Sydney Writers' Festival is Australia's largest annual celebration of
literature and ideas. Each year, it presents over 300 events (half of
them for free) 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 we bring 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. With the finest literary writing at its core, the programming is driven by the ideas and issues that animate all forms of
writing. (From the organisation website: http://www.swf.org.au/)
