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Writers Festivals in Australia 2025 (by State)
Thanks to Anna Featherstone https://annafeatherstone.com/
Writers Festivals in NSW, 2025
- Addi Road Writers Festival, Marrickville, Sydney Inner West, NSW, dates TBA
- Australian Fairy Tale Society Conference, Little Bay, Sydney, June 14-15, 2025
- BABE Ballgowns & Books Event, (fantasy romance book convention) The Dome, Sydney Showground, NSW, May 31-June 1, 2025
- Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival, State Library of NSW, Sydney, 12, 13, 14 September 2025
- Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Festival, Orange, NSW, dates TBA
- Bathurst Writers & Readers Festival, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, NSW, dates TBA
- Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, Bellingen, NSW, 6-8 June, 2025
- Berry Writers Festival, Berry, NSW, (biannual – next one in 2026)
- Book Fair Australia, Sydney Olympic Park Homebush, NSW, dates TBA
- Blue Mountains Writers Festival, Blue Mountains, NSW, 31 October-2 November 2025
- Byron Writers Festival, Bangalow, NSW, 8-10 August, 2025
- Dubbo Writers Festival, Outback Writers’ Centre, Dubbo, NSW, dates TBA
- EnQueer Sydney Queer Writers Festival, Sydney, NSW, dates TBA
- Food and Words Writers Festival, NSW, (potentially on in 2025 but no decision as yet)
- Headland Writers Festival, Tathra, NSW, dates TBA
- Kyogle Writers Festival, Kyogle, NSW, dates TBA
- Manly Writers Festival, Manly, NSW, 28-30 March, 2025
- MidCoast Festival of Stories, MidCoast Council Libraries, Gloucester/ Forster/Taree, NSW, dates TBA
- Mudgee Readers Festival, Mudgee, NSW, 16-17 August, 2025
- Newcastle Writers Festival, Newcastle NSW, 4-6 April, 2025
- Northern Beaches Readers Festival, Northern Beaches, NSW, (biannual so not until 2026)
- Riverina Readers Festival, Wagga Wagga, NSW, dates TBA
- Rose Scott Women’s Writers Festival, The Women’s Club, Sydney, NSW, 27-28 June, 2025
- Scone Literary Festival, Scone, NSW, dates TBA
- StoryFest, Milton, Mollymook, Ulladulla, NSW, 19-25 June 2025
- StoryWeek, Sydney, NSW, dates TBA
- Supanova – Sydney, Comic Con & Gaming, Sydney Showground, Olympic Park, June 21-22 2025
- Sydney International Storytellers Conference, ‘Weaving Stories Together’, June 6-8, 2025
- Sydney Jewish Writers Festival, Bondi, NSW, dates TBA
- Sydney Authors Inked – Local Authors Book Festival, Concord, NSW, dates TBA
- Sydney Muslim Writers Festival, Auburn, NSW, dates TBA
- Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney, NSW, 19-25 May, 2025
- South Coast Readers & Writers Festival, South Coast Writers Centre, Wollongong, NSW, dates TBA
- Southern Highlands Writers Festival, Empire Cinemas, Bowral, NSW, 25-27 July, 2025
- SXSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 13-19 October, 2025
- True Story Festival, South Coast Writers Centre, Wollongong, NSW, dates TBA
- Words on the Waves Writers Festival, Central Coast, NSW, 28 May-1 June 2025
- Write around the Murray (NSW and VIC), 10-14 September, 2025
- Write Here! Writers’ Festival, Lake Macquarie, NSW, dates TBA
- Writers at the Woolshed, Wagga Wagga, NSW, (not being held in 2025 but will be running workshops for writers throughout the year)
- Writers Unleashed, Sutherland Shire Writers’ Festival, Sutherland, NSW, dates TBA
- Writing NSW Boundless Festival, NSW, dates TBA
- Writing NSW Kids and Young Adult Festival, NSW, dates TBA
- Writing NSW Speculative Fiction Festival, NSW, not until 2026
- Write Out West, Western Sydney Libraries and Literature Festival, Penrith, NSW, decision as to if this is running in 2025 still being decided
Writers Festivals in VIC, 2025
- A Day in Carlton, writers festival by Readings, Carlton, VIC, dates TBA
- Apollo Bay Wordfest, Apollo Bay, VIC, dates 25-27 July, 2026
- Barwon Heads Indie Author Book Fair, Barwon Head, VIC, 23 January, 2025
- Bendigo Writers Festival, Bendigo, VIC, 15-17 August 2025
- Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, VIC, biannual so back in 2026
- Brimbank Writers and Readers Festival, Brimbank, VIC, 13-22 March 2025
- Castlemaine State Festival Author Conversations/Dialogues, Castlemaine, VIC (not until 2026)
- Clunes Book Town Festival, Clunes, VIC, 22-23 March 2025
- Dunkeld Writers Festival, Dunkeld, VIC, 29-31 August 2025
- Emerging Writers Festival, VIC, dates TBA
- Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair, North Melbourne, VIC, dates TBA
- Fish Creek Festival of Children’s Stories, Fish Creek, VIC, dates TBA
- KidLitVic Meet the Publishers, Melbourne Town Hall, VIC, dates TBA
- Mansfield Readers & Writers Festival, Mansfield, VIC, 11-12 October, 2025
- Melbourne Jewish Book Week, Melbourne, VIC, Biennial so next date August 2026
- Melbourne Writers Festival, Melbourne VIC, 8-11 May, 2025
- Mildura Writers Festival, Mildura, VIC, 17–20 July, 2024
- Mountain Writers Festival, Wurundjeri Country, Macedon, VIC, (biannual – back in 2026)
- Port Fairy Literary Weekend, Port Fairy, VIC, dates TBA
- Q-Lit Queer Victorian Festival of Words, VIC, Horsham and Swan Hill in Jan, a day of events in Cranbourne in Feb/Mar, and also a week long festival in Melbourne in June 2025
- Queenscliffe Literary Festival, Queenscliffe and Point Lonsdale, VIC, dates TBA
- RARE25 Australia (Romance Author & Readers Events), Melbourne, VIC, Oct 4, 2025
- Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare on the River Festival VIC, 27 April-17 May 2025
- Supanova – Melbourne, Comic Con & Gaming, Melbourne Showgrounds, March 29-30 2025
- Sorrento Writers Festival, Mornington Peninsula, VIC, 24-27 April 2025
- Trans Book Festival, The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, VIC, 8th Feb, 2025
- Western Port Writes, Mornington Peninsula, Somers and surrounds, VIC, dates TBA
- Williamstown Literary Festival – Willy Lit Fest, Hobson’s Bay, VIC dates TBA
- Woodend Winter Arts Festival, VIC, 6-9 June 2025
- Words in Winter, Daylesford, VIC, dates TBA
- Write around the Murray, (NSW and VIC), 10-14 September, 2025
Writers Festivals in QLD, 2025
- AACTA Festival (Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts), 5-9 February, 2025
- Book Links StoryArts for emerging writers, Brisbane, QLD (not until 2026)
- Brisbane Writers Festival, Brisbane (Powerhouse), QLD, 9-12 October, 2025
- Cairns Tropical Writers Festival, Cairns, QLD, dates TBA
- CapriCon Pop Culture Convention, Rockhampton, QLD, 30 August 2025
- Capricorn Coast Writers Festival, Yeppoon, QLD, 30 May-1 June 2025
- CYA Conference, Writers and Illustrators Conference, Brisbane, QLD, 26 July 2025
- GenreCon, Brisbane, QLD, 28 February-2 March 2025
- Logan Book Festival, Beenleigh, QLD, Nov 1 , 2025
- Logan Readers and Writers Festival, Logan, QLD , May 2025
- Outback Writers Festival, Winton, QLD, 24-27 June 2025
- QPoetry, Brisbane, QLD, may or may not run in 2025
- Somerset StoryFest, Gold Coast, QLD, 1-3 April 2025
- Story Arts Festival QLD, Ipswich, QLD (biennial not until 2026)
- Sunshine Coast Fiction Festival, Bokarina, Maroochydore, QLD, 7-9 November 2025
- Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writers Festival, Nambour, QLD, 3-5 May 2025
- Supanova – Gold Coast, Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, April 12-13, 2025
- Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival, 17-19 July, 2025
- Whitsunday Writers Festival, Airlie Beach, QLD, 13-14 September 2025
- Words Out West Readers and Writers Fest, Western Downs, Dalby, QLD, 4-22 March 2025
- Writers Group Convention, Brisbane, QLD, Writing 26 October 2025
Writers Festivals in SA, 2025
- Adelaide Fiction & Friction Indie Book Convention, Adelaide, SA, dates TBA
- Adelaide Writers Week, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide SA, 1-6 March 2025
- OzAsia, Asian and Asian Australian literature, Adelaide, SA, dates TBA
- Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival, SA, 16-18 May 2025
- Supanova – Adelaide, Adelaide Showground, SA 1-2 November 2025
Writers Festivals in NT, 2025
- Northern Territory Writers Festival, Alice Springs, NT, 29 May-1 June 2025
Writers Festivals in WA, 2025
- Denmark Festival of Voice, Denmark, WA, dates TBA
- Festival of Fiction, ECU Joondalup, Perth, WA, 18-19 October, 2025
- Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival, Margaret River, WA, 2-4 May, 2025
- Mandurah Readers and Writers Festival, Mandurah, WA, dates TBA
- Perth Festival Writers Weekend, Writing WA & Perth Festival collaboration, dates TBA
- Perth Poetry Festival, WA, dates TBA
- Supanova Perth, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, 28-29 June, 2025
- SwanCon Perth, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Perth, WA, dates TBA
Writers’ Festivals in TAS, 2025
- Tamar Valley Writers Festival, near Launceston, TAS, Oct, 2025
- Terror Australia Readers and Writers Festival / Tassie Vice, Huon Valley, TAS, Oct 2025
Writers’ Festivals in ACT, 2025
- Canberra Writers Festival, Canberra, ACT, dates TBA
Writing and Publishing Industry Conferences, Australia 2025
- IPED (Institute of Professional Editors) Conference
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