Debra Adelaide

Dr Debra Adelaide is the author or editor of 19 books, including fiction, non-fiction, reference works and edited collections. Her internationally published 2008 novel, The Household Guide to Dying, was longlisted for the former international Orange Prize, now the Women’s Prize, for fiction. 

Debra’s other fiction includes Letter to George Clooney (2013), The Women’s Pages (2015) and Zebra. Her latest book is the novella, When I Am Sixty-Four, based on her lifelong friendship with the late Gabrielle Carey.

Debra taught creative writing for 20 years and is now an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney.

Appearing at:

  • In Conversation

    MICHAEL ROBOTHAM with DEBRA ADELAIDE

    3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

    Sunday 7 June 2026

    Studio, Memorial Hall

  • Fiction and Friction

    STEVE TOLTZ, DEBRA ADELAIDE, NAMILA BENSON

    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

    Saturday 6 June 2026

    Studio, Memorial Hall