Byron Writers Festival

15/09/2026

Have you been dreaming about finally taking that manuscript you're working on to the next level?⁠
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Be part of our Residential Mentorship program: a five day, in-person intensive where you'll get one-to-one mentorship with your manuscript alongside three other emerging writers.⁠
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Open to any writer living regionally around Australia.⁠
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Held in the lush hinterland behind Byron Bay, at The Bank House in Bangalow, this experience has been described as "once-in-a-lifetime-experience" by those who've had the opportunity to participate.⁠
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Entries are now open until Tuesday 22 September at 11:59pm.⁠
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Find all the details, and submit your entry at byronwritersfestival.com

14/09/2026

Join Pip Williams, author best known for her companion novels, The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho in conversation on her new book The German Ward on Thursday 8 October at Brunswick Picture House.⁠
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The German Ward is the love story of the year: a tale of love between enemies behind the lines of WW1 and the Australian artist who captures their secret.⁠
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Get your tickets now at byronwritersfestival.com

14/09/2026

Deadline extended: Residential Mentorship 2026.⁠
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If you're been dreaming about taking your manuscript to the next level, this is your opportunity.⁠
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Open to any writer living regionally around Australia, our Residential Mentorship program is a five day, in-person intensive where you'll get one-to-one mentorship with your manuscript alongside four other emerging writers.⁠
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Held in the lush hinterland behind Byron Bay, at The Bank House in Bangalow, this experience has been described as "once-in-a-lifetime-experience" by those who've had the opportunity to participate.⁠
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Entries are now open until Tuesday 22 September at midnight.⁠
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Find all the details, and submit your entry at byronwritersfestival.com

13/09/2026

Award-winning and beloved Australian author Kate Grenville joins us at Bangalow A&I Hall this October with her latest book 'The Country Schoolmaster: A Mystery in 88 Letters'.

Part colonial cold case, part locked-room mystery, part the dance of a writer's imagination among facts and semi-facts, The Country Schoolmaster is a book like no other. In it, the novelist comes to understand the seductive pleasure of story-making, but also its dangerous limitations.

Tickets are on sale now at byronwritersfestival.com

Kate Grenville is one of Australia's most celebrated writers. Join her in conversation with her latest book The Country Schoolmaster: A Mystery in 88 Letters.

12/09/2026

What Trump’s Second Term Means For Australia: Bruce Wolpe in Conversation⁠
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Join Australia's best-informed commentator on US politics, Bruce Wolpe, for essential insight into Trump’s second term, the US looming mid-term elections and the impact of his presidency on Australia and the world. ⁠
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When: Wednesday 28 October at 6:00pm⁠
Where: Brunswick Picture House⁠
Tickets: $40 GA | $35 Festival Friends | $57 GA book bundle | $52 Festival Friends book bundle⁠
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Tickets are now on sale, visit byronwritersfestival.com

11/09/2026

In Time of Monsters, Waleed Aly maps a new politics taking many different forms – whether it be One Nation, Democratic Socialism, MAGA, Farage’s Reform, Albanese’s ‘progressive patriotism’ or Andrew Hastie’s economic nationalism – and finds at its source the failure of liberalism to answer our basic needs for security and belonging.

Get your copy now at quarterlyessay.com.au

Quarterly Essay is a valued Cultural Partner of Byron Writers Festival 2026

10/09/2026

There's plenty happening this October at Byron Writers Festival!⁠
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From fiction to memoir, politics to history, join us for these special events hosting across the Northern Rivers.⁠
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Find more details and get tickets for these events at byronwritersfestival.com

10/09/2026

Join three-time surfing World Champion Mick Fanning in Lennox Head for the launch of his memoir All Heart.⁠
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All Heart is more than the story of a champion surfer and global sporting icon. It’s the story of a man who took life’s hardest knocks on the chin and kept on pushing forward, and a reminder that our greatest achievements aren’t always the ones the world gets to see.⁠
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Tickets are now on sale at byronwritersfestival.com

Join three-time surfing World Champion Mick Fanning in Lennox Head for the launch of his memoir All Heart.

09/09/2026

Voting for ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books is now open!⁠
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This year at Byron Writers Festival, ABC presenters Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh sat down with three authors to chat all things Aussie books.⁠
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Re-live the conversation with authors Steve MinOn, Claire Thomas and Trent Dalton now live on the ABC Listen app, or find is on abc.net.au

08/09/2026

If you loved the Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho then join us at Brunswick Picture House this October as Pip Williams brings her latest book, The German Ward, to the Northern Rivers.

The German Ward is the love story of the year: a tale of love between enemies behind the lines of WW1 and the Australian artist who captures their secret.

Get your tickets now at byronwritersfestival.com

THU 8 OCT (CONVERSATION) A conversation with PIP WILLIAMS on her latest novel at Brunswick Picture House NSW.