Mick Herron, Suzie Miller and Benjamin Law on great adaptations — from the page to the stage to the screen, and back again

When a book becomes a hit TV series, or a play becomes a Hollywood film, what makes it a great adaptation? Meet the creators of these international smash hits as they take you behind the scenes, into the writers' rooms, and inside their creative minds. Suzie Miller's award-winning play Prima Facie has just become a Hollywood film starring Cynthia Erivo, while the sixth season of television's Slow Horses, based on Mick Herron's bestselling spy novels, starts next month.

This event was recorded live at the 2026 Sydney Writers' Festival at Carriageworks.

Speakers:

Mick Herron

Author, Slough House series, Down Cemetary Road series and more

Suzie Miller

Playwright, novelist and screen writer, Prima Facie, Interalia, Strong is the New Pretty and more

Benjamin Law (host)

Journalist, columnist, TV screenwriter and author of The Family Law, Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East and Quarterly Essay 67: Moral Panic 101

Creator and co-writer of award-winning SBS TV series The Family Law