The tenth Canberra Writers Festival will take place from 15 to 18 October under the theme For the Love of Books. The programme features more than 100 events with over 200 writers, journalists, critics and artists, with the National Library of Australia se

February 2026 became a month of intense debate and symbolic shifts for Australia’s literary community. Following the conflict and cancellation of Adelaide Writers’ Week, a group of authors — including Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee — launched a new festival