Welcome to the 2013 Sydney Writers' Festival.
 ‘After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world’ ― Philip Pullman
Stories lie at the heart of our lives. We need them to understand ourselves, to understand others, to make sense of the world around us. This year, Sydney Writers’ Festival looks at the depth and breadth of storytelling and celebrates the simple pleasure of being told a great tale. Read more >
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This year Sydney Writers’ Festival is presenting poetry somewhere rather unusual – on street cleaning trucks.
People going about their everyday business might suddenly come across poetry where they least expect it, bringing a bit of lyricism to the everyday.
There are 11 trucks in total with 19 poems ranging from Rilke, Yeats, Judith Wright, Martin Harrison and Joanne Burns.
The poetry has been curated by Luke Davies, the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winning poet who’ll be at this year’s festival. There is a stunning selection, capturing moments in time, observations, and whimsy. Luke chose poems, ‘that stop you in your tracks, and are utterly unlike the advertising copy that litters the verbal landscape’.
More widely this year at Sydney Writers’ Festival, there’s a lot of great poetry. We have two of the world’s greatest performance poets Kate Tempest and Anis Mojgani, a range of extraordinary Australian poets.
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Photo: Jamie WIlliams
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Looking for a printed version of the Sydney Writers' Festival guide? |
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 Prefer to read a printed version of this year's program?
Over 40,000 Festival guides have been delivered to libraries and bookshops. The guide are free and will be available while stocks last at the libraries and bookstores listed here.
This year you can also download your own SMH Sydney Writers' Festival guide. (Be sure to check our website for updates on sold out events and cancellations.) The file is 11MB and prints well on both A4 and A3 sized paper. Click on the link below to download!
DOWNLOAD THE SMH SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL 2013 GUIDE
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 We are thrilled to share the 2013 Sydney Writers' Festival program with you.
The full program of events and writers is available here on our website. Tickets will go on sale from today 9am Saturday 13 April.
The Sydney Writers' Festival Official Guide is available as a liftout in the Sydney Morning Herald 'Spectrum' today, Saturday 13 April.
If you miss the paper on the weekend, copies of the program will be available from bookshops, libraries and venues from next week.
We hope you enjoy perusing the program, planning your perfect Festival week, and we look forward to seeing you from Monday 20 to Sunday 26 May.
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 Online is where you'll find everything you need to plan your Festival week. You can create your own personal schedule by clicking 'Add to My Schedule' from the events you like and share your Festival picks with friends on Facebook and Twitter, just by clicking the 'Tweet' or 'Like' buttons on event pages.
We'll be sending out our e-news every week between now and the Festival, so make sure you sign up. We'd also love you to join us on Facebook and Twitter to chat with others about the authors you most want to see and get up-to-the-minute Festival news. If you're tweeting, don't forget to use the hashtag #swf2013.
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writenow! Short Story Competition |
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 It is our pleasure to invite students to take part in writenow!, our creative writing competition for students in Years 7 to 9. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to hone their creative writing skills and be in the running to win some great prizes.
Entries have now closed.
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School Days 2013 - An Adventure Into The World of Words |
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 Sydney Writers’ Festival invites teachers and their students to join us for School Days in May 2013. School Days is a celebration of literature for children and young adults, featuring a handpicked line-up of writers for both primary and secondary schools.
Teachers, this is a fantastic opportunity for students to engage with their favourite authors, discover exciting new voices and be inspired in a fun, educational and interactive day. In these hugely popular sessions, writers and illustrators will perform, read from their work, talk about their craft and take questions from the audience.
For Primary School Days, the award-winning authors include Brian Falkner, Sally Rippin, Jackie French and writer-illustrator collaborators Nick Earls and Terry Whidborne. Secondary School Days presents some of the finest writers for young adults including international author Libba Bray, award-winning writer James Roy, comedian Danny Katz and writer and illustrator, Ambelin Kwaymullina.
Read more about our School Days program and download booking forms here.
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