Sydney Writers Festival

The Power of Literature 📚

The Sydney Writers' Festival is an annual literary festival held in Sydney, with the inaugural festival taking place in 1997. Held mid-to-late May each year, the Festival now involves over 400 participants and presents over 300 events in renovated piers at Walsh Bay. Other festival locations include Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall, and Sydney Opera House. Events are also regularly held in regional and suburban locations including Parramatta, Ashfield, Auburn, Blacktown, Bankstown, Campbelltown, Hornsby, Penrith, the Blue Mountains and Wollongong. Approximately one-third of all Sydney Writers' Festival events are free of charge.

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