Sydney Writers Festival

Sydney Writers' Festival is Australia’s premier annual event of literature and ideas. Each year, Sydney Writers’ Festival presents hundreds of events and attract attendances of around 80,000 in venues that stretch from the Festival hub at Walsh Bay to the Blue Mountains. For one week every May the festival brings together authors of the very best contemporary fiction and writers of cutting edge nonfiction, including some of the world's leading public intellectuals, scientists and journalists.

When: Between Monday 14 May and Sunday 20 May 2012
Website: www.swf.org.au