Festival 2022 Program

Featuring Trent Dalton, Hannah Kent, Bruce Pascoe, Indira Naidoo, Ben Quilty, Masha Gessen, Evelyn Araluen, Steve Toltz, Emily Bitto, A.C. Grayling, Julia Baird, Costa Georgiadis, Aaron Fa’Aoso, Jess Hill, Damon Gameau, Marcia Langton and many more.

Byron Writers Festival 2022 is just around the corner! Themed ‘Radical Hope’, dive in and discover the writers and thinkers who will inspire and uplift us this 26—28 August at Australia’s favourite regional literary festival.

‘Now is the time for a radical kind of hope, that imagines the world anew, that refuses to be defeated and finds delight and joy in everything this wonderful life and earth have to offer.’ — Zoë Pollock, Artistic Director

At this year’s festival you will hear from social and environmental experts on how we can tackle the challenge that is climate change. You will be uplifted by listening to our most gifted storytellers explaining how they celebrate the human condition and render our experiences so magnificently on the page. You will meet talented emerging and established writers who are challenging the status quo. In hearing and engaging with these ideas you are playing your part in making the world anew.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Important site update

In the wake of recent weather events, after consultation with North Byron Parklands, it is agreed that Byron Writers Festival 2022 will relocate to the grounds adjacent to Elements of Byron who have generously agreed to host the festival for another year.

The site change does not affect the festival program or the validity of tickets already purchased. For any questions, please refer to our FAQs prior to getting in touch.

We look forward to welcoming our guests and patrons back after a two-year hiatus to celebrate the power of stories to connect us.