International authors from Thomas Keneally to Madeleine Thien and Tom Holland have been speaking and debating at Adelaide's Writers' Week, where they were photographed by Alicia Canter
Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's Ark whose most recent novel Daughters of Mars is a story of nurses in the first world warPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianChika Unigwe, Nigerian writer based in Belgium whose novel On Black Sisters' Street tells of African women working in Antwerp's red light districtPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianAustralian poet John Tranter. His most recent collections include the prize-winning Starlight: 150 poems and Urban Myths: 210 poems, new and selectedPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianAustralian writer, opera librettist and doctor Peter Goldsworthy, who is also chair of Adelaide Writers' WeekPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianMelbourne-based poet L. K. Holt, whose collections include Patience, Mutiny and Man, Wolf, ManPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianLiterary critic Geordie Williamson, author of The Burning Library about the death of Oz-litPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianGraphic illustrator Dan McGuiness, a rising star from AdelaidePhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianPeter Robb, the Australian author of the Caravaggio biography, M and a new collection of his work going back 35 years, LivesPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianIsobelle Carmody, Australian writer for young adults whose work includes The Obernewtyn Chronicles Photograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianKaren Lord, a rising star of speculative fiction whose novels include Redemption in Indigo and The Best of all Possible WorldsPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianRobin de Crespigny, Sydney filmmaker and co-author of The People Smuggler, the story of the 'Iraqi Schindler' Ali Al JenabiPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianOliver Burkeman, scourge of the self-help community and author of the Guardian column This Column Will Save Your LifePhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianBritish-Sudanese novelist Jamal Mahjoub who also writes detective fiction as Parker BilalPhotograph: Alicia Canter for the GuardianCanadian-born novelist Madeleine Thien, whose novel Dogs at the Perimeter tells the story of Cambodia under the Khmer RougePhotograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian