The Brisbane Writer’s Festival is occurring on September 1 till 5 this 2010. This is a big cause for writers and literature enthusiasts alike to meet their favorite writers in personal.
The Brisbane Writer’s Festival is a great stage to talk and learn new stories and emerging talent. If you are a writer whether amateur or professional traveling in Brisbane a spot to this event would be perfect to match your holiday.
The festival has even a program for little students, typically aging from 4 to 10. This type of program is ideally designed it for kids to be able to engage creatively and academically with various writers and illustrators.
But what else do we know about Brisbane Writer’s Festival? Perhaps a bit of history can make it livelier.
“The Brisbane Writers Festival first began in the 1960s as Warana Writers Weekend, an event aimed at writers held as a part of the Warana Festival. In 1985 the event was expanded to include public events and became Warana Writers Week. With the focus on attracting the general public, it shifted to South Bank and also utilized a number of city venues. Laurie Muller from the University of Queensland Press (UQP) chaired the voluntary committee for about nine years and was followed by notable Queensland writers and academics including Ross Clarke, Sue Gough, and Philip Neilsen.”
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