Queenscliffe Literary Festival
The Queenscliffe Literary Festival is a boutique literary festival that celebrates Australian author talent and literature across all genres, including fiction and non-fiction, each weekend in May. The festival will include two high-profile keynote speakers and a VCE Writing Prize for students on the Bellarine Peninsula. The festival is proud of its annual Kids Day event in which local students participate in a free event with authors and illustrators.
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Sunday 8 July 2018Meet Shokoofeh Azar: highly acclaimed and award winning Iranian journalist, author of both children's and adult fiction, and a refugee. Shokoofeh's most recent novel, ‘The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree’, is a powerful and evocative story set in Iran immediately following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. It has been shortlisted for the 2018 Stella Prize.Uniting Church -
Saturday 26 May 2018The Queenscliff Library and the Borough of Queenscliffe invite people of all ages to write a short story on 'exploration'. Please drop stories into the Queenscliff Library between Tuesday 1 May and Saturday 19 May. A number of writers will then be invited to read their stories in the library.Queenscliff Library -
Saturday 19 May 2018Due to circumstances beyond our control, Clare Wright will no longer present this event. The event will still go ahead, as planned, with photos, scooters and local memories, facilitated by Marylou Gilbert, Festival President in collaboration with Queenscliff Historical Museum.Queenscliff Uniting Church -
Saturday 12 May 2018Miles Franklin award-winners Josephine Wilson (Extinctions 2017) and Sofie Laguna (The Eye of the Sheep 2015) in conversation with Associate Professor Maria Takolander. This tour is presented in association with Writers Victoria through the Touring Victoria program which is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.Queenscliff Town Hall -
Friday 11 May 2018Josephine Wilson (Extinctions), winner of the Miles Franklin Award 2017, writing exploration from beginning to end. Limited numbers. This tour is presented in association with Writers Victoria through the Touring Victoria program which is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.Queenscliff Neighbourhood House -
Friday 4 May 2018The Opening of the Australian Literary Print Exchange, displays artist's visual interpretation of the work of Australian authors, playwrights and poets, through printmaking. Special guest John Bell AO (Bell Shakespeare Company) Includes wine and nibbles. Sponsored by Shelter Shed and Jack Rabbit Winery.Queenscliff Gallery Workshop -
Between Saturday 6 May 2017 and Saturday 27 May 2017The Queenscliffe Literary Festival 2017 is held each weekend in May. There are three or four events each weekend throughout different venues in Queenscliffe & Point Lonsdale. There are 40 authors and presenters for adults and children.Queenscliffe Town Hall -
Between Saturday 7 May 2016 and Saturday 28 May 2016The Queenscliffe Literary Festival 2016 is held each weekend in May. There are three or four events each weekend throughout different venues in Queenscliff & Point Lonsdale. There are 40 authors and presenters for adults and children.Queenscliff Town Hall
