Perth's best literary festival, celebrating all things fiction, is back for 2025!

On behalf of the Peter Cowan Writers' Centre and proudly presented by the City of Joondalup and Dymocks.

VIEW THE FULL PROGRAM HERE.

This year’s Festival of Fiction will be over two massive days in two concurrent theatres at ECU Joondalup on the weekend of 18th and 19th October. We've got 70 authors, 8 publishing industry professionals, continuous panels and workshops over two amazing days -- this is Perth's biggest and best book-based event!

For Readers

One theatre this year will be purely for reader entertainment. It will feature back-to-back panels of bestselling authors on a range of fun and insightful topics and is aptly called our Readers’ Theatre. Doors will open both days at 8am with a start time of 8.45am and the festival runs through until 5.15pm each day.

For Writers

Running at the same time, 150m away in another auditorium, will be our Writers’ Theatre. The Writers’ Theatre will have presentations of mini-masterclasses by some of Australia’s best authors and panels, featuring publishers and literary agents. Doors will open both days at 8am with a start time of 8.45am and the festival runs through until 5.15pm each day.

Amenities

Bermuda Cafe will be open throughout, as well as a coffee van on site. Dymocks is offering continuous book sales so you can get your new books signed by the authors, and there's even a booklovers' merch stand from That Store Over There.

Pitching?

We’re bringing back our 5 minute in-person pitching opportunity for aspiring authors with leading publishers and agents - 8 of them this year spread over both days of the weekend! Tickets for pitching will be $55 and are separate to festival tickets. Pitch tickets won’t be on sale until July. You DON’T need to buy a festival ticket to be able to pitch, all you need is the separate pitch ticket (although you will need both tickets if you want to attend the festival as well as pitching). We’ll have more details on pitching soon and pitch tickets go on sale on 26 July (mark your diaries!)

Accessibility Information

Both theatres are fully accessible for wheelchair users. Please come and see us at the door and we’ll guide you.
Parking in Carpark 2 is also accessible.
Download an access and mobility map.
All sessions will be captioned.
If you or someone you are attending with is poorly affected by queuing please skip the queue and come to the front.
We have a quiet room available all weekend in Building 4. Please see us at the door of either theatre if you need the quiet room.

Helpful information/FAQ

We encourage you to take public transport or car pool! Books are more fun with friends and less cars is better for the planet. ECU public transport guide.
Free and accessible parking is in Carpark 2 at Edith Cowan University Joondalup. Follow the signs to the event.
The Readers’ Theatre is building 32
The Writers’ Theatre is building 7
Sessions in each theatre start at 8.45AM sharp. Please be seated by then as we’ll be closing doors for the Welcome to Country
Please keep a close eye on the program times as we close doors at the start of each session
Printed programs will be available on the day or you can access a digital program.
Bermuda cafe will be open from 8AM until 4.30PM, serving food and drinks and and we have a coffee truck on site. But you can also feel free to bring your own packed lunch to have outside, being mindful that your bag needs to be small enough to fit under your seat and not block the aisles.
Please note this is an alcohol free event.
Download an all gender bathrooms map.

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