These days, Young Adult titles are not always just for teenagers (In fact, 55% of YA titles are bought by adults). Here are some of the MWF team’s favourite books they read as teenagers that they still love today. On Fortune’s Wheel by Cynthia Voigt As a teen I loved On Fortune’s Wheel by Cynthia […]
Ever since I was a little girl and started poking and prodding the world with my infernal curiosity for historical detail, my mum has had one answer to almost all of my questions. Me: How old were you when you bought your first bra, Mum? What did you wear to your Prom? Did your date […]
Win a 5 Pack of tickets to Melbourne Writers Festival AND a 5 Pack to Melbourne Fringe Festival. That’s 10 tickets in total! (plus a bonus event on a Friday for free at #MWF14). Want to win this festival overload? In 25 words or less, simply answer the question: Why do you love festivals in Melbourne? […]
When presented with a “choose your own adventure” book I panic, and then cheat. I cannot help myself. I peek at the consequence. I am now required to select just a few events out of the hundreds on offer this year. After going through the guide and circling nearly every event I did, eventually, decided […]
Admittedly, when I saw this year’s spread of art, music, food, and travel, I was a little overwhelmed too. Unsure of which events to book in for? Here are some of our team’s must-see events: A Little History: Photographing Nick Cave I’m not ashamed to admit I’m a Nick Cave tragic and will proudly take […]
Talking Points brings you six intriguing events guaranteed to spark debate, curiosity and new opinions on current affairs topics making headlines today. A highlight of The Agenda. Here’s the six thought-provoking topics Melbourne Writers Festival has ready for you to start wrapping your head around. Putin’s Russia Leading Russian journalist and author Masha Gessen considers […]
Whether you like to read on the go, at home, in bed or poolside with a margarita in hand, reading can take you just about anywhere. Does fantasy writing help you escape the chaos of Richmond train station during peak hour? Or is a good crime novel perfected when read huddled away from Melbourne’s winter […]
With Melbourne Writers Festival just a couple of weeks away, it’s a big hello from me. As one of your intrepid MWF Digital Reporters, we’re here to make your life a whole lot simpler – finding and reporting on the surprising, the quirky, the innovative and the insightful throughout the ten days of the Festival. […]
I am a lover of blogs, I admit. I love the fact that all over the world authors, artists, photographers, poets, anyone really with a creative-bent and access to a computer, is able to offer their thoughts on things happening around them, in both the broadest context and the most personal. I enjoy the immediacy, […]
Be quick or be dead when it comes to buying a Festival 5 Pack. I’ve only just learnt how speedy you need to be, with two of my top choices already sold out. So if you’re reading this sentence, don’t. Better to act now. Go forth and herd thy five cats, take a Snapchat, and […]
Melbourne Writers Festival is super excited to introduce our 2014 Digital Reporters! With the support of the Emerging Writers’ Festival, each reporter will be covering events at MWF and will have exclusive access to our festival artists. During the Festival come meet our reporters at the EWF Digital Reporters’ Mid-Festival Round-Up on Wednesday 27 August to hear about their week as a reporter, […]
We ask Yasmeen Richards, Artist Liaison & Program Coordinator at MWF and author of the blog Wandering Spice, about how she came about curating the new Food, Wine & Travel stream for #MWF14. Why food & wine programming? Melbourne Writers Festival does literary and current events so beautifully, so it was a natural move to expand […]
