Scone Festival of Words 2027

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Scone Festival of Words, formerly Scone Literary Festival

Friday 5 to Sunday 7 March 2027
Scone Arts & Crafts, 63 Kingdon Street, Scone NSW 2337

Our big little Festival is back for 2027 with a new name and the same heart. Held on the first weekend in March, every second year, Scone Festival of Words connects people through story. It’s a Festival that is diverse, creative and inclusive in all forms of word making and celebration, for all ages, all genres and all types of thinkers.

Headline guests

• Gemma Sisia AM, founder of The School of St Jude and author of The School that Hope Built, opens the Festival

• Dan Bourchier, journalist and broadcaster, former ABC News presenter and Voice referendum correspondent

Storytellers

• Tim Ayliffe, journalist and crime thriller author

• Tom White, global peace advocate

• Stephanie Corkhill Hyles, artist and writer, Love Letters

• Jeremy Lachlan, children’s author, The Jane Doe Chronicles

• Returning favourites: Jo Riccioni, Ryan Butta (Blackbirding) and Dr Marcelle Moore (Raising Teens Who Talk to You)

More storytellers to be announced with the full program in January.

Also on the program

• AI and financial literacy workshops

• Acapella entertainment

• School, library and retirement home visits

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