As Australia’s favourite regional meeting place of storytelling and ideas, Byron Writers Festival attracts thousands of audiences annually to experience shared moments of human connection.
Where:
Byron Bay,
NSW AU
When:
The festival takes place from August 07 to August 09, 2026
Byron Writers Festival 2025 · The Spirit of Brunswick Heads · Love Byron Bay · Echo Story Comp. Sign in. Welcome!Log into your account. your username. [Read More]
BYRON Writers Festival is appealing to the community for donations to help keep the beloved literary event alive and thriving as it approaches its ... [Read More]
Alizzi accepted the award via Zoom at the BookUp conference in Sydney on 7 August 2025. ... Byron Writers Festival showground events cancelled Festivals ... [Read More]
This year the University will also be offering one-on-one writing sessions at the festival, led by published author and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of ... [Read More]
See him on the panels Literary Thrillers and Migration Stories on festival Saturday. Miles Franklin-shortlisted speculative fiction author Jennifer ... [Read More]
Helen Garner, Ziggy Ramo, Don Watson, John Valliant and Ita Mehrotra are among many outstanding speakers at Byron Writers Festival 2025. This year’s ... [Read More]
Helen Garner, Ziggy Ramo, Don Watson, John Valliant and Ita Mehrotra are among many outstanding speakers at Byron Writers Festival 2025. This year’s ... [Read More]
Byron Writers Festival ($97,900); Perth Comic Arts Festival ($91,261); Wheeler Centre for Books Writing and Ideas ($90,000); About Time Media ... [Read More]
It happens every writer’s festival. I don’t know if it’s every Byron Writers Festival, or it’s just every Festival where they allow question time ... [Read More]
Byron Writers Festival 2024. Photo Jeff Dawson · Richard Flanagan · Mindy Woods, launching her book Karakalla · Trent Dalton speaks of ’Lola in the ... [Read More]
The 2024 Byron Writers Festival, which ran from 9 to 11 August, was a ’great success’, according to organisers. The festival reported an 18% ... [Read More]
In one of the biggest lineups in years, Byron Writers Festival 2024 is presenting over 160 authors, storytellers and experts across four ... [Read More]
Exploring the theme ’from the ground up’, the 2024 festival will feature over 160 authors, in panels and conversations, as well as writing workshops, ... [Read More]
Books were the order of the day at Bangalow show ground for the last day of this year’s Byron Writers festival. And organisers are planning ahead ... [Read More]
Byron Writers Festival 2023 is looking to the future with its inspiring new program themed ’Wild Imagination’, bringing more than 120 writers and ... [Read More]
A new festival for queer readers and writers has been established in Victoria, funded by Midsumma, Victoria’s Pride and the Victorian government’s ... [Read More]
Zoe Pollock has been appointed artistic director of Byron Writers Festival following the departure of Edwina Johnston. Pollock is a former CEO and ... [Read More]