Dec 11, 2025

From the MWF Team: A Summer Reading List

To help narrow down your TBR list, the MWF team have compiled some of our favourite reads from 2025 - plus some books we've been waiting to dive int...

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Dec 02, 2025

A Q&A with MWF Festival Director, Veronica Sullivan

2025's Magical Thinking edition of Melbourne Writers Festival was the start of a new chapter. As we invite our community to donate to MWF, we want t...

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Oct 08, 2025

From the MWF team: A Spring Reading List

The weather is warming up, the flowers are blooming and the downpours have started. Spring in Melbourne has begun! To complement the new season, the...

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Sep 29, 2025

MWF 2026 Local Libraries EOIs are now open

Expressions of Interest are now open for the 2026 MWF Local Libraries Program. Each year, the festival offers a selection of libraries the opportu...

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May 11, 2025

MWF 2025 | Saturday 10 May Recap

by Sonia NairSonia Nair is a Melbourne-based critic whose writing has been published by The Age, the ABC, Time Out Melbourne, Kill Your Darlings...

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