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Three women — Lisa Dempster, Kate Eltham and Jemma Birrell — now lead Australia’s three largest events for writing and literature. Crikey profiles the trio shaking up the writers’ festival circuit.

Judging by the numerous reports and excerpts of Noel Pearson’s speech at the Melbourne Writers Festival, it would seem that Pearson is already preparing his excuses for the failure of the “national emergency,” writes Guy Rundle.