Byron Bay Writers Festival, in collaboration with Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Powerhouse, will bring celebrated author, Jeanette Winterson, to Australia in August.
“The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life.”
Jeanette Winterson, The Paris Review
Festival Director Edwina Johnson is thrilled to have secured Winterson for her 2014 Australian tour. She believes audiences in Byron Bay, Sydney and Brisbane will be captivated by Winterson. The Guardian (UK) recently listed Jeanette Winterson as being one of the world’s Top Ten writers to see live, ‘She walks on with such confidence and never has any barrier between herself and the audience…’
Jeanette Winterson OBE is one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. Whatever the genre – novels, screenplays, essays and journalism – Winterson takes risks and challenges us to think differently about identity and relationships.
At 15, Winterson’s teenage love affair with another woman came to light. She was condemned by her church, leading to her expulsion from the community and her decision to leave home. She worked odd jobs, from an ice-cream van driver to a funeral parlour make-up artist, supporting herself as she obtained her English B.A. from St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. She would go on to write more than 15 books, including the celebrated novels Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit,The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. Her most recent work includes the memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? and the horror novella about witchcraft and superstition, The Daylight Gate.
‘Byron Bay Writers Festival is delighted Jeanette Winterson will deliver the 2014 Keynote Address and to have negotiated her East Coast tour to include events at both the Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Powerhouse,’ said Johnson.
Byron Bay Writers Festival, 1-3 August 2014, will feature more than 100 authors. The program includes some of Australia’s best writers and thinkers from Malcolm Fraser, Clare Wright, Julian Burnside and Tim Flannery to ML Stedman, Ashley Hay, Alex Miller, Andy Griffiths and many more. The full program including the complete international line-up will be available from 6 June 2014.
Jeanette Winterson Australian Tour Dates:
Byron Bay Writers Festival
Friday 1 – Sunday 3 August
3-day Early Bird pass from $195
1300 368 552
byronbaywritersfestival.com
Brisbane Powerhouse
Thursday 7 August
$35 / $30 + bf
07 3358 8600
brisbanepowerhouse.org
Sydney Opera House
Sunday 10 August
From $35
9250 7777
sydneyoperahouse.com
The Festival will also include writing workshops commencing on 28 July. Early Bird tickets are on sale until the full program is announced. For more Festival information or to purchase Early Bird tickets visit byronbaywritersfestival.com or call 1300 368 552.
