Attendance up at PWF; Szubanski tops bestsellers
Attendance was up again at this year’s Perth Writers Festival, with 47,000 attending the four-day event compared to 44,000 last year. Magda Szubanski’s two sold-out events were among the highlights...
Perth Writers Festival 2016 program released
The full program for the 2016 Perth Writers Festival, which runs from 18-21 February, has been released. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, UK pop-philosopher Roman Krznaric will give the festival’s...
Attendance up at Perth Writers Festival; ‘Just Mercy’ tops bestseller list
Around 44,000 people attended this year’s four-day Perth Writers Festival (PWF), up from 38,500 last year.PWF program manager Katherine Dorrington told Books+Publishing that the festival’s Family Day in particular was ‘hugely...
Perth Writers Festival 2015 program launched
The 2015 Perth Writers Festival program has been launched and tickets are now on sale.As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the line-up of international guests includes UK author Hilary Mantel (via...
Mantel, Gilbert to participate in Perth Writers Festival, 2015 line-up announced
The Perth Writers Festival has announced a number of authors appearing at its 2015 event.Among the international guests participating in the festival, which runs from 19 to 22 February, are...
38,500 attend Perth Writers Festival; ‘On the Trail of Genghis Khan’ tops bestseller list
Around 38,500 people attended this year’s Perth Writers Festival (PWF), up from around 36,000 in 2013, with the festival recording a 30% increase in ticket sales at its University of...
Over 36,000 attend 2013 Perth Writers Festival; Andy Griffiths tops bestseller list
The 2013 Perth Writers Festival has attracted over 36,000 attendees, an increase of 5000 on last year, reports program manager Katherine Dorrington. Dorrington told Books+Publishing that the highlights of this...
On tour: Meet the author Kevin Powers
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? ‘A portrait of a soldier in Iraq.’ You can see that self-promotion does not come naturally to me. What is the...
Perth Writers Festival line-up announced
The Perth Writers Festival (PWF) has announced the writers appearing at the festival, running from 21-24 February at the Crawley campus of the University of Western Australia. Margaret Atwood will...
Changes at Perth Writers’ Festival
Danielle Benda, festival program manager for 2011 and 2012, is no longer with the Perth Writers’ Festival. Katherine Dorrington will resume in the role to manage the 2013 festival, after...