Newcastle Writers Festival and The University of Newcastle’s School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences are collaborating to offer a month-long intensive creative writing short course in May 2025. The…
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Join us from 7pm on 8 May at Newcastle Library for a wide-ranging conversation with critically acclaimed Irish novelist Colum McCann, author of American Mother and Apeirogon, and the new…
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We are thrilled to announce that internationally respected lawyer Jennifer Robinson has been added to the stellar festival lineup on Saturday 5 April. Jen, as she is known, will speak…
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REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 2025 FESTIVAL HAVE CLOSED We need you! Volunteers play a crucial role in the presentation of Newcastle Writers Festival. We’ve been very fortunate to have wonderful volunteers…
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Acclaimed US science historian and best-selling author Dava Sobel and London-based journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley will appear in special events in the lead up to the 2025 Newcastle Writers Festival. Lucia…
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Award-winning writer Markus Zusak, much-loved cookbook author and Masterchef winner Julie Goodwin, and satirist John Safran are among 155 writers participating in the 2025 Newcastle Writers Festival, which will be…
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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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