Festival update
Due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney, we have decided to postpone our September event until 2022. While we are not... Read More
Julia Gillard: Women & Leadership
UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT Newcastle Writers Festival and City of Newcastle present Julia Gillard: Women and Leadership 6pm-7pm Sat 13 February, The Arena... Read More
Work with us
NWF is thrilled to have received Create NSW funding to appoint three guest curators in 2021: First Nations Curator; Poetry Curator; and an Emerging Curator.... Read More
The joanne burns microlit award now open
The 2021 joanne burns Microlit Award is now open. Entries of 200 words should be inspired by the theme ‘pulped fiction’. The award is a... Read More
Farewell to Jill Emberson
The Newcastle Writers Festival has lost one of its most treasured supporters. Much-loved ABC Newcastle presenter Jill Emberson died last night surrounded by her loved... Read More
Double poetry book launch: DH Lawrence edition and David Musgrave 13 May
Invitation to a Joint Book Launch You are invited to attend a joint launch of D. H. Lawrence‘s The Poems, Volume III: Uncollected Poems and... Read More
2019: That’s a wrap!
Wow! What a festival. It is hard to believe that just over a week ago we were in the midst of the Schools Program and... Read More
First guests announced for 2019
We are thrilled to announce the first of 120 guests for the 2019 festival, which will be held from April 5 to 7 in the Civic Precinct.... Read More
2018 Newcastle Writers Festival/ joanne burns Microlit Award finalists announced
The finalists in the 2018 NWF/joanne burns MicroLit Award have now been announced. Two of these finalists will go on to win the joanne burns... Read More
Anne Summers in Newcastle Sunday 4 November
Respected journalist, editor, policy maker and feminist Anne Summers will visit Newcastle on 4 November to discuss her new memoir Unfettered and Alive. Anne has... Read More
Richard Flanagan Special Event 3 October
The Newcastle Writers Festival is thrilled to announce a special event in partnership with MacLean’s Booksellers featuring Man Booker winner Richard Flanagan. Festival director Rosemarie... Read More
Special August double bill
Join us for a very special event at the University of Newcastle’s Conservatorium of Music featuring Professor of Philosophy Emrys Westacott and award-winning British journalist... Read More