Fancy a writers' festival with a bit of rustic charm and some good old-fashioned country hospitality?
The York Writers Festival is a weekend chock full of author-to-author conversations featuring some of WA's best-loved writers and poets. Full program includes kids' activities, short story competition and a murder mystery dinner in York's historic Town Hall.
Day passes available at $40 per day, all-inclusive
(excludes Murder Mystery Dinner on Saturday night).
Ticket: York Writers Festival 2023, York, Sat 18th Mar 2023, 9:30 am - Sun 19th Mar 2023, 5:00 pm AWST | Humanitix
Short story competition details here https://www.yorkfestival.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Short-Story-details.pdf
Murder Mystery dinner tickets here https://events.humanitix.com/murders-they-wrote-a-1930s-orient-express-whodunnit
SATURDAY 18 MARCH - MC is Jon Doust
45 minute sessions, with 15 minute break in between
Speakeasy venue (back of Gallery 152)
9:30 Marion Kickett & Tracey Kickett (includes My Country My Life My Words book launch)
10:30 Ros Thomas & Sasha Wasley
11:30 Joshua Kemp & Susan Midalia
12:30 Andrew Sutherland & Patrick Marlborough
2:00 Tracy Ryan & John Kinsella
3:00 Karina McRoberts & Helen Hagemann
4:00 Glen Phillips & Will Yeoman (includes Seed Songs performance & book launch)
5:00 Wheatbelt Writers Short Story Awards
7:00-9:00 Murder Mystery Dinner (Town Hall)
SUNDAY 19 MARCH - MC is Will Yeoman
45 minute sessions, with 15 minute break in between
Speakeasy venue (back of Gallery 152)
9:30 David Whish-Wilson & Sharron Booth
10:30 Maria Papas & Brooke Dunnell
11:30 Will Yeoman & Ian Hooper: Publishing Avenues
12:30 Josephine Taylor & Holden Sheppard
2:00 Jon Doust & Portland Jones
3:00 Michael Levitt & Brett Adams
4:00 Special Event: Stephen Scourfield & Will Yeoman (includes spoken word & guitar performance)
KIDS SESSIONS:
Sunday kids' stories and activities are free (you don't need a day pass), but you still need to register. These sessions are in the CWA Rooms
10:30 & 1:30 Dianne Wolfer
11:30 & 2:30 Katie Stewart