Perth Writers Festival program launched
The 2014 Perth Writers Festival program has been launched and tickets are now available. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the line-up of international guests includes Lionel Shriver, Philipp Meyer, David...
Perth Writers Festival announces line-up
The Perth Writers Festival has announced a number of authors appearing in its 2014 line-up. Among the international guests attending the festival, which runs from 20-23 February, are US authors...
Attendance up but book sales down at Perth Writers Festival
S J Finch writes: This year's Perth Writers Festival was a phenomenal success, attracting an estimated crowd of around 30, 000 people, Danielle Benda told the Weekly Book Newsletter. 'There...
Perth Writers Festival program launched
The program for the 2012 Perth Writers Festival has officially been launched. The festival will be held between 23 and 26 February as part of the 2012 Perth Festival, and...
2012 Perth Writers Festival details released
The 2012 Perth Writers Festival will be held between 23 and 26 February as part of the 2012 Perth Festival. Germaine Greer will deliver the opening night address for the...
Attendance, book sales up at 2011 Perth Writers’ Festival
Attendance figures were up by 10 percent and book sales were up by seven percent at this year's Perth Writers' Festival. Festival program manager Danielle Benda told the Weekly Book Newsletter that the festival...
2011 Perth Writers Festival program launched
The program for the 2011 Perth Writers Festival was launched last week. The festival, which will be held between Friday 4 March and Monday 7 March in the grounds of...
2011 Perth Writers Festival guest list announced
The guest list for the 2011 Perth Writers Festival has been announced. International authors to attend the festival include:Tariq Ali (The Obama Syndrome, Night of the Golden Butterfly, Palgrave Macmillan)Simon...
Benda replaces Dorrington at Perth Writers Festival
Danielle Benda has replaced Katherine Dorrington as program manager of the Perth Writers' Festival. Benda has been appointed until March 2012 to manage the 2011 and 2012 festivals while Dorrington...
Perth Writers Festival 2010
The Perth Writers Festival 2010 has wrapped up after an inspiring, stimulating (and hot) four days on the University of Western Australia campus from 26 February to 1 March, attended...
Perth Writers’ Festival program preview
The general program for the Perth Arts Festival has been released, with the Perth Writers' Festival component to follow on January 28. The writers' festival will run from 27 February...
Perth Writers’ Festival at home at UWA
This year's Perth Writer's Festival, held from 22 to 24 February, attracted ‘over 15000' people according to program manager Katherine Dorrington.This was an increase of around 3000 on last year...