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Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival

Locality: Margaret River, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9758 7316

Address: Tunbridge Street 6285 Margaret River, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.mrrwfestival.com

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24.01.2022 In a series that asks writers to imagine a not-too-distant future, Scott Ludlam urges the citizens of 2020 to hold on, keep fighting and look to the margins.

22.01.2022 Exciting times ahead as we welcome our new Festival Director. Stay tuned for up to date news on our 2021 Festival program.

22.01.2022 It's Friday again and time to plan our weekend reading. We are feeling like we need a bit of awe and wonder, so where better to start than @JuliaBaird, Phosphorescence. What are you reading this weekend? ... #MRRWF #reading #stories #HarperCollinsAustralia #authors #newbooks #weekendreading #festivals #words #margaretriver #youngwriters #emergingwriters #magic #mischief #artsmargaretriver #readersandwriters #juliabaird #storytellers See more

21.01.2022 A massive shout out to our friends at Story Week who will be kicking off their amazing event from 06-14 November...and its going online so you don’t have to leave the comfort of your living rooms to enjoy. Story Week will feature an international line-up of artists and a program filled with poetry slams, talks and shared story-telling experiences featuring hip hop artists, vogue dancers, beat poets and story tellers from across the globe. StoryWeek promises an action-packed ...week of wordsmithery. More info: www.wordtravels.info. #words #performingarts #stories #storyweek #artfeativals #feativals #spokenword #poetry #onlineevents #artsmargaretriver #readersandwriters

21.01.2022 Some of our past festival guests, the talented Sandra Hill & Ian Mutch, together with Jack Bromell, have been busy creating a new mural in Margaret River. Check it out next time you're in town! https://www.amrtimes.com.au//artists-add-finishing-touch-n

21.01.2022 For those of you who enjoy stories on the screen, as well as on the page, now is your chance to get Early Bird Tickets to CinefestOZ. Opening with WA film RAMS, directed by Jeremy Sims and starring Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson and Michael Caton, we have a feeling tickets will sell out fast!

20.01.2022 Our friends at Margaret River Bookshop are still open, even as the main street makeover makes its way to their doorstep. Locals and festival friends visiting from Perth, please continue to support our fabulous local bookshop despite the roadworks

19.01.2022 Congratulations to everyone on the shortlist for the 2019 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards including past festival guest Holden Sheppard and Fiona Burrows Illustration who was due to take part this year. A great go-to list for anyone looking for their next book to read!

16.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE! We will be back on the 14-16th May 2021 in the real world and online. More info to come, so check back for regular updates.... Can't wait to see you all See more

13.01.2022 Introducing our creative theme for Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival 2021. Our world has changed! It feels like we went to bed in one world and woke up in a new one. ... And as we start to explore our new world we look to the future with optimistic eyes. We bring with us our stories, our new ideas, and our hopes and dreams for the future. We breathe life into our words, and we set them free. Welcome to Written Worlds. #writtenworlds #creativeworlds #MRRWFestival #storytelling #writers #readers #margaretriver #books #stories #southwest #lifestories #writersfestivals #emergingauthors #publishers #magic #wineries #adventures #surfing #workshops #fun #familyfriendly #artsmargaretriver @artsmargaretriver

12.01.2022 Real People, Real Stories. The Bystander Project kicks off tonight at the Augusta Hotel and onto Cowaramup for Saturday and Sunday night shows. Still a few tickets available from @artsmargaretriver ... #bystanderproject #stories #arts #artsmargaretriver #community #artscommunity #songwriting #sharingstories #artandculture #margaretriverregion #voices #realstories #augusta #cowaramup

12.01.2022 We are in a #ClimateEmergency For all the night owls out there.... If you can and are willing to stay up to 3 am (AWST) in the morning, this online FREE event will be well worth the lack of zzzzzz... Over the coming decade, over one million species face extinction. It is estimated that 200 species go extinct every day. We can remain silent or we can lend our voices however best we can to try to save them. Hosted by Writers Rebel, Join an evening with writers Margaret Atwood, Amitav Ghosh, and many others to raise awareness of animals at threat of extinction. Register for your FREE ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-the-brink-tickets-1285150 #OnTheBrink #Extinctionisforever #lostspeciesday #WritersforLife #WritersRebel #ActNow #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #WritingCommunity #MRRWFestival #storytelling #writers #readers @writersrebel @culturedeclares @artsmargaretriver

09.01.2022 Just in case you haven't heard the big news yet... Tim Winton's classic love song to land and place, Dirt Music, is now a feature film! Those of us lucky enough to live in South West WA will be among the first to see the highly anticipated film, which will screen at CinefestOZ in August. The full program and tickets are available now at www.cinefestoz.com

08.01.2022 Guess who is coming back to Margaret River everyone!? That's right, Craig Silvey will be joining us on Wed 14 October at The River to speak about his new book Honeybee together with the fabulous WA author Brooke Davis. Tickets only $10 with proceeds towards next year's Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival.

06.01.2022 There are going to be so many fabulous Australian books released in the next few months. We want to buy them all! We’re also loving that Trent Dalton is a hugger https://www.smh.com.au//save-the-date-three-major-australi

02.01.2022 Are you interested in appearing in the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival 2021? We aim to include a range of writers in our program, from established international and Australian authors and journalists, through to West Australian writing talents, emerging authors and local writers. Get in touch about your latest book, published articles, writing project or interviews. We would love to hear from you... Head to our submission page on the website, link in bio. #writing #author #festival #storytelling #yourvoice #story #reading #writing #margaretriver #tellingstories #futurevoices #authors #youngwriters #upandcomingwriters #mrrwf2021

01.01.2022 Melbourne Writers Festival are live with their digital program! More than 100 writers and thinkers are taking part to consider the theme 'Attention', unpacking how crises and other major events force us to reconsider how we connect. Congratulations MWF for pulling this off! We're pretty chuffed that we can now tune in from the other side of the country!

01.01.2022 Global Founder of Plastic Free July, Rebecca Prince Ruiz will speak about her new book Plastic Free at the Margaret River Bookshop tomorrow. A free event about the plastic free movement which started with a small group of people in WA and has grown into a 250-million strong community across 177 countries, empowering people to reduce single-use plastic consumption and create a cleaner future. Get to the Margaret River Bookshop tomorrow!