Byron Writers Fest, Create NSW offer new $40k writers residency
Byron Writers Festival and Create NSW have partnered to offer a new writing group residency worth almost $40,000. The Write North Writers’ Group Residency for mid-career to established writers will...
New staff, bookseller for Byron Bay Writers Festival
The Byron Bay Writers Festival (BBWF) has announced the appointment of three new staff and a new festival bookseller.Joanna Trilling has joined the festival as communications manager, Mouche Phillips has joined...
Byron Bay Writers’ Festival to ‘promote lesser known writers’ in regional roadshow
The Byron Bay Writers’ Festival will run a regional roadshow in the lead-up to this year’s festival to ‘promote lesser known writers’.The roadshow, which has received one-off funding from the...
Byron Bay Writers’ Festival launches 2014 program
The Byron Bay Writers’ Festival has launched its 2014 program.Joining international guest Jeanette Winterson, who was previously announced as the festival’s keynote speaker, are Geoff Dyer, Susie Orbach, David Finkel...
Winterson to headline 2014 Byron Bay Writers’ Festival
The Byron Bay Writers’ Festival has announced that Jeanette Winterson will deliver the keynote address at this year’s event.‘Winterson is travelling to Australia in August for a tour arranged in collaboration with...
Byron Bay Writers Festival 2012 to focus on children’s, YA and science
The 2012 Byron Bay Writers’ Festival will be run from 3-5 August, with an increased focus on young adult, science and children’s books. Festival director Jonathon Parsons told the Northern...