Love. It stirs our creative spirits, brings us to our knees, inspires songs and sonnets and paintings and volumes. In the spirit of this year’s Festival theme, When We Talk About Love, we’re asking authors and artists to share the passions that underpin their work. This week, we spoke with Australian author of What I Like About […]
We all have those books. The ‘I fell asleep reading you’, ‘I dropped you in the bath’, ‘I covered you in crumbs as I devoured you over lunch’ – the un-put-downables that became like instant best friends or toxic lovers. To celebrate the powerful ways in which words can rouse us, we’re asking our favourite book bloggers to […]
Our Sleepover with the Stars competition is back for MWF19. Over the next six weeks, we’ll be giving away five prize packs, each comprising a double pass to one of our Highlight sessions, plus one night’s stay at the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins on the date of the event. The official accommodation of MWF19 artists, […]
We are thrilled to be bringing Croatia’s world-famous Museum of Broken Relationships to Australia for the very first time. The collection of anonymously donated objects of heartbreak and love lost will be exhibited within the Festival precinct throughout the month of September, after the museum’s originators, Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić, carefully curate a Melbourne-specific show. The Museum of […]
Love. It stirs our creative spirits, brings us to our knees, inspires songs and sonnets and paintings and volumes. In the spirit of this year’s Festival theme, When We Talk About Love, we’re asking authors and artists to share the passions that underpin their work. This week, we spoke with Australian author of newly-released The White Girl Tony […]
We all have those books. The ‘I fell asleep reading you’, ‘I dropped you in the bath’, ‘I covered you in crumbs as I devoured you over lunch’ – the un-put-downables that became like instant best friends or toxic lovers. To celebrate the powerful ways in which words can rouse us, we’re asking our favourite book bloggers to […]
Over ten days we’re inviting a hugely eclectic collection of novelists, poets, journalists, playwrights, songwriters, artists and performers to bare their souls and share what sets them aflame.
Through the lens of this year’s theme, we’re exploring what ignites our passions and fuels our craft. Follow your heart through this year’s program.
Ahead of our full program release on 10 July, we’re elated to announce some of world’s biggest names in literature, civil rights activism and music in a sneak peek of the authors and artists joining the program from 30 August to 8 September, with tickets to their events on sale now. Melbourne Writers Festival is […]