Western Port Writes Literary Festival

The 2026 Western Port Writes Literary Festival opens on Friday 9 October and runs to Sunday 11 October. The festival is based at Coolart Wetlands and Homestead in Somers on the Mornington Peninsula. The program includes author panels, in-conversations, children's activities and special events. A talented lineup of authors and writers, thinkers and commentators, tellers and keepers of stories will be joining us. We hope you can too.