List of Australian Writers Festivals 2024

What Writers Festivals are on in Australia in 2024? Bookmark this page for a list of some of the writers festivals bringing authors, readers, book lovers, the writing community and the publishing industry together. There are a huge number of literary festivals and events in the first half of the year, and less so in the second, so start planning now. Will update dates as they come to hand for 2024.

In addition to the listings below, here are some posts I’ve written that might be of interest/help you with your writers festival adventures too:

If you have a writers and/or readers festival to add to this list, please send me the details.

NB: Some details may change so please stay up to date on each festival’s website for the latest.

Writers’ Festivals in NSW, 2024

Addi Road Writers Festival, Marrickville, Sydney Inner West
Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival,
Banjo Patterson Australian Poetry Festival, Orange, NSW, 17-25 Feb 2024
Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, Bellingen, NSW, 7-9 June, 2024
Book Fair Australia, Sydney Olympic Park Homebush, October 2024
Blue Mountains Writers Festival, Blue Mountains, NSW, October 2024
Byron Writers Festival, Bangalow, NSW
EnQueer Sydney Queer Writers Festival, Sydney
Football Writers’ Festival, Walsh Bay, Sydney, July 2024
Headland Writers Festival, Tathra, NSW, October, 2024
IF Maitland Indie Writers Festival & ArtFest,, October 2024
Kyogle Writers Festival, Kyogle, NSW, June 2024
National Young Writers’ Festival, September-October 2024
Newcastle Writers Festival, NSW, Newcastle NSW, 5 – 7 April, 2024
Northern Beaches Readers Festival, NBRF, NSW, 27-29 Sept, 2024
Oracles of the Bush, Tenterfield, NSW, 4-7 April, 2024
Romance Writers of Australia Conference, RWA
Rose Scott Women’s Writers Festival, The Women’s Club, Sydney, Sept 2024
Scone Literary Festival, Scone, NSW, March 2024
StoryFest, Milton, Mollymook, Ulladulla (NSW), NB: bi-annual so not until 19-25 June 2025
StoryWeek, October 2024
Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, Bondi, NSW, August 2024
Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney, NSW, 20-26 May, 2024
Words on the Waves Writers Festival, Central Coast, NSW, May 29-June 3 2024
Write around the Murray (NSW and VIC), Sept 2024
Write Here! Writers’ Festival, Lake Macquarie NSW, May 2024
Writers Unleashed, Sutherland Shire Writers’ Festival, Sutherland, NSW, Sept 2024
Writing NSW Speculative Fiction Festival in Callan Park, June 2024

Writers’ Festivals in VIC, 2024

Bendigo Writers Festival, Bendigo, VIC, 16-18 August 2024
Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, 14-17 March 2024
Brimbank Writers and Readers Festival, Brimbank, VIC, 14-23 March 2024
Castlemaine State Festival Author Conversations/Dialogues , Castlemaine, VIC, March/April 2024
Clunes Book Town Festival, Clunes, VIC, 23-24 March 2024
Dunkeld Writers Festival, Dunkeld, VIC, 22-25 August 2024
Emerging Writers Festival (Vic) June 2024
Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair, North Melbourne, Feb 2024
Fish Creek Festival of Children’s Stories, Nov 2024
KidLitVic Meet the Publishers, Melbourne Town Hall
Mansfield Readers & Writers Festival, Mansfield, VIC, March 2024
Melbourne Writers Festival, Melbourne VIC, 9-12 May 2024
Mildura Writers Festival, Mildura, VIC, 18-21 July 2024
Mountain Writers Festival, Wurundjeri Country, Macedon
Port Fairy Literary Weekend, Port Fairy, VIC, Sept 2024
Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare on the River Festival (Vic), April/May 2024
Sorrento Writers Festival, Mornington Peninsula, VIC, 25-28 April 2024
Q-Lit Queer Victorian Festival of Words, Fitzroy, Collingwood, Melbourne
Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliffe and Point Lonsdale, VIC, May 2024
Williamstown Literary Festival – Willy Lit Fest, Hobson’s Bay, VIC June 2024
Woodend Winter Arts Festival (Vic), June 2024
Words in Winter, Daylesford, Vic, August 2024
Write around the Murray (NSW and VIC), Sept 2024
Yarram StoryFest / Gumboot Collective, July 2024

Writers’ Festivals in QLD, 2024

Brisbane Writers Festival, Brisbane, QLD, 29 May-2 June, 2024
Cairns Tropical Writers Festival, Cairns, QLD, 8-10 March, 2024
CapriCon Pop Culture Convention, Rockhampton, QLD, 31 August 2024
Capricorn Coast Writers Festival, Yeppoon, QLD, June 2024
CYA Conference, Writers and Illustrators Conference, Brisbane, July 2024
Ge nreCon, Brisbane QLD, 23-25 Feb, 2024
Logan Writers Festival, Logan, QLD, June 2024
Outback Writers Festival, Winton, QLD, 18-20 June 2024
Queensland Poetry Festival, Brisbane, QLD, April 2024
Som erset Story Fest, Gold Coast, QLD, 25-27 March 2024
Words Out West Readers and Writers Fest, Western Downs, QLD, 9 March 2024
Words Speak Louder Youth Writers Festival, Toowoomba, QLD, 28 June 2024
Voices on the Coast Writers Festival, Maroochydore, QLD, Feb 2024

Writers’ Festivals in SA, 2024

Adelaide Writers Week, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide SA, 2-7 March 2024
Australian Short Story Festival, Adelaide SA, November 2024
Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival, SA, 16-19 May, 2024
Romance Writers of Australia Conference, 16-18 August 2024

Writers’ Festivals in NT, 2024

Northern Territory Writers Festival, NT, June 2024

Writers’ Festivals in WA, 2024

Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival, MRRWF, WA, 17-19 May, 2024
Oz Comic-Con (WA) 11-12 May, 2024
Perth Festival Writers Weekend, Fremantle Arts Centre, Feb 9-March 3 2024
SwanCon Perth, Science Fiction & Fantasy. Perth, WA, 20-21 April, 2024
York Festival, York, WA, Sep 2024

Writers’ Festivals in TAS, 2024

Hobart Writers Festival, Hobart, TAS, TBA
Hobart Festival of Women Writers, Hobart, TAS
Tamar Valley Writers Festival, near Launceston, TAS, Oct 11-14, 2024
Terror Australia Readers and Writers Festival / Tassie Vice, Huon Valley, TAS, Oct 2024

Writers’ Festivals in ACT, 2024

Canberra Writers Festival, ACT, Aug 2024

Writing and Publishing Industry Conferences, Australia 2024

IPED (Institute of Professional Editors) Conference
Small Press Network Conference (SPN)