Festivals
Celebrate writing with other writers. There’s sure to be a literary festival going on somewhere this weekend.
VIC
- Abbotsford Convent: Reader's Feast Writers at the Convent
The Writers at the Convent festival is held every February at The Abbotsford Convent, the perfect locale. Patrons, authors, publishers, and booksellers appreciate the natural beauty, the...
- Aireys Festival of Words
Writers, illustrators and artists have long been drawn to the pristine beaches, coastal bush, surrounding Great Otway National Park and quiet village lifestyle of Aireys Inlet. From this...
- ArtBeat Festival
Melton Shire’s annual celebration of the arts held in September. Aimed to inspire, excite and delight those involved in the arts, those participating in the arts, those that love the arts and...
- Ballarat Writers Festival
The Ballarat Writers and Illustrators Festival is Regional Victoria’s only festival focussing exclusively on the Children and Young Adult writing industry.
- Bayside Literary Festival
The annual Bayside Literary Festival invites you to enjoy a myriad of events showcasing the ways text tells a story including radio plays, mock trials, novels, poems, books, author talks, guided...
- Bloomsday Festival
Bloomsday in Melbourne is a literary festival held each year on 16 June to celebrate James Joyce's Ulysses. The Bloomsday Players take the epic novel, and others of Joyce's works, to the streets...
- Brimbank Literary Festival
The Brimbank Literary Festival, held each September, brings a range of literary events and diverse authors to the western suburbs.
- CJ Dennis Festival
This festival is held every year in early September to celebrate the birth of CJ Dennis in the town of Auburn, Clare Valley (SA). Awards are presented during the festival to winners of the CJ...
- Continuum
Continuum is an annual Melbourne speculative fiction and pop culture convention celebrating creativity across genre and media.From hard-edge science fiction to high-flown fantasy, comic books to...
- Emerging Writers’ Festival
The Emerging Writers’ Festival is an independent arts organisation based in Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre. The festival exists in order to promote the interests of emerging writers – to improve their ...
- Melbourne Festival
Melbourne Festival is one of Australia’s leading international arts festivals and has an outstanding reputation for presenting unique international and Australian events in the fields of dance...
- Melbourne Writers' Festival
Each year, MWF invites novelists, playwrights, poets, screenwriters, journalists, songwriters, bloggers – anyone who’s part of the world of words. The festival hosts politicians and artists...
- Mildura Writers' Festival
Held in July, the Mildura Writers’ Festival brings together some of Australia’s best writers in an intimate, winter program of workshops, lectures and discussion forums.
Beginning in 1994, this...
- New Voices Festival
For aspiring writers, book club members, writing groups, poets and readers looking for fresh narratives there is a feast of memoir, fiction, poetry, writing tips, time to network, meet independent ...
- Next Wave Festival
Next Wave is a biennial festival and artist development organisation, presenting genre-busting new work by the next wave of Australian artists.
With a consistently changing audience and artist...
- Overload Poetry Festival
The festival, founded in 2002 has grown into a 16-day festival in September that showcases the best poets from Australia and overseas. Overload Poetry Inc. are a grass roots, volunteer run...
- Williamstown Literary Festival
The annual Williamstown Literary Festival is the biggest writers festival in the western suburbs. The festival has a strong focus on local participation, with the annual Peoples Choice awards...
- Woodend Winter Arts Festival
WWAF brings together acclaimed Australian and international talent with the music, literary and arts community of the stunning Macedon Ranges over the June long weekend. The result is a world...
- Wordfest
Held between June and August, Monash Wordfest has been presented by Monash Public Library Service for more than 20 years. It has brought together a range of writers in a series of talks and...
- Write Around the Murray
The Write around the Murray Festival is held in the vibrant regional city of Albury on the Murray River. There is no other exclusively literary based festival that operates in the region. The...
NSW
- Sydney Writers' Festival
Sydney Writers' Festival is Australia’s largest annual celebration of literature and ideas. Each year, they present over 300 events (half of them for free) and attract attendances of around 80,000 ...
- Watermark Literary Muster
The Watermark Literary Muster is a biennial gathering that brings together writers and readers who share a passion for the literature of nature and place. It is recognised internationally as a...
QLD
- Voices on the Coast Youth Literature Festival
Voices on the Coast offers a unique cultural experience to regional youth and the Festival has become a much-anticipated event for students from year levels 5 –12 (aged 10-18 years) along the...
SA
- Salisbury Writers' Festival
The annual Salisbury Writers' Festival is a joint project between the City of Salisbury, SA Writers' Centre and the Salisbury Library Service.
Held in August each year.
NT
- Wordstorm 2010: Festival of Australasian Writing
Read about the 2010 Wordstorm festival here.
TAS
- Tasmanian Poetry Festival
Annual. Held first weekend of October at venues in Launceston. Aims to provide venues to poets and give Launceston people a chance to hear poetry. Friday night open reading session and Saturday...
WA
- Perth International Arts Festival
The Perth International Arts Festival is the oldest annual international multi-arts festival in the southern hemisphere and annually offers some of the world’s best theatre, music, film, visual...
- Swancon Science Fiction Convention
Swancon is a literary convention celebrating speculative fiction in books, TV and pop-culture. It is the longest-running science fiction convention in Australia, and the largest continuous-running ...