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Byron Writers Festival 2024

Satellite Events

Join us for a series of free and ticketed community events across the Northern Rivers, in collaboration with Byron Writers Festival 2024.
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Thursday 08 August

Jodi Rodgers in conversation with Mick O’Regan

Thursday 08 August
1.30pm – 3.00pm
Ewingsdale Hall
$25 including CWA afternoon tea
BOOK NOW

Hosted by Friends of the Library

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Thursday 08 August

Poets Out Loud
Youth Slam

Thursday 08 August
6.30pm – 8.30pm
The Citadel, Murwillumbah
$15, bookings essential
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Featuring K. J. Hayward
Hosted by Sarah Temporal

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Friday 09 August

Australian Poetry Slam – Byron Heat

Friday 09 August
4.00pm – 5.30pm
The Coolamon, festival site
Free, bookings essential
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Featuring K.J. Hayward, Rob Waters
Hosted by Word Travels

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Sunday 11 August

Wordworks

Sunday 11 August
2.00pm – 3.00pm
Bangalow Bowling Club
Free, no bookings

Featuring Rob Waters
Hosted by David Hallett

Byron Writers Festival 2024

Book Launches

Join us to celebrate the launch of two new releases in the A&I Hall. Bar open from 4pm.
Book launches are free events, no bookings required.
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Friday 09 August

Sassafras

Friday 09 August
4.30pm – 5.30pm (34)
A&I Hall

Rebecca Huntley in conversation with Steph Harmon.

Sociologist Rebecca Huntley didn’t know what ailed her, but she knew it was embedded deep within her mind – and her past. Sassafras is the story of Rebecca’s quest to overcome her intergenerational trauma, and trauma in her own life, via the use of MDMA treatment that is now legal yet still controversial.

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Saturday 10 August

Slick: Australia’s Toxic Relationship with Big Oil

Saturday 10 August
4.15pm – 5.15pm (69)
A&I Hall

Royce Kurmelovs in conversation with Isabelle Reinecke.

In Slick, journalist Royce Kurmelovs investigates what the Australian fossil fuel industry knew about climate change, and how they learned to wield influence and insert themselves into all facets of public life – putting the survival of our planet and our democracy at stake.

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