Australia’s leading regional literary celebration, Byron Writers Festival, is all set to open the book on its 26th edition on Friday 26th August – Sunday 28th August. More than 140 writers and thinkers will converge on Byron Bay to explore the theme ‘Radical Hope’ and celebrate the power of words with festival audiences. Taking place on the beautiful grounds adjacent to Elements of Byron Resort the festival gives audiences the freedom to wander between five stages, choosing from sessions spanning topics such as the environment, social issues, the arts, science, crime, poetry, politics, memoir and fiction.
“This is an incredibly exciting moment for Byron Writers Festival. After a two year hiatus we are so pleased to finally be bringing this event back for those who love reading and writing. The program has been so well received, and with such an incredible line up of our leading storytellers and thinkers, as well as some newer faces, we are set for some very special moments over the Festival weekend.”
More than 150 volunteers come from across the Northern Rivers and beyond to help deliver a packed program over three days at the festival site, as well as writers’ workshops, a program for children and feature events in venues across the region.
This year’s line-up includes best-selling authors Trent Dalton (Love Stories), Hannah Kent (Devotion) and Rob Drewe (Nimblefoot), artist Ben Quilty (Free Fall) and actor Bryan Brown (Sweet Jimmy), authors and commentators Indira Naidoo (The Space Between The Stars), Sarah Wilson (This One Wild and Precious Life) and Julia Baird (Phosphorescence), prize winning poet Evelyn Araluen (Dropbear) Gardening Australia’s Costa Georgiadis (Costa’s World) and British philosopher A.C. Grayling (For The Good of the World) amongst many more.
3-Day and 1-Day Passes are available as well as tickets to a selection of Feature Events and workshops. Tickets can be purchased online via byronwritersfestival.com/tickets or from the onsite Festival box office from Friday 26 August.
Held on the lands of the Arakwal Bumberbin of the Bundjalung Nation, we pay respect to the traditional owners of these lands and acknowledge them as the original storytellers of this region.
Byron Writers Festival 2022
Festival Dates: 26 – 28 August, 2022
Grounds adjacent to Elements of Byron
144 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay.
Tickets and Program
www.byronwritersfestival.com/festival
