August 17, 2022
Not sure which sessions to see? We’ve saved the best ‘til last and highlighted some of the must-see panels and conversations from the 2022 program to help you decide.
News & Editorial
August 10, 2022
Byron Writers Festival 2022 unpacks the dark, light and murky in-between of modern society and politics. Read on for our daily digest of hand-picked must-see sessions.
August 2, 2022
Win a prize pack from our partners plus a gift for a friend!
August 2, 2022
Byron Writers Festival 2022 features a brains trust of experts in new and ancient methods of farming to explore the environmental and economic solutions to this major challenge.
August 2, 2022
Byron Writers Festival 2022 features a wide range of sessions that explore the real world solutions we have available to us to address the climate crisis. In line with the festival theme of Radical Hope, you can expect to feel uplifted and leave with a renewed sense of purpose in building a greener, better future for all.
July 27, 2022
Byron Writers Festival 2022 invites you to sit down and engage critically and respectfully with First Nations cultures and communities in all their diversity.
July 25, 2022
From the award-winning author of 'Stone Sky Gold Mountain' come these superbly crafted stories that explore the inner lives of those who are often ignored or misunderstood.
July 21, 2022
Becky Manawatu’s bestselling multi-award-winning novel Auē is both raw and sublime, introducing a compelling new voice in New Zealand fiction.
July 20, 2022
Byron Writers Festival 2022 mixes bestsellers and fresh new talent for three incredible days of joy and discovery.
July 18, 2022
How can we approach our current moment with radical hope? This is the question that will reverberate through Byron Writers Festival this year.
July 14, 2022
Wondering which ticket is right for you? Read on for our quick guide to the 2022 Byron Writers Festival.
June 21, 2022
Byron Writers Festival 2022 (26 — 28 August) has revealed a taste of things to come with a tantalizing first announce of incredible guests, and with that comes a fresh stack of books to add to your bedside table. We invite you to treat yourself to some new reads from some of Australia’s best authors.
March 21, 2022
Please join us in welcoming our new Artistic Director Zoë Pollock, who will helm the 2022 Festival. This coincides with the departure this month of the Festival’s Director, Edwina Johnson, who is widely acknowledged as one of Australia’s arts leaders.
January 25, 2022
Congratulations to the recipients of the Write North Residency - Vanessa Berry, Belinda Castles and Beth Yahp who will join Charlotte Wood for a week of writing in the Byron Bay Hinterland.
September 1, 2021
Introducing the runner up story of the Jesse Blackadder Prize 2021, The Thief written by Caleb Scherrer.
September 1, 2021
Introducing this year’s Susie Warrick Young Writers Award Category 2 runner up story, The Alley by Elise Nikkinen.
September 1, 2021
Introducing this year’s Susie Warrick Young Writers Award Category 1 runner up story, I Do Not Know Which to Prefer by Saoirse Chu.
August 31, 2021
In the wake of the cancellation of Byron Writers Festival for a second year in succession, 'northerly' contributor Rebecca Ryall, who was scheduled to be our on-the-ground reporter at the event, has conjured an imagined, envisioned Festival round-up, based on this year’s stellar line-up.
July 7, 2021
In celebration of NAIDOC week, we shine a light on the voices of Australia’s eminent and emerging First Nations writers who will share and amplify their stories at the Festival site on Arakwal country, where stories have been told for thousands of years.
July 7, 2021
Ahead of his appearance at Byron Writers Festival 2021, author Kaya Wilson discusses his acclaimed memoir of gender transition and identity, As Beautiful as Any Other: A Memoir of My Body, and how his day job as a tsunami scientist crosses over with his writing.