Events & Festivals
Swancon was founded in 1975 and is probably Australia’s longest-running science fiction convention. Held in Perth each year, please check the website for updated guests and current dates.
Beaconsfield, Tasmania became the epicentre of a unique community and cultural experience when the inaugural Beaconsfield Festival of Golden Words became Tasmania’s biggest writers festival. The Tamar Valley Writers Festival is a biennial writers festival in Tasmania.
The Tasmanian Writers & Readers Festival, run biennially by the Tasmanian Writers Centre, unites writers and readers from across the state and Australia through masterclasses, discussion forums, spoken word events, children’s programs and more. The festival occupies various spaces throughout the historic Hadley’s Orient Hotel and encourages all members of the community to engage with their fellow readers and writers through the power of storytelling.
The International Ubud Writers & Readers Festival began as a healing and economic development project after the Bali bombings in 2002. Four days of stimulating and inspiring discussion, poetry readings, conversations, workshops, literary lunches, laughter and festivities in one of the world’s most magical settings. .