Due to popular demand, we are excited to publish video recordings of eight sessions from this year’s festival. The stellar line-up includes: Bryan Brown in conversation with Anna Downes Sally…
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We are seeking a talented Hunter region artist/graphic designer to create the main image for the 2025 festival. This year, the wonderful Caelli Brooker created a vibrant series of images…
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Tickets are now on sale for a special event with bestelling US writer Jodi Picoult on 24 October. Jodi will speak with Jessie Stephens about her brilliant new book, By…
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Newcastle Writers Festival is inviting emerging writers living in regional NSW to submit to the 2024 Fresh Ink Emerging Writers Prize. The prize seeks to elevate marginalised voices and acknowledges…
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We are thrilled to announce a special event on 19 October with award-winning Australian writer Tim Winton in partnership with the University of Newcastle and supported by Penguin Random House. …
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PROGRAM SUBMISSIONS FOR 2025 ARE NOW CLOSED We are welcoming submissions from published writers at all stages of their careers to participate in the 2025 festival, which will be held…
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Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.
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