Sydney Writers' Festival
Sydney Writers' Festival is Australia's largest celebration of books, writing and ideas, gathering hundreds of local and international authors for a week of talks, panels, readings and debates each May. The festival centres on Carriageworks in Eveleigh, with satellite events across the city and suburbs.
What to expect
The program runs from big-name headline conversations to niche sessions on craft, politics and science. Popular sessions sell out quickly once the program drops, and a run of free events keeps the festival accessible. It is an indoor, cerebral counterpoint to Sydney's beach-and-harbour image, timed for the first weeks of autumn proper.
- Arts & Literature
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