Byron Bay Writers Festival

Where is it? Byron Bay, NSW. .

When is it? 6 -8 August, 2010

What's it all about then? Byron Bay Writers Festival is a time of celebration, exchange and reflection. This festival presents some of the finest writers from Australia and overseas in a program designed to amuse and stimulate in the best venue in the country, the beaches of Byron.

Who in 2010? - RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH - CANDIDA BAKER - JANIS BALODIS - AMY BARKER - LARISSA BEHRENDT - ROSS GRAYSON BELL - JUDITH BEVERIDGE - PETER BISHOP - GEORGIA BLAIN - LAURA BLOOM - KIM CHENG BOEY - LILY BRAGGE - STEVE CANNANE - DAVID CARLIN - MIKE CARLTON - MICHAEL CATHCART - TOM CHO - LUCY CLARK - ALAN CLOSE - BRYCE CORBETT - VICTORIA COSFORD - MOYA COSTELLO - ANNABEL CRABB - SAM CUTLER - BLANCHE D'ALPUGET - MARK DAPIN - TERRY DENTON - JOHN DOYLE - URSULA DUBOSARSKY - DANIEL DUCROU - MADONNA DUFFY - IRINA DUNN - BRET EASTON ELLIS - ALI COBBY ECKERMAN - JILL EDDINGTON - PHILLIP EDMONDS - RUSSELL ELDRIDGE - JOSEPHINE EMERY - SAM EVERINGHAM - KIM FALCONER - SHAMINI FLINT - ROBERT FORSTER - DARREN GROTH - PHILLIP GWYNNE - RODNEY HALL - JACINTA HALLORAN - CLIVE HAMILTON - CHRIS HANLEY - JACK HEATH - KAREN HITCHCOCK - PATRICK HOLLAND - KATE HOWARTH - REBECCA JAMES - JOHN KEANE - CATE KENNEDY - KRISSY KNEEN - JAMES KNIGHT - RAMONA KOVAL - DAMIEN LEITH - KATHY LETTE - VIRGINIA LLOYD - YVONNE LOUIS - ANGELO LOUKAKIS - IAN LOWE - MUNGO MACCALLUM - AJ MACKINNON - SIMON MARNIE - TONY MARTIN - JACK MARX - SUSAN MAUSHART - WILLIAM MCINNES - ANGELA MEYER - ALEX MILLER - REG MOMBASSA - OMAR MUSA - BEN NAPARSTEK - SALLY NEIGHBOUR - LINDA NEIL - LUKE NGUYEN - O THIAM CHIN - KERRY O'BRIEN - KEVIN PALMER - ALVIN PANG - JUANITA PHILLIPS - GRETEL PINNIGER - LOANI PRIOR - SIAN PRIOR - NIC PULLEN - TIM PYE - ADAM RAMANAUSKAS - HANNIE RAYSON - MATTHEW REILLY - IAN ROBERTSON - MICHAEL ROBOTHAM - AKMAL SALEH - JOANNA SAVILL - JULIANNE SCHULTZ - JUSTIN SHEEDY - PETER SKRZYNECKI - THANDO SIBANDA - ROSEMARY SORENSEN - MARK SKAIFE - MEGAN STACK - JANET STEELE - MOHEZIN TEJANI - BRIAN THACKER - KIM TRAILL - KIRSTEN TRANTER - MONICA TRAPAGA - MARIA VAN DAALEN - KATE VEITCH - MURRAY WALDREN - BRENDA WALKER - TASMA WALTON - JACQUELINE WOODMAN - SUSAN WYNDHAM

How much are tickets? . Check official site

Where? North Beach, Byron Bay, Northern NSW

Festival Website: http://www.byronbaywritersfestival.com

Past Festivals: Robert Adamson, Imran Ahmad, Bettina Arndt, Tristan Bancks, Peter Bishop, Colin Bowles, Domenico (Mick) Cacciola, Brian Cadd, Michael Cathcart, Michael Caulfield, Choo Choo, Carl Cleves - Alan Close, Moya Costello, Sophie Cunningham, Sam Cutler, Stephen Dando-Collins, Mark Dapin, Marele Day, Terry Denton, Robert Dessaix, Sean Doherty, Robert Drewe, Irina Dunn, Nick Earls, Russell Eldridge -

Bob Ellis, Kate Eltham, Abbas El-Zein, Delia Falconer, Anna Fienberg, Karen Foxlee, Carol George - Tom Gleeson, Peter Goldsworthy, Vanessa Gorman, Robert Gray, James Griffin, Chris Hanley, Wendy Harmer, Linda Jaivin, Nicholas Jose, Mireille Juchau, Wayan Juniartha, Vivienne Kelly, Thomas Keneally, Cheryl Kernot, Gretel Killeen, Dominic Knight, Judith Lanigan, David Leser, Ian Lowe -

Mungo MacCallum, Sarah Maddison, Simon Marnie, Roy Masters, Wire MC, John McDonald, Paul McGeough - Colin McLaren, Di Morrissey, Mary Moody, Matt Nable, Mandy Nolan, Louis Nowra, Kerry O'Brien, Kristina Olsson, Lana Penrose, Rachel Perkins, Liz Porter, Sian Prior, Nic Pullen, Kevin Rabalais, Geoffrey Robertson, Ian Robertson, Julianne Schultz, Denise Scott, Julian Shaw, Thando Sibanda, Oren Siedler -

Craig Silvey, Peter Singer, Steve Snow, David Ghostboy Stavanger, Janet Steele, Anne Summers, Mark Tredinnick, Meg Vann, Susan Varga, Elly Varrenti, Don Walker, Shirley Walker, Sally Warhaft, Jonathon Welch, George Whaley, Kristin Williamson, David Williamson, Jacqueline Woodman, Susan Wyndham - Irfan Yusuf