1. Jack Andraka: Teen Scientist Breaks Through

"This session piques a conflation of interests – always curious about the new generation and a desire to address the science lessons I didn"t pay enough attention to while at school."

2. Tim Flannery & Clive Hamilton: Engineering the Climate

3. Coetzee, Garner, Malouf: Three Stories*

4. Good Muslim Boy, Good Greek Girl

With Maria Katsonis and Osamah Sami

5. Inside Australia's Immigration Policy

With Michael Bachelard and Tim Soutphommasane

Acclaimed film and television actress, Claudia Karvan, will appear in Small Screen: Love My Way.

​Michael Cathcart

1. Louis de Bernières: Opening Night Address

"Louis de Bernières is as entertaining to listen to as he is to read. His passion for music informs his writing and enlivens his conversation."

2. Will Self: Closing Night Address

3. Sarah Waters: The Paying Guests

4. An Audience with Naomi Klein

5. Is Climate Change the New Apocalypse?

With James Bradley and Jane Rawson

Presenter of ABC RN's Books and Arts Michael Cathcart will host Louis de Bernières: Opening Night Address; Will Self: The Death of the Novel.

Jason Steger

​1. Will Self: Closing Night Address

"Will Self always has an interesting perspective on people, places and issues. He is consistently stimulating as a writer and speaker."

2. Talking Points: Laurie Penny on Feminism

With Clementine Ford

3. Talking Points: Raimond Gaita on Common Humanity

4. Sarah Waters: The Paying Guests*

5. Coetzee, Garner, Malouf: Three Stories*

The Age literary editor and ABC's The Book Club panellist Jason Steger will host the MWF Big Book Club.

Sofie Laguna

1. Sarah Waters: The Paying Guests

"I admire Sarah Waters enormously and always have; her worlds are so thoroughly imagined, her touch light, her writing – though historical – is rebellious and contemporary and new. I am really curious about The Paying Guests and can't wait to hear Sarah talk about it."

2. Hugh Mackay: How To Live

3. Talking Points: Raimond Gaita on A Common Humanity

4. Talking Points: The Future of Palestine

With Ghada Karmi

5. Real Justice?

2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award winner, Sofie Laguna, will discuss her latest novel in Sofie Laguna: Eye of the Sheep.

Ita Buttrose

1. Women in Media: Keeping Up Appearances

"A must session for me. Jessica Rowe and I will discuss the enormous pressure on women in the media to look good – at all times."

2. Eleanor Catton on Reading

3. Media Makers: Journalism Then & Now

With Latika Bourke and Barrie Cassidy

4. Older & Bolder

With Shobhaa De, Simonetta Agnello Hornby and Sarah Winman

5. Brains, Genes & Gender

With Cordelia Fine and Christine Kenneally

Media icon Ita Buttrose will appear in Women in Media: Keeping up Appearances.

* Helen Garner will no longer be appearing at Coetzee, Kennedy, Malouf: Three Stories, and will be replaced by Cate Kennedy.

* Jason Steger's list, which originally included Richard Price: New York Crime, has been amended. Richard Price is no longer appearing at the festival.