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The Thea Astley lecture is an annual event on the Byron Writers Festival calendar, instituted to honour the legacy of Thea Astley, one of Australia's great writers of the 20th century.

Session shines a light into Sarah Blasko's religious upbringing and its lingering influence on her songwriting, decades after leaving the church.

‘The gatekeepers (to the music industry) were a handful of white men’ said Holden. There were barely any people of colour other than Kahmahl, Marcia Hines and a handful of Indigenous artists. Diversity was not high on the agenda when music production was such an expensive venture.

It is quintessentially human to seek understanding about each other and the land on which we walk. Some choose to do this through art.

Tony Jones is well-known as foreign correspondent and presenter of Q&A. Now he can add novelist to his list of skills.

Australia’s fascination with John Safran comes from his authenticity, creative ability to find a unique skew on topics and Depends What You Mean By Extremist is no exception.

Why must we work for free?, ask millennial authors Jennifer Down, Bri Lee, and Kayla Rae Whitaker.

Byron Writers Festival shines a light on contemporary Indian literature.

How literature and storytelling can help to make the world a better place.

When you look at indigenous lives through women's eyes, these speakers put the focus on resilience, optimism and knowing country.

Former politician Tony Windsor has held the balance of power during the Gillard government but has not succumbed to its corrupting influence. He remains, as Chris Hanley noted, 'a good bloke'.

Many of us may never experience all the Australian outback has to offer, except in pictures. Bob Brown and Paul Thomas want to change that.

At Byron Writers Festival Kids Big Day Out, there was plenty for kids and parents alike to be excited about.

Food security is an issue often hidden from urban populations, but researchers and our authors believe we need to change this and farm the cities.

We give all our accolades and admiration to the writers in our society, but what of our 'equally noble' readers?

Addiction and creativity overlap in many instances. Creativity, however, can be an important tool in removing the layer of addiction and providing a meaningful insight into a world that many do not understand.

Paul Kelly speaks of his latest project, Seven Sonnets and a Song and his love of William Shakespeare.