Festival Events
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival
In 2019, Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival will invite the best writers and thinkers from around Australia to share ideas, spark conversations and inspire creativity. With a bold, playful and literary focus, the Festival will feature a jam-packed program of events, set amidst spectacular physical surroundings. Keep up to date with program announcements by subscribing to our e-news.
The full program can be viewed here.
- 22-25 August 2019
- Festival Passes
- Friday 23 August
- Saturday 24 August
- Sunday 25 August
- Fringe Events
FESTIVAL WEEKEND PASS
Friday 23 August to Sunday 25 August 2019
FESTIVAL GOLD PASS
Friday 23 August to Sunday 25 August
STAY THE NIGHT AT THE CARRINGTON
Friday and Saturday Nights
WORKSHOP: THE ART OF THE SENTENCE
10:00am – 1:00pm
WORKSHOP: FREEFORM PROSE AND EXPERIMENTAL WRITING
1:30pm – 4:30pm
WORKSHOP: WRITER CONVERSATIONS
1:00pm - 4:00pm
FRANKLY, I DON’T GIVE A DAMN
5:00pm – 6:30pm
FESTIVAL OPENING PARTY
7:00pm – 9:00pm
WORKSHOP: WRITING GREAT DIALOGUE
9:00am – 12:00pm
BOOK CLUB WITH MICHELLE DE KRETSER
9:30am – 11:00am
THE CHILDREN’S HOUSE
10:00am – 11:00am
THE GRASS LIBRARY
10:00am – 11:00am
ON DRUGS
11:30am – 12:30pm
GEOGRAPHIES OF THE IMAGINATION
11:30am – 12:30pm
FILM SCREENING: CLARENCE WALDEN with ALEXIS WRIGHT
1:00pm – 2:15pm
ON WRITING, WITH MELINA MARCHETTA
1:30pm – 2:30pm
LAUGH OUT LOUD WITH OLIVER PHOMMAVANH
2:00pm – 2:45pm
THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERNESS
3:00pm – 4:00pm
INSIDE PUBLISHING
3:00pm – 4:30pm
BLOOD AND DIRT
4:30pm – 5:30pm
LIBRARY PYJAMA PARTY – BANANAS IN PYJAMAS
4:15pm – 5:00pm
LITERARY DINNER WITH KERRY O’BRIEN
Saturday 24 August, 7:00pm – 9:30pm
HIPPOS IN THE THAMES – TIM FLANNERY
10:00am – 11:00am
WORKSHOP: WRITER CONVERSATIONS
1:00pm - 4:00pm
GIRLS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS – TISHANI DOSHI
1:30pm – 2:30pm
VISIT VARUNA
1:30pm – 2:15pm
POETRY BY THE FIRE
2:30pm – 4:00pm
NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS – BEHROUZ BOOCHANI
3:00pm – 4:00pm
BRIDGE OF CLAY – MARKUS ZUSAK
4:30pm – 5:30pm
THE BOOK OF BITCH
Exhibition runs 9 - 26 August
WORKSHOP: FROM LITTLE THINGS, BIG THINGS GROW
Saturday, 17 August 10:00am – 1:00pm
DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF DARKS CAVE
Thursday, 22 August 10:00am – 1:30pm
POETRY SLAM!
Thursday, 22 August 7:00pm – 9:00pmSCHOOL’S IN! WITH MELINA MARCHETTA
Friday, 23 August 9:30am - 11:30amSpeakers
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival Program
Markus Zusak
Behrouz Boochani
Michelle de Kretser
Tishani Doshi
Tim Flannery
Kerry O’Brien
Wendy Harmer
Melina Marchetta
James Valentine
Stephanie Bishop
Jessie Cole
Bananas in Pyjamas
Vicki Laveau-Harvie
Benjamin Law
Bri Lee
Patti Miller
Oliver Phommavanh
Clarence Walden
Alexis Wright
Ailie Banks
Annette Barlow
David Brooks
Kate Fagan
Chris Fleming
David Gaunt
Roanna Gonsalves
Chris Hammer
Grace Heifetz
Miran Hosny
Ivor Indyk
Leah Kaminsky
Wafa Kazal
Vanessa Kirkpatrick
Jody Lee
Carol Major
Jane McCredie
Cassie McCullagh
Alice Nelson
James Roy
Sara Saleh
Tracy Sorenson
Amy Thomas
Chris Tobin
Omid Tofighian
Christine Townend
Geordie Williamson
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