Festival season is in full swing and with some of these offerings in places with sunny climates, why not consider a trip away!
JUNE 7-9 Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, NSW
An incredible line-up of literary at this festival including Tony Birch, Yumna Kassab, Kate Mildenhall, Benjamin Stevenson, Louise Milligan, Indira Naidoo, Shelly Burr, Wendy Harmer, Matthew Reilly, Stuart Cope and more!
JUNE 7-10 Woodend Winter Arts, Vic
For nearly 2 decades the Woodend Winter Arts Festival has brought together acclaimed Australian and international talent with the music, literary and arts community of the stunning Macedon Ranges over the June (Queen’s/King’s Birthday) long weekend. The 2024 program is wonderful, please head to their website for details.
JUNE 8 Word Fest Toowoomba, Qld
An exciting festival of writing, reading, authors, poetry, illustration, and wordplay for all ages and tastes – a feast of WORDS!
JUNE 9-10 Logan Writers Festival, Qld
This is a South East QLD festival for readers to find their new favourite local authors and for writers to celebrate their craft.
JUNE 12-16 Winter Words, Beechworth, Vic
Winterwords is so much more than a writers’ festival; it is five days of talking, listening, watching, and doing which aims to foster the celebration of words! Guests include Imbi Neeme, Kirsty Jagger, Joy Phillips, Shelley Burr, Margaret Hickey and more!
JUNE 14-16 Willy Lit Fest, Vic
This three-day festival is not to be missed! Stereo Stories celebrates ten years of memoir and music with Brian Nankervis, and a who’s who of the writing world will participate in more than 50 events across the weekend. Check out their program and book early to avoid disappointment!
JUNE 18-20 Outback Writers Festival, Winton, Qld
Held annually in Winton, Queensland, this festival aims to engage writers and readers in Australian stories.
JUNE 27-30 NT Writers Festival, Darwin, NT
This four-day festival emphasises Australia’s cultural and linguistic diversity, bringing people together to share story, language and culture. The 2024 theme is reverberations and features local and visiting authors including Charlotte Wood, Shankari Chandran, Debra Dank, Donna Cameron, Emilie Zoey Baker, Izzy Roberts-Orr, Jacinta Halloran, Julia Baird, Kate Mildenhall, Marieke Hardy, Sally Bothroyd, Sam Elkin, Thomas Mayo, Tyson Yunkaporta and many more!
JUNE 20- JULY 11 Monash Word Fest, Vic
This annual literature festival is brought to you by the Monash Public Library Service. This years guests include Alice Pung, Robyn Davidson, Tracey Spicer, Vikki Petraitis, Kate Ceberano, Jelena Dokic and more!
JULY 7 CYA Conference, Brisbane, Qld
Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is a conference for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres.
- Online events available, July 13-14
JULY 13 Riverina Readers Festival Wagga Wagga, NSW
A new festival for the calendar with the program to be released soon!
JULY 18-21 Mildura Writers Festival, Vic
This annual festival offers four days of words, food and wine featuring Australian and international writers including Julie Jansen, Maxine McKew, Charlotte Wood, Christos Tsiolkas, Marjon Mossammaparast and many more!
JULY 26-28 Apollo Bay Word Fest, Vic
For more than thirty years a volunteer committee has brought great Australian Writing to Victoria’s south-west shores. This year’s guest include Shankari Chandran, Anna Kate Blair, Kgshak Akec, Margaret Hickey, Rijn Collins, Zana Fraillon, Jordan Gould & Richard Pritchard
JULY 25-27 Rare Book Fair, Wilson Hall, Melbourne, Vic
A treasure trove or rare and beautiful books not to be missed!