Byron Writers Festival 2021
6 — 8 August
Full program announced and all tickets on sale
Welcome to the 25th anniversary of Byron Writers Festival! Featuring Archie Roach, Julia Baird, Richard Flanagan, Judith Lucy, Marcia Langton, Bryan Brown, Kate Grenville, The Betoota Advocate, Alice Pung, Raina MacIntyre, Nevo Zisin, Evelyn Araluen and many many more.
We are thrilled to reveal our full Festival 2021 program featuring more than 150 celebrated authors, commentators and powerful new voices. Choose from 115 panels and conversations across six stages from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 August, as well as a series of satellite events throughout the Northern Rivers (many of which are free) and a diverse selection of writers’ workshops.
At the core of our Festival is the belief in the power of story as a means to connect, heal and make change. Story provides the framework for understanding. Never more so than when we are faced with the shock of a pandemic that has insisted we learn new ways of being and engaging.
So join us this 6—8 August for a three-day festival of ideas, conversation and storytelling in one of the world’s most beautiful coastal locations.
See Who’s Coming
Explore the 2021 Festival Program
Dive into our three-day Festival program of 115 sessions with writers, commentators, environmentalists, poets, politicians, comedians and artists who together shape stories of hope, courage and change.
A sideshow of separately ticketed events featuring a curated selection of Festival guests. Satellite events take place throughout the Northern Rivers’ region, and many of them are free!
Get inspired, sink your teeth into your craft and learn from the best with one of our Festival Workshops, taking place throughout Festival week in Byron Bay.
Immerse yourself in the magic of storytelling on Sunday 8 August. A program for all the family to enjoy, jam-packed in with interactive presentations and drop-in creative workshops.
