Local authors at Shire festival
By Christine Sykes After being held online last year due to Covid-19, Writers Unleashed returns this year as an in-person event at Tradies Gymea on Saturday, 3 September. Now in its 12th year, the popular writers’ festival is an annual event run...
By Christine Sykes
After being held online last year due to Covid-19, Writers Unleashed returns this year as an in-person event at Tradies Gymea on Saturday, 3 September.
Now in its 12th year, the popular writers’ festival is an annual event run by the volunteers of the Sutherland Fellowship of Australian Writers.
The program features Illawarra-based writers, including award-winning authors Helena Fox (How It Feels To Float) and Hayley Scrivenor (Dirt Town). My third book, The Tap Cats of the Sunshine Coast, will be launched at the festival.
Also on the program are: award-winning Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson; James Bradley, author of the cli-fi hit Ghost Species; James McKenzie Watson, author of Denizen, Penguin Literary Prize winner; and crime fiction powerhouses Anna Downes, Petronella McGovern, Rae Cairns, Felicity McLean and Dinuka McKenzie. Best-selling fiction author Cassie Hamer will run a writing workshop.
Kid lit fans are in for a treat with Deborah Abela; picture book author and Words & Nerds podcast host Dani Vee; Yuin writer and author of The Boy from the Mish, Gary Lonesborough; and author and podcaster Kate Simpson.
Emerging writers are invited to pitch their manuscripts to editors from major publishing houses, including Penguin Random House, Walker Books, Larrikin House, and Harlequin.
The festival will also include author talks, workshops, the announcement of the 2022 Picture Book Competition winners, and catering.
We’d like to thank Tradies Gymea and The Best Little Bookshop in Town for supporting us.
