Canberra Readers and Writers Festival – this weekend

20 September 2007

Michelle

The theme is Icy Worlds: Cool Words and features over 40 International and Australian Authors.

It will be held alongside the Lifeline BookFair at Exhibition Park in Canberra from 21-23 September.

Highlights include appearances by the 2007 NSW Premier’s Award winning authors Ursula Dubosarsky and Gideon Haigh as well as Canadian mystery writers Louise Penny and David Gibbins.

Opening night will feature a keynote address by ABC foreign correspondent Leigh Sales and performance poetry by Canadian Baba Brinkman.

There will be a Schools Day, panel sessions, literary lunches, workshops, book signings, book launches, exhibitions, great conversations, great wine and coffee and award announcements.

And we will have a table where you can buy magazines, talk to us about the challenges of publishing an independent magazine in Canberra, and find out about contributing to future issues.

Hope to see you there. (Festival program at http://actwriters.org.au/Festivals/festivals.htm)