Filtered Events: Sydney Writers' Festival 2016 in under 5 minutes

Welcome to the Filtered Events series, a place where we curate all the latest and greatest trends, insights and innovations from industry events. This week we’re proud to bring you the lo-down from Sydney Writers' Festival 2016.In a week long extravaganza of ideas and literature, Sydney Writers' Festival 2016 brought together an exhilarating array of authors, writers and word nerds to download their vast and varied talents to a captivated audience.As Jemma Birrell, artistic director of the Sydney Writers' Festival said, "A good festival, like a good book, should bring real-life benefits – joy, solace and a new understanding of the world."Here's a collection of our favourite teachings and learnings from SWF 2016:On modern journalism:https://twitter.com/DebraJopson/status/734282298254721025?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/miss_feathery/status/734338884335607809?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/miss_feathery/status/733833105396531200?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/lorna_hankin/status/734204865245675520?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/GaryNunn1/status/734208579616444416?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/MariaESalvador/status/734206968689090560?lang=enOn creativity and innovation: https://twitter.com/writingNSW/status/733543266642100224?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/jessaroo/status/733909058814500864?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/edwinat/status/733908807433080832?lang=enOn podcasting: https://twitter.com/Catherine_Zen/status/733898950680281088?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/CMOAustralia/status/733893744701759488?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/MQEnglish/status/733550700236394497?lang=enOn storytelling: https://twitter.com/charlottereepr/status/734302016831291392?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/SydWritersFest/status/734309680835502080?lang=enhttps://twitter.com/filteredmedia/status/733548723846815745?lang=en