Festival '26

Join us to honour the late, beloved Rhoda Roberts AO with Byron Writers Festival’s inaugural Rhoda Roberts Oration.

Play along with the return of the festival’s wild and wonderful game show!

Join acclaimed journalist and human rights activist Antoinette Lattouf in conversation with Louise Adler for an evening celebrating the courage and conviction of women who defied expectations and shattered barriers.

Join Richard Fidler and Kári Gíslason, authors of the best-selling Saga Land, for a very special, spectral evening of Viking Lives: Ghost Stories.

In a special, intimate festival experience, join Bob Carr for lunch and a rare opportunity to learn more about his life and career, with an insider's view on the world of politics.

Join the only author ever to have won both the Booker Prize and the Baillie Gifford Prize, Richard Flanagan, in conversation with ABC Radio National's Sarah Kanowski, to discuss his latest collection and the role of the writer to embrace heresy.

Join Australia’s #1 bestselling author Trent Dalton in conversation with Richard Glover for an unforgettable exploration of love, ambition, family and truth-telling.

Get ready for a night of rhythm and rhyme in an exhilarating live event!