5 x 15: Adam Liaw, Michael Connelly, Kate McClymont, Omar Musa and Richard Tognetti

Summary: Sydney Writers' Festival live storytelling smash hit, 5 x 15, featured another dazzling line up in 2015. Hosted by Diana Jenkins, 5 x 15 features five speakers without scripts and just 15 minutes apiece. Richard Tognetti AO, the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s celebrated lead violinist, ignites the lawless soul of the del Gesù; internationally bestselling author Michael Connelly reveals how witnessing a crime in his youth became his creative life sentence; investigative journalist Kate McClymont (He Who Must Be Obeid) practises the art of lie detection; poet and rap sensation Omar Musa talks rivers, history and place; while Australia’s favourite chef, Adam Liaw explores the importance of food stories.