We're rapt to unveil the lineup for our 2025 festival, featuring award-winning writers and household names, and, for the first time, an international author.
The stellar Australian list includes Craig Silvey, Marcia Langton, Peter Greste (sold out), Bob Brown (sold out), Virginia Trioli, Alice Zaslavsky, Brian Nankervis and Melissa Leong, as well as 2025 Miles Franklin-winner Siang Lu and two previous Stella Prize-winners, poet Evelyn Araluen and novelist Heather Rose.
QLF will host its first-ever international guest in Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El Akkad who'll be talkng with Antoinette Lattouf about global flashpoints including Black LIves Matter and the genocide in Gaza.
Mystery fans will enjoy sessions with Sydney author Jane Caro and local crime writers Mark Smith, Christine Keighery and Tanya Scott, while true crime lovers will relish a conversation about podcasting and the Mushroom Case with vereran crime reporter Andrew Rule and ABC investigative journalist Rachael Brown.
We’ll also—
- hold our first-ever family event, with bestselling Runt author Craig Silvey;
- mark Jane Austen's 250th birthday with a delightful panel discussion, afternoon tea and sparkling wine, and a Regency dancing lesson;
- host a play-reading of a new work about Germaine Greer (sold out);
- offer budding writers a half-day workshop with award-winning romance writer Marion Lennox;
- celebrate life and stories with a special Better Off Said event created by Marieke Hardy and Emilie Zoey Baker and featuring Antoinette Lattouf, Hannie Rayson, Brian Nankervis, Andrew Rule and Shokoofeh Azar, with music by Sarah Carroll; and
- feature discussions on Indigenous art, memoir, gardening, food, politics, crime fiction, True Crime podcasts, the state of America, journalism, the wellness movement and more!
QLF 2025 is going to be a brilliant celebration of community and culture. Browse the full program and get your tickets now!
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NOTE: all sessions are at Queenscliff Town Hall unless otherwise indicated. All events (including dates, times and guests) are subject to change. All sessions are of one hour duration unless specified.
QLF 2025 features a stellar lineup of authors, chefs, journalists, broadcasters, podcasters, activists and more!
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Queenscliff Victoria 3225
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