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Brisbane Writers Festival announces 2019 program!

In recognition of the UN Year of Indigenous Languages, this year the Festival will explore the powerful ways in which Australia’s traditional custodians convey story, both now and in the past. “The written word hasn’t always been the primary way to tell a story,” said Festival CEO and Artistic Director Zoe Pollock, “Indigenous Australians have been yarning, weaving, painting, singing and dancing the stories of this land for thousands of years and right up into our present day. ...

Brisbane Writers Festival 2017

New for Festival audiences in 2017 is a live literature experience, bringing to life Alexis Wright’s seminal novel Carpentaria through a large-scale interpretive artwork by Gordon Hookey. Audiences will be immersed in the world of Carpentaria through a program of performance, storytelling and talks exploring Indigenous art, history and culture.   //   From 6-10 September this year, BWF will be exploring how writers curate the fictional and real worlds we enter through ...

Short+Sweet Sydney Theatre Festival 2015

Now into its fourteenth year, Short+Sweet is moving to an exciting new location and will be bringing you over 160 brand new scripts from Australian and international writers, put together by the best up-and-coming and established directors and performed by veteran actors and fresh new talent. Short+Sweet Sydney 2015 will showcase new and established artists on the stages of the New Theatre, Newtown and in the Fusebox of The Factory, Marrickville! See the Festival Schedule below for more ...