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Program
Live & Local
Sydney Writers’ Festival is Australia’s largest celebration of books and ideas, bringing the world’s finest authors and esteemed thinkers together for insightful and exhilarating conversations and discussions.
The Sydney Writers’ Festival Live & Local program offers a free livestream of Festival sessions to libraries and community centres across regional Australia to share directly with their audiences.
“I can’t speak highly enough of this program, I think what it offers the community ticks all those important boxes of inclusion, accessibility, literary culture and community service.”
“The value of streaming to the bush cannot be overstated.”
Find your closest venue below:
Adelaide Hills Library Service
Albany Public Library
Albury Library Museum
Alexandrina Council
Alice Springs Public Library
Armidale Regional Council Libraries
Bathurst Regional Council
Bega Valley Shire Library
Brisbane City Libraries
Broken Hill City Library
Cairns Regional Council
Campbelltown Public Library (South Australia)
Central Coast Library Services
Central West Libraries
City of Burnside
City of Charles Sturt
City of Coffs Harbour
City of Fremantle Library
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
City of Karratha
City of Mandurah
City of Marion
City of Mount Gambier
City of Norwood, Payneham & St Peters
City of Port Lincoln
City of Tea Tree Gully
City of West Torrens
District Council of Grant
Eurobodalla Libraries
Geelong Library & Heritage Centre
Gloucestor Arts and Culture Council
Goldfields Library Corporation
Goulburn Valley Libraries
Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre
Inverell Shire Council
Kununurra School & Community Library
La Trobe City Council
Libraries Tasmania - South Central Region
Libraries Tasmania - Devonport
Mackay Regional Council - Library Service
Maitland Libraries
Maleny Community Centre
Merri-Bek City Libraries
MidCoast Libraries
Mitcham Memorial Library Service
Moonta Community Library
Mount Isa City Council
Mudgee Readers' Festival
Parkes Shire Library
Port Stephens Council
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
Quorn School & Community Library
Rural City of Wangaratta
Scenic Rim Regional Council
Shellharbour City Libraries
Shire of Chittering / Bindoon Public Library
Singleton Council
State Libraries and Archives Tasmania
State Library of Western Australia
Tamar Valley Writers Festival
Tamworth Regional Council
Town of Gawler
Town of Walkerville
Wagga Wagga City Library