THE ARTISTS
Meet this year’s lineup of artists.
BottomPoet Robert Adamson (17 May 1943 to 16 December 2022) produced 21 books of poetry and three books of prose. In the 1970s and 80s he edited New Poetry magazine,…
Read moreGerry Bobsien is Director, Maitland Regional Art Gallery. She has worked across leadership and curatorial roles at the National Gallery of Australia, Newcastle Art Gallery, and The Lock-Up and provided…
Read moreFor more than a decade Paul Daley has focused his non-fiction on the yawning gaps in the story of Australia’s national birth and identity, and on the imperative of refocusing…
Read moreKristen Dunphy has over 30 years’ experience writing and story producing drama for Australian television.
Read moreJuno Gemes is one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary photographers. In words and images she has spent 41 years documenting the changing social landscape of Australia, and in particular the lives and…
Read moreSue Higginson has spent the whole of her life fighting to protect the environment in various ways. As a young woman she spent time as a frontline activist with the…
Read moreDom Jacobs recently retired after many years as a childcare educator. She is married to Brett and is the mother of seven children. She and Brett live on Worimi Country…
Read moreJulie Janson’s career as a playwright began when she wrote and directed plays in remote Australian Northern Territory Aboriginal communities. She is now a novelist and award-winning poet. Julie is…
Read moreDub Leffler is an illustrator, writer, animator and mixed media artist, working in the arts through books, film, television, muralism and art education. He has taught and workshopped illustration in…
Read moreRichie Lewis is a highly talented and experienced musical artist, singer-songwriter, performer, and creative producer, who was born in Wales and is currently living on Dharawal country in Wollongong, NSW….
Read moreDuncan McDuie-Ra is professor of urban sociology at the University of Newcastle. His research is interested in urban social and cultural life, especially the ways bodies move through and between…
Read moreCarly Phillips is a primary school teacher who lives in Newcastle with partner Sami and daughter Zena. She has been an environmental activist since her days at Newcastle University where…
Read moreAilsa has worked for over 35 years as a writer, director, actor, teacher, speaker and broadcaster.
Read moreNardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay writer, musician, composer, and educator from northwest NSW freshwater plains. A founding member of Indigenous folk duo Stiff Gins, Nardi has been performing nationally and…
Read moreNewcastle 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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