Perth Writers Festival :: Perth Writers Festival
Connect with fellow readers, discover new authors and meander through a programme that includes everything from political discussion and literary readings to travellers' tales and gourmet discoveries.
Join us at our exciting new venue on The University of Western Australia campus. Situated near the Arts Faculty the new hub provides easy access to sessions, great café facilities, the iinet internet café and an extensive bookshop.
Full details of the Perth Writers Festival programme (Fri 22, Sat23 and Sun 24 Feb) are now available, download the recommended reading list.
Give your writing career a boost with workshops featuring authors from the Perth Writers Festival and check out all the FREE Family Day activities designed just for kids.
Help us finish what we've started! Kick your New Year writing resolutions into gear by participating in the 2008 Perth Writers Festival creative writing competition.
Downloads- Reviews
- Lauren Wilson meets Pauline Nguyen :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- Waiting for the barbarians :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- Crime writing that arrests the reader :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- Oblique perspective on chilling horror :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- To catch an inner novel :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- Journey into the heart of a massacre :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- Voyage round my mother and father :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- Loss and erasure in a time of military coup in Argentina :: The Weekend Australian :: 16 Feb 2008
- The Face - Leigh Dayton talks to Stefan Klein :: The Weekend Australian :: 23 Feb 2008
- Civil stoush to enliven debate :: The West Australian :: 26 Feb 2008
When
Fri 22–Sun 24 Feb, all day
Where
Riley Oval and surrounds, The University of WAClose
Riley Oval and surrounds, The University of WA
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Price
- 15 ticket pack $120
- 15 ticket pack Friends $114
- 10 ticket pack $85
- 10 ticket pack Friends $80
- 5 ticket pack $45
Festival Info
6488 5555
Other Info
Ticket packs are for daytime sessions only and exclude Feature events.
The programme includes a combination of free and ticketed events across a number of venues.
All day session in the Octagon Theatre will require tickets.
$10 single session tickets will only be available at the door, subject to availability.