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6-8 August 2010 at North Beach (formerly Byron Bay Beach Resort)
Three days, 100 featured writers and thinkers, 150 volunteers to keep it all running smoothly and over 45,000 individual tickets sold. All the ingredients that make Byron Bay Writers Festival one of the hottest literary events in Australia. Tickets for the festival can also be purchased through their website. Live radio broadcasts, panel discussions, readings, book signings, conversations, theatre, literary luncheons and more are all included in this Festival with activities to suit all age groups. Byron’s festival of words and ideas is also not to be missed.
This years Writers Festival will take place on the 6th - 8th of August. The Festival had humble beginnings in 1997 when a small group of locals wondered wheather authors may like to spend a winter's weekend in Byron Bay. They did, fifty Australian writers and an audience of two hundred interested locals. The Festival has now grown from a single venue event to fill four huge marquees and venues around town and sells 45,000 individual tickets. Guests now number more than one hundred and over the years the most significant and respected contemporary Australian writers have participated through readings, conversations, lectures, lunches, panels and launches.
The focus of the program is firmly on Australian writing, with the inclusion of Indonesian and Asian authors. The Byron Bay Writers Festival has a close relationship with the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival and believes that through words and ideas, bridges are formed that cross cultures and schisms. Fundamentally, the Festival provides a forum for intelligent discussion and guests are invited to address the issues that matter to them and concern us all.
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