18 Dec 2018 FestivalNews

First Writers Announced | 2019 NT Writers’ Festival–Alice Springs

Announcing the first line-up of writers joining us for the 2017 NT Writers’ Festival–Alice Springs.

Violet Wadrill is a senior Gurindji cultural custodian, and one of the four authors of Karu: Growing up Gurindji, to be published in 2019. This bi-lingual book celebrates Indigenous childrearing practices. Artist and storyteller, Violet was a finalist in the National Not-For-Profit Digital Technology Award for Storytelling in 2018. Along with co-authors Biddy Wavehill Yamawurr, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal and Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of Queensland, Felicity Meakins, Violet has worked extensively on the documentation of her language and the growing body of Gurindji work.

WATCH Violet Wadrill – Storyteller

LISTEN Gurindji Kriol

Patti Miller is the author of The Last One Who Remembers,Whatever The Gods Do, The Mind of a Thief, Ransacking Paris,Child, (Allen & Unwin) and writing texts, Writing Your Life, The Memoir Book and Writing True Stories. The Joy of High Places will be published in 2019. Patti is published in newspapers and journals, including SMH, The Age, The Australian, Island, Southerly, Meanjin. She teaches writing at universities, Faber Academy, Writers’ Centres and in Paris and London.

READ Review of Writing True Stories

Charmaine Papertalk Green was born at Eradu on the Greenough River between Mullewa and Geraldton on Amangu country, and is a member of the Wajarri and Badimaya groups from the Yamaji Nation of Western Australia. She is a visual and installation artist, poet and writer and was instrumental in the incubation of the nationally and internationally touring exhibition Ilgarijiri – things belonging to the sky arts and cultural project.

LISTEN Conversations and colonisation

Award-winning writer Merlinda Bobis has four novels, six poetry books and nine dramatic works, some of which she performed for stage and radio. For her, writing is homecoming: a return to roots, a retrieval through memory, and a reckoning with loss hopefully with care and grace. Her novel, Locust Girl. A Lovesong, received the 2016 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Philippine National Book Award. Accidents of Composition is her latest poetry collection.

LISTEN Accidents of Composition

WATCH River River

Morris Gleitzman is a bestselling Australian children’s author. His books explore serious and sometimes confronting subjects in humourous and unexpected ways. His titles include Two Weeks With The Queen, Grace, Doubting Thomas, Bumface, Give Peas A Chance, Extra Time, Loyal Creatures, Snot Chocolate and the series Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe. Morris lives in Sydney and Brisbane, and his books are published in more than twenty countries.

READ Australian Children’s Laureate

More program announcements via our website, facebook and eNews across February/March. Full Program announced in April.

21 Aug 2018 FestivalNews

NT Writers’ Festival–Alice Springs | Save the Date

We’re thrilled to announce that NT Writers’ Festival–Alice Springs will take place 16-19 May 2019.

Keep an eye on our website for announcements and details.

We can’t wait to see you there again!

27 Mar 2018 FestivalNewsOpportunity

Calling Festival Volunteers

Want to get involved in the NT Writers’ Festival, Darwin, 24 – 27 May 2018? We are currently seeking Festival volunteers. (more…)

27 Jun 2017 FestivalNews

The 2017 Satellite Sessions

2017 NT Writers’ Festival Satellite Session at Ngukurr Art Centre–Image courtesy of Courtney Collins

The Satellite Sessions was a pilot livestream program that took place as part of the 2017 NT Writers’ Festival.

We were thrilled to partner with libraries and art centres in Tennant Creek, Batchelor, Borroloola, Darwin, Ngukurr, Palmerston and Port Augusta. Thanks again to all of the venues and Satellite audiences for being part of this year’s Festival program.

For us, the Satellite Sessions were an experiment in technology, and in connecting up with different parts of our unique region over conversations that, we think, can only be had here.

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31 May 2017 FestivalNews

2017 NT Writers’ Festival–Audience Survey

To all the wonderful audience members who made our 2017 NT Writers’ Festival such a success, we would love your feedback!

Please follow the below link to complete our Audience Survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XBNBJ3T

We look forward to hearing your thoughts and making it all happen again next time!

31 Mar 2017 Festival

Satellite Sessions–Venue Registration

29 Mar 2017 FestivalNews

Festival Reading List

Have you seen our 2017 festival reading list?

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21 Feb 2017 FestivalNews

Festival Satellite Sessions

Are you based outside of Alice Springs and interested in being audience to the NT Writers’ Festival 2017? There may be a participating venue near you.

For the first time ever, the NT Writers’ Centre is trialling Satellite Sessions, bringing festival sessions livestreamed directly from the NT Writers’ Festival to libraries and other community venues across the Northern Territory.

Featuring the Festival’s Saturday program of panels, author talks and presentations with writers, songwomen and storytellers from the NT and beyond. Satellite audiences will be able to participate in Q&A sessions live.

This year’s theme is Iwerre-Atherre | Crossings.

The following libraries and organisations are currently confirmed to hold Festival Satellite Sessions: