Bookings have now opened for Context Writers Festival! Register now to secure your spot for the capped events.
Context Writers Festival is a free, two-day festival for writers to connect and share new ideas and conversations about story, agency and truth, held on Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide), from 12-13 April.
This year’s program explores storytelling across mediums and genres, with a bold and interdisciplinary line-up of local and international artists, guest curated by Justina Ashman.
Context Writers Festival is an initiative of the City of Adelaide delivered in partnership with Writers SA. This program is supported by Word Christchurch through the Sister City Exchange program.
Featuring…
Isla Huia
Lur Alghurabi
Lainie Anderson
Mary Angley
Lucy Campbell
Danielle Clode
Lyn Dickens
Lauren Fuge
Mirandi Riwoe
Cher Tan
+ more
Saturday, 12 April
Adelaide City Library
Cultural Criticism
10:45am — 11:30am
Cher Tan, Lur Alghurabi, Anthony Nocera and Farrin Foster
Writing For Performance
12:00pm — 12:45pm
Lucy Campbell, Mary Angley, Stephanie Mylan and Caitlin Ellen Moore
Publishing & Editing
1:15pm — 2:00pm
Cher Tan, Margot Lloyd, Emily Hart and Lyn Dickens
Nature Writing
2:30pm — 3:15pm
Lauren Fuge, Isla Huia, Jennifer Mills and Danielle Clode
Historical Fiction
3:45pm — 4:30pm
Mirandi Riwoe, Lainie Anderson and Payton Hogan
Sunday, 13 April
Minor Works Building
Workshop: Tuhia! Poetry
10:00am — 11:45am
Isla Huia
Writing More-Than-Human World
1:00pm — 2:45pm
Lauren Fuge
Workshop: Mini Zine Making
3:15pm — 5:00pm
Rebecca Sheedy
