Full South Coast Readers & Writers Festival program announced

The South Coast Readers & Writers Festival returns to Thirroul over the weekend of 5 and 6 July with a vibrant line-up of literary talent.

The full festival program is now live, featuring local voices, return guests, and internationally bestselling authors, with sessions covering current affairs, fantasy and mythology, writing YA, literary fiction, history and storytelling, the business of publishing, poetry, Aboriginal voices, and more.

Festival highlights

• Saturday, 5 July – Best-selling fantasy authors Isobelle Carmody (Comes the Night) and Kate Forsyth (Psykhe) are joined by A.L. Tait for a session on fantasy and mythology.
• Saturday 5 July – Internationally bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho Pip Williams sits down with Catherine McKinnon to talk all things linguists and bookbinders.
• Saturday, 5 July – Darren Rix, co-author of Warra Warra Wai, and Ryan Butta, author of The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli, talk history, lost and found, with Jeremy Lasek.
• Sunday, 6 July – Political commentator Amy Remeikis, independent journalist Antony Loewenstein, and scientist and author Tim Flannery discuss current affairs with Jan Fran.
• Sunday, 6 July – For a special session on Gaza and Lebanon, Theodore Ell (Lebanon Days), Omar Sakr, and Safdar Ahmed (The Nightmare Sequence) are joined by Antony Loewenstein (The Palestine Laboratory).
• Sunday, 6 July – Emily Maguire (Rapture) and Gail Jones (The Name of the Sister) sit down with Hayley Scrivenor (Girl Falling) for a panel on literary fiction.

Plus, so much more! Dive into a celebration of writing, with voices that inspire, challenge and connect us, in the picturesque village of Thirroul.

To see the full program and buy early bird tickets, visit southcoastwriters.org/festival

See you in July!