Sydney Writers' Festival - Making a Writer
What enables writers to grow and flourish? Writing is mostly a solitary pursuit that draws on individual reserves of talent and skill. But writers are also part of a national community that can help, or hinder, celebrate or ignore them. Ireland provides bountiful support to its writers and literary ecosystem, but Australia fails to adequately nurture its own.
Listen to prominent writers Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn, Long Island) and Booker Prize–shortlisted author Charlotte Wood (Stone Yard Devotional, The Natural Way of Things) discuss how they became writers and the state of their nations’ literature. What can be done to wake Australia up to the need to support its writers? With host Michael Williams. Refreshments will be provided.
Sydney Writers' Festival - Live & Local 2025
After the wild success of Live & Local in 2024, Sydney Writers’ Festival returns to Subiaco Library in 2025 to bring the best of the Festival direct to you.
One of Australia’s most loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling, Sydney Writers’ Festival will livestream its headline events from Sydney to Subiaco Library on Friday 23, Saturday 24, and Sunday 25 May. Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some of the world’s finest writers and thinkers. Audiences can also participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions straight to the Sydney stage. Join us for Live & Local 2025, streamed live by Sydney Writers’ Festival and delivered locally to the Subiaco Library.
Additional information
Getting to the event:
Subiaco Library has limited parking bays available. For more information on getting around Subiaco visit the city’s website.
Access and inclusion:
Subiaco Library is wheelchair accessible for additional information please contact Subiaco Library on 9237 9300.
Ticket information:
You are not required to bring a ticket with you. In the case of a booked-out event, names may be checked at the door.
Further information:
For more events and programs at Subiaco Library visit the City of Subiaco events calendar, follow the Subiaco Library on Facebook or join the Cultural Services e-newsletter database by emailing library@subiaco.wa.gov.au
