Writing
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Stella Day Out – Celebrating Australian Women And Non-Binary Authors
Local award-winning writers are the focus of Stella Day Out – a free, one-day festival of great writing and great ideas in Brisbane.
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Review: Brisbane Writers Festival 2024 Free Offerings
With the cost of living rising, it can be hard to justify going to festivals. So this year, we put Australia’s longest-running literary festival, Brisbane Writers Festival
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Brisbane Writers Festival 2024 Programme
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) is bigger and better in 2024, with a programme of plot twists and page-turners.
The 2024 offering brings more than 150 live events... -
Queensland Poetry Festival 2023 Review
In the words of beloved WA poet and winner of the 2023 XYZ Prize for Excellence in Spoken Word Scott-Patrick Mitchell, “Story/Verse: it's like the multiverse with less lycra,
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Brisbane Writers Festival 2023 Programme
Settle in, it’s time for a story: Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) is back in 2023, with plot twists and page-turners aplenty.
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Queensland Poetry Month Salon 2022 Review
Beyond the Ekka winds and the looming magpie season, August is Australia’s poetry month, and this year, Red Room Poetry has been wowing audiences nationwide with a series of
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Author Holden Sheppard Is On The Brink Of World Domination – In Conversation With Mon Schafter
Society has told men for as long as time itself that painful feelings and emotions weren't something to be spoken about. When Holden Sheppard discovered this 'rule' as a boy,
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Byron Writers Festival 2022 First Guests
Byron Writers Festival has opened an exciting new chapter as it welcomes Artistic Director Zoe Pollock and a new site at North Byron Parklands.
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Brisbane Writers Festival 2022 Review
Sixty years ago, the first Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) kicked off as part of the wider Warana Festival. Unsurprisingly, BWF has changed a lot through the decades,
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Brisbane Writers Festival – Guest Curator Benjamin Law On The 60th Anniversary Proceedings
Over six huge days in May, Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) will take over
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Brisbane Writers Festival 2022 Programme
The 60th anniversary Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) programme is here.
More than 200 events will take place across the city over six huge days in May. From... -
Story Week 2021 Programme
Performing writers festival Story Week, presented by Word Travels, is returning to a live format (with digital elements) for 2021.
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Byron Writers Festival 2021 Programme
Byron Bay will again serve as the backdrop for a festival of ideas, conversation and storytelling – Byron Writers Festival.
The 2021 line-up features more than 150... -
Brisbane Writers Festival Lays A Strong Foundation For Its 60th Year In 2022
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has closed its 59th chapter on a high note, with a 2021 event engaging thousands of Queenslanders with a hybrid programme of live and virtual
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Adelaide Festival 2021 Programme
The 2021 Adelaide Festival programme has been prepared over the turbulent year that was 2020 – featuring 70 events, 10 world premieres, 14 Australian premieres and 18
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Brisbane Writers Festival 2020 Digital Programme And Return Date
It will certainly be a page-turner – in the digital sense!
Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) will in 2020 deliver a week-long digital programme, rewriting this... -
Queensland Literary Awards 2020 Finalists
What do ghosts, war, tenacity and footy have in common? They can all be found on the finalists list for the Queensland Literary Awards.
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Margaret Atwood 2020 Australia Tour
Celebrated Canadian poet and novelist, 'The Handmaid's Tale's Margaret Atwood will tour Australia next year.
The dates are a celebration of the global publication... -
Perth Festival 2020 Programme
On a bedrock of Indigenous culture, Perth Festival is welcoming audiences to a glorious summer celebration of people and place.
Over 24 days and nights, Perth will... -
Adelaide Festival 2020 Programme
The 2020 Adelaide Festival features 74 events, 16 Australian premieres, and 7 world premieres.
Covering music, theatre, opera, dance, film, writing, and visual...