York Writers Festival 2023

Fancy a writers' festival with a bit of rustic charm and some good old-fashioned country hospitality? This March, head to the historic Avon Valley town of York in Western Australia's Wheatbelt for a unique event: a weekend featuring some of WA's finest authors and poets in conversation with each other, unmediated and unplugged! We're selling day passes exclusively, at a bargain price of $40 per day, all-inclusive (except for the Murder Mystery Dinner on Saturday night: see below link).

MCs are Jon Doust (Saturday) and Will Yeoman (Sunday). Sessions run for 45mins, with a 15-break between sessions (longer for lunch). Sessions are at the outdoor Speakeasy venue, back of Gallery 152, Avon Tce. Sunday kids' stories and activities are free (you don't need a day pass), but you still need to register. These sessions are in the CWA Rooms, 154 Avon Tce. Botanicalia cafe is open 7am-3pm daily; other food and drink options nearby. Our bookseller is Barclay Books, 151 Avon Tce.

SATURDAY MARCH 18

• 9:30: Marion & Tracey Kickett (includes My Country My Life My Words book launch)
  
• 10:30 Ros Thomas & Sasha Wasley
• 11:30 Joshua Kemp & Susan Midalia
• 12:30 Andrew Sutherland & Patrick Marlborough
• 1:15 LUNCH BREAK
• 2:00 Tracy Ryan & John Kinsella
• 3:00 Karina McRoberts & Helen Hagemann
• 4:00 Glen Phillips & Will Yeoman (includes Seed Songs performance & book launch)
• 5:00 Special Event: Wheatbelt Writers Short Story Awards
• 7:00-9:00 Cluedunnit Murder Mystery Dinner (tickets $120: see separate listing on this website)
  

SUNDAY MARCH 19

• 9:30 David Whish-Wilson & Sharron Booth
• 10:30 Maria Papas & Brooke Dunnell
• 11:30 Will Yeoman & Ian Hooper: Self, Hybrid & Traditional Publishing avenues for authors
• 12:30 Josephine Taylor & Holden Sheppard
• 1:15 LUNCH BREAK
• 2:00 Jon Doust & Portland Jones
• 3:00 Michael Levitt & Brett Adams
• 4:00 Special Event: Stephen Scourfield & Will Yeoman (includes spoken word & guitar performance York & New York)
  

STORY-TIME SUNDAY

• 10:30 Dianne Wolfer
• 11:30 Katie Stewart
• 12:30 LUNCH BREAK
• 1:30: Dianne Wolfer
• 2:30: Katie Stewart