Events 2025

Author event: Alan Playford - Through the Rubble

Thursday 10 July 2025

Author Events Free event

Trailblazing paramedic Alan Playford will be talking with writer and journalist Scott Bevan about his gripping new memoir Through the Rubble.

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Newcastle Writers Festival: Family Fun Day

Sunday 6 April 2025

Art and Culture Literature Author Events Children and family Children

Join us for a day of family fun with featuring Nat Amoore, Jeremy Lachlan, Dub Leffler, Odette Tonkin and Anna Scobie. Plus the launch of the latest Story Hunter anthology.

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Book Launch: 'Love on the Air' with Ash London

Tuesday 1 April 2025

Book Clubs Literature Author Events Talks and workshops

Join presenter and media personality Ash London in conversation with Jess Farchione to launch Ash's debut novel, Love on the Air.

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City of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples. We respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and recognise that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession. City of Newcastle reiterates its commitment to addressing disadvantages and attaining justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.