The Sydney Writers' Festival has been so overwhelmed with demand for Vince Gilligan that it's putting on a second event with the Breaking Bad creator.
Organisers revealed last week that Gilligan, who also produced the TV series, would be one of the main attractions during the week-long festival which kicks off on May 19.
On Friday they said the first Gilligan event broke festival records with the 1800 seat venue at the Sydney Town Hall selling out in two days.
"Due to an avalanche of interest in Vince Gilligan, we've released a second Sydney Town Hall event," festival organisers said.
The second event will be an in-conversation with Vince Gilligan and Sydney columnist and commentator Benjamin Law.
It will take place on May 1 after the sold-our earlier event, which promises to give listeners a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the acclaimed series about a mild-mannered high school science teacher who becomes a drug kingpin.
Internationally celebrated novelist Alice Walker will also headline this year's festival.
Scottish author Irvine Welsh of Trainspotting fame and Andrew Solomon, whose latest book Far From the Tree tells the stories of hundreds of families affected by disability, will also present at the festival, which showcases more than 40 international writers and over 300 Australians.
