University of New England.

Alice Parkinson (Reader)
Alice Parkinson has created a reputation of being one of Australia's finest actors. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005 Alice has built a solid and remarkable career in film and television with a string of lead credits to her name.

Alice has played a leading role in the James Cameron feature Sanctum 3D, the fantasy/drama Where The Wild Things Are directed by Spike Jonze where she donned a suit as 'K.W.', as well as Arclight Films' thriller/horror Bait 3D other credits include Don't Go Below, Not Suitable for Children, The Cup, Mao's Last Dancer, X Men Origins: Wolverine.

Television credits include Terra Nova, Brothers in Arms, Reef Doctors S1, Rake 2, Mr & Mrs Murder S1, Home & Away, Doctor Doctor S2, The Jesters, Dance Academy, The Pacific, 30 Seconds, The Strip, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, All Saints.

Alice theatre credits include, Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk; Belvoir Street Theatre, The Taming of The Shrew; Sydney Theatre Company, Peach Season; Griffin Theatre

Judy Nunn (Author, Reader)
Judy Nunn's career has been long, illustrious and multifaceted. After combining her internationally successful acting career with scriptwriting for television and radio, Judy decided in the 90s to turn her hand to prose.

Her first three novels, The Glitter Game, Centre Stage and Araluen, set respectively in the worlds of television, theatre and film, became instant bestsellers, and the rest is history, quite literally in fact. She has since developed a love of writing Australian historically-based fiction and her fame as a novelist has spread rapidly throughout Europe where she has been published in English, German, French, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.

Her subsequent bestsellers, Kal, Beneath the Southern Cross, Territory, Pacific, Heritage, Floodtide, Maralinga, Tiger Men, Elianne, Spirits of the Ghan, Sanctuary, Khaki Town and Showtime! confirmed Judy's position as one of Australia's leading fiction writers. She has now sold over one million books in Australia alone.

In 2015 Judy was made a Member of the Order of Australia for her "significant service to the performing arts as a scriptwriter and actor of stage and screen, and to literature as an author".

Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Reader)
Trained at NIDA, actor and academic Lewis Fitz-Gerald's screen career began with Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford, 1980) and continues, most recently with 13 Lives (Ron Howard, 2022). Lewis has narrated a number of prize-winning novels, non-fiction works and documentaries, including those he has directed. He holds a PhD in film studies and lectures in Media & Communications at the University of New England.

Alice Parkinson (Reader)
Alice Parkinson has created a reputation of being one of Australia's finest actors. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005 Alice has built a solid and remarkable career in film and television with a string of lead credits to her name.

Alice has played a leading role in the James Cameron feature Sanctum 3D, the fantasy/drama Where The Wild Things Are directed by Spike Jonze where she donned a suit as 'K.W.', as well as Arclight Films' thriller/horror Bait 3D other credits include Don't Go Below, Not Suitable for Children, The Cup, Mao's Last Dancer, X Men Origins: Wolverine.

Television credits include Terra Nova, Brothers in Arms, Reef Doctors S1, Rake 2, Mr & Mrs Murder S1, Home & Away, Doctor Doctor S2, The Jesters, Dance Academy, The Pacific, 30 Seconds, The Strip, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, All Saints.

Alice theatre credits include, Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk; Belvoir Street Theatre, The Taming of The Shrew; Sydney Theatre Company, Peach Season; Griffin Theatre