Context Writers Festival 2026 – a different narrative
🗓️ Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November 2026
📍City of Adelaide Library, North Terrace
Level 1 Spence Wing, State Library of South Australia
Context Writers Festival 2026 is open for bookings!
Context Festival is a free, three-day festival that brings diverse, vibrant new voices and conversations to audiences through panels, readings and workshops. This year, Context will be held from 20 to 22 November on Kaurna Yerta, at the new City of Adelaide Library, North Terrace.
Context 2026 has been guest curated by Courtney Jaye, and Olivia De Zilva and Tamara Montina (of Opinionated). The program features a bold and interdisciplinary line-up of local and national artists, with sessions based around a sense of community, sharing and perspective.
Presented by Writers SA with City of Adelaide, with support from Writing Australia and Create SA.
A Pop-Up Bookshop run by Mostly Books will be open across the three days of Context Festival. You can find the bookshop on the Bridge to the City of Adelaide Library, Level 1, Spence Wing, State Library of South Australia.
An initiative of the City of Adelaide delivered in partnership by Writers SA
