Adelaide Festival Writers Week 2012

Adelaide Festival Writers' Week, being held in the Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens during 3 - 8 March 2012, will bring together writers from around the world and across Australia to the delight of hundreds of thousands of readers.

The 2012 Writers' Week will present a re-invigorated program which will connect with its audience in new and innovative ways. This includes educational programs on a Schools Day Friday March 2, issues-focussed lunchtime and evening sessions, family friendly sessions and a kid's activity area.

Writers’ Week is a celebration of words, one that promises to surprise, delight, challenge and entertain, bringing some of the world’s finest minds to Adelaide for a week of discussion and debate. Readers from across the cultural spectrum hear writers discuss fiction, history, biography, religion, economics, culture, the environment, food, film, comics, poetry and picture books.

Where? Pioneer Women's Memorial Gardens, Adelaide, SA

When? Next Festival 2 -18 March, 2012

Who? In 2012 - Meagan Abbott, Kate De Goldi, Javier Cercas, Ursula Dubosarsky, Martin Edmond, Kate Grenville, Sonya Hartnett,Alan Hollinghurs , Gail Jones, David Marr, Frank Moorhouse, Jo Nesbø, Garth Nix, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Brenda Walker + more

Kids' Programme? Storytelling, crafts, drawing, singing and one rather crooked stilt-walking man come together for a day of full on fun, rampant creativity and imagination gone wild when Writers’ Week hosts the first annual Kids’ Program. Join award-winning children’s writers and illustrators for a day created especially for our youngest readers.

Website? Adelaide Writers Week