The Words on the Waves Writers’ Festival for 2023 is waxing down its boards with a flurry of announcements ahead of the big event to be held from May 29 to June 5 this year.
The festival, now in its third year has been growing in prominence thanks to a series of events and activities held over the year, including a recently sold-out Words at Wagstaffe event as well as the hugely popular Late Night Lit evening poetry recitals held at Bar Toto in Ettalong.
The Words on the Waves Writers Festival Opening Address will be held at The Art House Wyong where a grand line-up of renowned authors will treat attendees to speeches rarely seen outside of the capital cities of the nation.
The audience at the ticketed event will hear acclaimed writers as they ponder the Festival theme: the mind swims.
Opening night authors are Claire G. Coleman, Diana Reid and Tracey Spicer.
Wirlomin Noongar woman Claire G. Coleman (Lies, Damned Lies) bears witness to the ways in which water forms her identity.
Multiple Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer AM dives into the exciting and terrifying world of Artificial Intelligence – and its inherent bias, explored in her new book Man-Made.
Diana Reid, whose debut Love & Virtue blitzed the charts and awards lists, freestyles through the art of writing.
Organisers are urging the public interested in literature to not miss this historic event, which also officially kicks off the 2023 Festival.
This announcement of the collaboration with The Art House in Wyong expands the festival’s partnership reach across the Central Coast as demands for art, literature and culture events are growing rapidly in a post pandemic world.
The full program for the festival has been kept tightly under covers until this coming Friday, April 21 when a series of new authors and innovative new events will be revealed for festivalgoers.
Tickets for the event can be purchased via the Words on the Waves website: wordsonthewaves.com.au .
David Abrahams