The Wheeler Centre will host a festival for the social media age that asks some of the world’s most important questions. Interrobang: A festival of questions is programmed around crowd-sourced questions, with the most popular ones, according to the public vote, explored.
Invented in the 1960s, the interrobang – a combination of exclamation mark and question mark – is placed at the end of the sentence to prove a point. Now some of those points will be analysed, expanded on and questioned over 25 events. The questions range from the obscure [Are cockroaches attracted to human tears, and if so, why?] to the apocalyptic [How does the world end. With an interrobang or a whimper‽)].
Some of the world’s most inquisitive minds will take on the questions, revealing funny, controversial and thoughtful points. These include writer and columnist Cheryl Strayed, tech-activist Cory Doctorow, former Greek minister of finance Yanis Varoufakis, Anne Summers, Meghan Daum, Raimond Gaita, Nakkiah Lui, Geraldine Brooks, Benjamin Law, Mark Colvin, Adam Liaw, Tom Elliot and more.
Type of Event: Books and ideas
Venue: Various venues
Melbourne VIC 3000
Date: from 27 to 28 November
Price: from $36
Website: The Wheeler Centre
Telephone: (03) 9094 7800
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