Riverina Readers Festival

Riverina Readers Festival THE FESTIVAL FOR READERS 📘
Saturday 11 July & Sunday 12 July 2026
📍Riverina-wide | Wiradjuri Country

Have you noticed the little touches at Riverina Readers Festival events that make you feel at home? They’re not accident...
17/09/2026

Have you noticed the little touches at Riverina Readers Festival events that make you feel at home?
They’re not accidental, instead our team of volunteers carefully curate they ways we can ensure you, the reader, feel welcomed, seen and comfortable 🩵

You can expect these same feelings of warmth at our upcoming Evening with Michael Robotham (Michael Robotham) on Tuesday 20 October, 2026.
Tickets available via our bio or here https://events.humanitix.com/rrf-robotham

MICHAEL ROBOTHAM is returning to Wagga Wagga in October 💥Celebrating the launch of ‘Tell Me Something True’, Michael Rob...
10/09/2026

MICHAEL ROBOTHAM is returning to Wagga Wagga in October 💥

Celebrating the launch of ‘Tell Me Something True’, Michael Robotham’s latest gripping crime novel not only returns readers back to Australian waters, but we land back in the Riverina - which happens to be Michael’s real childhood home!

Tuesday 20 October, 2026
The Station - Eastern Riverina Arts, Johnson Street
Doors open at 6pm, for a 6:30pm start
Tickets valued at $33.00 + booking fee, includes 🥂 on entry
Bookselling available thanks to Gateway Bookshop & VR Escape Room

Secure your ticket via our links or https://events.humanitix.com/rrf-robotham
📸 Michael Robotham headlining your inaugural Riverina Readers Festival in 2024, captured by Jaqueline Cooper

Your 2026 GRAB ME panel, proudly brought to you by Eastern Riverina Arts, was the perfect opportunity to hear the dissec...
08/09/2026

Your 2026 GRAB ME panel, proudly brought to you by Eastern Riverina Arts, was the perfect opportunity to hear the dissection of opening lines, why they’re imperative to a piece of fiction and how much power they can hold on a reader!

To hear every possible perspective on opening lines, we welcomed:
📘 Dr Anita Heiss AM to speak from the angle of a publisher from bundyipublishing and Simon & Schuster AU
✍🏻 Mary Elizabeth to share the perspective of an award-winning debut author with Penguin Books Australia
🎥 and Bron | Book Enthusiast to speak from the view of a prolific Bookstagrammer and avid Riverina Reader

Regional writers also had the opportunity to submit their opening lines to receive feedback from these incredible creatives - and what a treat that was 🍫
📸 Ash Smith

How could we not laugh, listen and watch in awe as Dr Anita Heiss AM took to your Riverina Readers Festival stage back i...
03/09/2026

How could we not laugh, listen and watch in awe as Dr Anita Heiss AM took to your Riverina Readers Festival stage back in July 🩵

Discussing her extensive career in novel, non-fiction and children’s book writing, as well as academics, Dr. Anita Heiss shared the realities of publishing, how First Nations voices can and should be told, and why writing commercial fiction is one of the most powerful methods of generating real and timely conversations 💬

Flawlessly interviewed by the talented Irma Gold - this headlining session was one to remember!
📸 Ash Smith

It’s CBCA National Children’s BOOK WEEK ✨ which means we simply must keep recapping our favourite 2026 Riverina Readers ...
28/08/2026

It’s CBCA National Children’s BOOK WEEK ✨ which means we simply must keep recapping our favourite 2026 Riverina Readers Festival ‘bookish’ moments!

And of course, they wouldn’t be our favourite without YOU 🩵

Thank you to every Riverina Reader, from our home region and far far beyond who came to celebrate the love of reading in all its forms!

We hope you’ve had a tremendous CBCA National Book Week 📚

It’s the end of July but it’s certainly not the end of our Riverina Readers Festival recap posts 🩵Your 2026 opening pane...
30/07/2026

It’s the end of July but it’s certainly not the end of our Riverina Readers Festival recap posts 🩵

Your 2026 opening panel, ‘Soaring into Stories’ was moderated by our very own local author Gabrielle Tozer | Author - who drew out the details of each authors’ beginning in fiction writing, where it has led them and why an audience of readers can immerse themselves in each different world 🌍

Jeremy Lachlan Ayesha Inoon Tigest ☀️ Ali Lowe you are all simply spectacular ✨

What was your favourite moment of our opening panel? 💬⬇️

Our Reading Team cannot believe it’s been nearly two weeks since your 2026 Riverina Readers Festival 💥🩵Let’s begin our r...
22/07/2026

Our Reading Team cannot believe it’s been nearly two weeks since your 2026 Riverina Readers Festival 💥🩵

Let’s begin our recap of every festival moment, big and small!

As you walked through the doors of the Riverina Playhouse, you were greeted by our team in handmade cardigans thanks to Tidda Love ✨

Readers explored the foyer which included endless tables of books thanks to Collins Booksellers Wagga, the Riverina Readers Festival merchandise table and excitedly brushing shoulders with your 2026 authors as they arrived for the day!

Outside we were keeping caffeinated thanks to Birdy Brew ☕️

➡️ What was your favourite part of the foyer? Comment below!
📸 Ash Smith

At Riverina Readers Festival, we make sure the moments “in-between” feel warm and memorable ✨☁️🩵Huge thanks to Collins B...
13/07/2026

At Riverina Readers Festival, we make sure the moments “in-between” feel warm and memorable ✨☁️🩵

Huge thanks to Collins Booksellers Wagga for filling readers’ bags with brand new books, Birdy Brew for keeping us caffeinated, The Gardens Wagga and Kurrajong for tasty meals, Riverina Party Hire for places to connect outdoors and Story Dogs Literacy Program for popping by to share the fabulous work they do 🐶🧡

Riverina Readers Festival 2026 was made possible with the support of Eastern Riverina Arts and Wagga Library.

📸 Ash Smith

YOU + Australian Authors = pure joy at Riverina Readers Festival 🩵We hope you’re still buzzing from brushing shoulders a...
12/07/2026

YOU + Australian Authors = pure joy at Riverina Readers Festival 🩵

We hope you’re still buzzing from brushing shoulders and spending incredible moments with some of Australia’s bestselling authors who write romance, crime fiction, First Nations fiction and non-fiction, young adult fiction and award-winning literature ✨

📸 Ash Smith

And just like that … another successful Riverina Readers Festival was experienced with new and returning readers, who go...
11/07/2026

And just like that … another successful Riverina Readers Festival was experienced with new and returning readers, who gobbled up amazing stories, recommendations and created special bookish memories over big laughs with some of Australia’s best in the book industry 🩵

We hope you’re enjoying your brand new paperback, e-book or audiobook somewhere in the Riverina ✨

📸 Ash Smith

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