Sydney Writers' Festival

Australia’s most beloved celebration of literature, stories and ideas.

Join us at Sydney Writers' Festival from 22–28 May, 2023.

Festival Highlight

Auslan Interpreted

Open Captioned

Opening Night Address: How the Past Shapes the Future

23 May 2023 - 6:30 PM

Festival Highlight

Assistive Listening System

Auslan Interpreted

Sam Neill: Did I Ever Tell You This?

27 May 2023 - 8:00 PM

Conversation

Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle

26 May 2023 - 4:00 PM

Conversation

Shehan Karunatilaka: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

24 May 2023 - 8:00 PM

Festival Highlight

Live & Local

Open Captioned

A Life in Food: Stephanie Alexander and Maggie Beer

27 May 2023 - 10:00 AM

Festival Highlight

Assistive Listening System

The Dinner That Changed My Life

27 May 2023 - 6:00 PM

Conversation

Festival Highlight

Assistive Listening System

Auslan Interpreted

Julia Gillard: Not Now, Not Ever

25 May 2023 - 6:00 PM

Festival Highlight

Assistive Listening System

Storytelling Gala: Letters to the Future

25 May 2023 - 8:00 PM

Conversation

Eleanor Catton: Birnam Wood

26 May 2023 - 12:00 PM

Conversation

Alexis Wright: Praiseworthy

27 May 2023 - 5:00 PM

Conversation

Festival Highlight

Assistive Listening System

Tim Winton’s Love Letter to Ningaloo

15 May 2023 - 6:30 PM

Panel

Podmania: Crime on the Record

27 May 2023 - 7:30 PM

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Feature story

2023 Program Announcement: Annabel Crabb and Ann Mossop

Past podcasts

I Was Wrong 03 Aug 2022
Yassmin Abdel-Magied: Talking About a Revolution 17 Jun 2022
Sarah Winman: Still Life 01 May 2022

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Sydney Writers' Festival

22–28 May 2023

Australia’s most beloved celebration of literature, stories and ideas.

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