BWF 1962–2022

Celebrating 60 Years of the Brisbane Writers Festival


“This is not a history. This is a celebration.”

Brisbane Writers Festival proudly presents our anniversary festschrift, BWF 1962–2022: Celebrating 60 Years of the Brisbane Writers Festival. Featuring contributions from authors, festival directors, volunteers and patrons who have attended BWF over the past sixty years, this book is a gift from us to you.

As the longest continuous writers’ festival in Australia, BWF had its humble beginning as the Warana Writers Convention, held over a weekend in September 1962. Since then, we’ve evolved and expanded, adapting to exciting technologies and unforeseeable challenges, fostering new talent and connecting our audiences with titans of literature.

This is the story we have written together – one that is organised by a universal theme. All of the contributors to this anthology, and the many others who’ve contributed to over sixty years of BWF, are passionate about books, writers and what becomes possible when we come together as a community of readers. We celebrate their effort, wisdom and creativity, the gift they have given those of us who love stories.

This is not a history. In fact, we hope it’s just the beginning.

#Contributors

01

Trent Dalton

02

Sarah Runcie

03

Vicki McDonald

04

Justice Thomas Bradley

05

Ellen van Neerven

06

Zoe Pollock

07

Jackie French

08

Kris Kneen

09

Samuel Wagan Watson

10

Meg Vann

11

Alex Adsett

12

Bec Mac

13

Phil Brown

14

Craig Munro

15

Nick Earls

16

Robyn Sheahan-Bright

17

Edwina Shaw

18

Laurie Muller

19

Morris Gleitzman

20

Rhianna Patrick

21

Jane Caro

22

Mirandi Riwoe

23

Sue Gough

24

Dominic McGann

25

Garth Nix

26

Karl Kruszelnicki

27

Laura Elvery

28

Matthew Condon

29

Maxine Beneba Clarke

30

Noreen Grahame

31

Oliver Phommavanh

32

Trent Jamieson

33

Sallyanne Atkinson

34

Paul Barclay

35

Sally Piper

36

Bob Johnson

37

Thomas B. Nelson

38

Rosalie Ham

39

Julie Beveridge

40

Steve MinOn

41

Melanie Saward

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