When acclaimed Australia author Christos Tsiolkas was invited to give the <a href="https://www.library.gov.au/flagship-lectures/ray-mathew-lecture">2025 Ray Mathew Lecture</a> at the<a href="https://www.library.gov.au/"> National Library of Australia</a>, he had in mind what he wanted to say, as difficult as it was. Then he got a rage-filled message from a longtime friend. How did Christos respond? Is fence-sitting an indulgence in an ethically troubled, divisive, dislocated world? Or, is 'speaking across the fence' something writers and other creatives can offer us?"We're urged at all times — and for every occasion — to take a position. Yet is there a utility, both practical and ethical, in taking a breath, a pause, and refusing to land definitively on a stance?"  — Christos TsiolkasSpeaker<a href="http://christostsiolkas.com.au/">Christos Tsiolkas</a>Author of The Slap, The In Between, Barracuda, DamascusPlaywright and screenwriterFurther informationMore about the annual Ray Mathew Lecture, <a href="https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/2025-ray-mathew-lecture-christos-tsiolkas">including the transcript and video</a> of the 2025 lecture

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