In 2010 the Melbourne Writers Festival embraces stories from every angle, giving you all an opportunity to be a part of the city’s great literary celebration. Jam-packed into 10 days are countless opportunities for you to hear and meet over 300 writers from around the world.
Expect the unexpected as MWF opens its doors to all – celebrating everything from novels and poetry to film and theatre, from journalism to songwriting and comedy to cartooning, and from advertising to politics, art, philosophy and big ideas.
The festival invites you to share in the collective celebration of the way we use words. Over 10 days readers, writers and thinkers of all types will congregate at venues across Federation Square, across the city, and across the state to celebrate the words that bind us together, the words that lead us astray, and the words that entertain, inform and challenge us.
The Melbourne Writers Festival is a celebration of stories in all their glory and in 2010 the festival celebrates its 25th anniversary. At the heart of the program are hundreds of events across Federation Square – giving you privileged access to some of the world’s best thinkers, and giving you the story behind the story.
There are debates, panels, interviews and readings, as well as performances, parties and installations. There are free events and ticketed sessions, keynote lectures and intimate chats. In addition to the core program at Federation Square and the festival’s keynote series of Big Ideas, the festival also features a range of major new strands.
In 2010 the MWF program includes a series of events that look into the Millennium Development Goals; a focus on crime writing; an extensive program exploring the places where art and text meet; a feast of panels on writing about food and wine; films on writers and performances of plays; a hugely popular range of workshops and seminars; an array of unusual events featuring novelists, songwriters, poets and comedians; and more free events than ever before.
This year the festival has pulled together an array of talented writers, artists, thinkers and performers from across the globe – featuring over 300 writers who’ve come together to share their stories, experiences, wit and wisdom.
Writers from all across the world will travel to Melbourne – including writers from the UK and China, the US and Spain, and from Canada, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Somalia, Thailand and Turkey.
With a love of ideas and a passion for stories of all kinds the festival brings writers to meet readers, and to provide a sense of community over a shared love of the way we use words.
