Festival 2019Gallery

Festival 2019 Photo Gallery

13 August 2019 by Byron Writers Festival

Festival Highlights

Festival sessions attracted capacity crowds to listen to incredible stories of adversity, courage, hope, creativity, adventure, optimism and activism amongst the many personal stories that our writers and thinkers so generously shared with us.

The sun shone under a bluebird sky after a rainbow-dappled Friday to the delight of weekend Festival-goers. An unforgettable weekend for our guests and patrons alike.

Thank you for making 2019 such a roaring success!

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And we’re off!

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Babara Toner finds her funny bone with Toni Jordan and Mandy Nolan

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Lessons in scarf-wearing: Head, neck and shoulders.

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Nevo Zisin on growing up queer in Australia

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#MeToo: Where To? with Amal Awad, Ginger Gorman, David Leser and Tracey Spicer

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Tara June Winch lays down the law when it comes to creativity and motherhood

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The PM Years with Kevin Rudd

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John Marsden on The Art of Growing Up

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No pots of gold unfortunately, but plenty of golden nuggets at the end of these rainbows!

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Vicki Laveau-Harvie on Memoir: Running in the Family

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Dr Julia Shaw delves into our darker thoughts on Exploring Evil with Gianrico Carofiglio

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Markus Zusak on crossing his Bridge of Clay

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Zusak fans

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Storm Clouds stayed at bay for most of the day

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Natasha Stott Despoja, Scott Ludlam and Dennis Atkins tackle the question: What’s Happened to our Politics

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Lisa-ann Gershwin on the joys of jellyfish

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Crusaders Against Corruption

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Roman Quaedvlieg on Crusaders Against Corruption

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Kate McClymont on Crusaders Against Corruption

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Ash Grunwald shares some acoustic tunes in his session

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Bruce Pascoe, Bronwyn Bancroft and Karla Dickens share a joke with chair Adam Shoemaker in The Stories Embedded in Landscape

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Bruce Pascoe enjoys a good ribbing

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Streaming in on Saturday under our Festival flags

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Delta Kay takes flight for Welcome to Country

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Mob reunions with Melissa Lucashenko, Uncle Jack Charles and Delta Kay

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Getting their kicks

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Well… THAT was funny

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Tim Flannery

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Sarah Hanson Young shares a laugh on ‘The Mental Load: A Woman’s Lot

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Gabbie Stroud’s heartfelt experiences resonate with many

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Sharing the load in The Mental Load

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Natasha Stott Despoja on Domestic Violence: A National Emergency

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Full house for Resilience, Strength and Adversity with Leigh Sales, Chloe Hooper and Tim Costello

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Soaking it up

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Leigh Sales

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Uncle Jack Charles had us laughing and crying in his memorable conversation

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The Sculpture Appreciation Society strike a pose

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Grazing

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Dr Julia Shaw strikes a pose

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The Debrief

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Bruce Pascoe’s conversation with Kerry O’Brien drew capacity crowds under a sunny winter’s sky

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A standing ovation for Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu conversation with Kerry O’Brien

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Adam Spence and Eddie Woo get their geek on in Amazing Mathematics

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An overflowing room sits riveted to Behrouz Boochani, live streamed from Manus Island

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Min Jin Lee, Benjamin Law, Jennifer Clement and Markus Zusak on the Family as Saga

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Jennifer Clement reflects on Family Saga

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Question time with Alison Lester at Kids Big Day Out

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Hands up for Morris Gleitzman at Kids Big Day Out

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Our 2019 Story Sleuths with Tristan Bancks

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The StoryBoard Story Space in action at Kids Big Day Out

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Alison Lester’s mural gets some finishing touches

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A.C. Grayling inspires the next generation of philosophers

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A.C. Grayling delivers the annual Thea Astley Address on Democracy and its Crisis

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Enthralled

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Sitting back for Democracy and its Crisis

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Hung Le relives one of many awkward moments…v

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And the audience laps it up!

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Taking time out to reflect

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Dmon Gameau on his hopes for 2040 with Nathan Scolaro

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Ending the weekend on a high note with Shire Choir

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Shire Choir’s Malea Naughton

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Coming together as community to celebrate and rejoice!

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A HUGE thank you to all of our WONDERFUL volunteers!! Your smiles and generosity are what make this Festival truly special!A HUGE thank you to all of our WONDERFUL volunteers!! Your smiles and generosity are what make this Festival truly special!

Thank you

Thank you, thank you, thank you to our volunteers! This outstanding Festival is possible because of you!

A huge thank you to our official photographers Kurt Petersen and J Miller for capturing the magic of the 23rd Byron Writers Festival.

All images are copyright Byron Writers Festival 2019. Should you wish to acquire high resolution images please contact us.

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