Molly Schmidt, Wayne Bergmann, Madelaine Dickie, Tony Birch and Krissy Kneen feature at 2024 Byron Writers Festival

The 2024 Byron Writers Festival will take place on a long weekend in August and features storytelling from our very own authors Molly Schmidt, Madelaine Dickie, Wayne Bergmann, Tony Birch, and Krissy Kneen. Taking place on 9–12 August, these authors can each be found in multiple panels spanning the weekend, including:

Molly Schmidt

Title: Kin & Community
Date: Friday 9 August 2024
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Title: On Grief
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM

Madelaine Dickie

Title: Everest, Guns & Money
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Title: Some People Want to Shoot Me
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Title: Voices of Regional Australia
Date: Sunday 11 August 2024
Session Time: 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Wayne Bergmann

Title: Wisdom of the Elders
Date: Friday 9 August 2024
Session Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Title: Media & Justice
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Title: Some People Want to Shoot Me
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Tony Birch

Title: Women & Children
Date: Friday 9 August 2024
Session Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Title: Songs for the Dead and the Living
Date: Friday 9 August 2024
Session Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Title: Archaeology of Memory
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Title: Poetry Walk
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Krissy Kneen

Title: Weaving Memoir (W)
Date: Thursday 8 August 2024
Session Time: 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Venue: Byron Community Centre

Title: Life on the Page: Writing Memoir (8)
Date: Friday 9 August 2024
Session Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Venue: Lilly Pilly Marquee

Title: Love, Sex & Autism (68)
Date: Saturday 10 August 2024
Session Time: 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Venue: Lilly Pilly Marquee

Title: Fat Girl Dancing (78)
Date: Sunday 11 August 2024
Session Time: 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Venue: A&I Hall

The authors will be discussing their latest books, and copies of their their latest books, Salt River Road, Some People Want to Shoot Me, and Into Your Arms: Nick Cave’s Songs Reimagined will be available thanks to The Book Collective. Tickets to the festival begin at $80 for a day pass, and you can reserve your tickets via the Byron Writers Festival Humanitix link here.