July 29, 2020
Meet Elizabeth Tan
Meet the Perth-based author of short fiction collection, Smart Ovens for Lonely people, Elizabeth Tan.
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Meet Jess Scully
Meet author, public art curator, policy advisor and magazine editor, Jess Scully.
Meet Ketan Joshi
Meet Ketan Joshi, a prolific writer, analyst and science communicator focusing on clean energy and climate change.
Meet Nadia Bailey
Meet writer, editor and the 2020 National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellow, Nadia Bailey.
Meet Jessie Tu
Jessie Tu is a writer and journalist based in Sydney. She has written about race, gender and culture in The Guardian, The Age and LA Review of Books. Her debut poetry collection You Should Have Told Me We Have Nothing Left was released in 2018. A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing is her debut novel. How are you looking […]
Meet Robbie Arnott
Meet Robbie Arnott, author of Flames and The Rain Heron.
Meet Marlee Silva
Meet Gamilaroi and Dunghutti storyteller and Tiddas 4 Tiddas co-founder, Marlee Silva.
July 23, 2020
A Message from the Associate Director
Gene Smith introduces the Festival theme, Attention.
July 17, 2020
MWF Announces New Artistic Director for 2021
Michaela McGuire to join MWF as its new Artistic Director.
July 2, 2020
First Artists to Join MWF Digital
Literary giant Kate Grenville, author of Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall and Wind of Change podcaster Patrick Radden Keefe will join MWF Digital. Melbourne Writers Festival today unveiled its first local and international guests, announcing highlights of the program that will run online from 7–16 August 2020. Beloved Australian author and Orange Prize-winner Kate Grenville, whose […]
June 4, 2020
Listen and Learn
Hear from authors, journalists and writers, including Gamillaroi and Torres Strait Islander playwright Nakkiah Lui and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, as they dissect the cultural, social and political issues surrounding race today and how writing can be used as a weapon against injustice. Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival. Content Warning: these recordings […]