Newcastle Writers Festival

Author Trent Dalton is holding a microphone and gesturing to interviewer Rosemarie Milsom.

Caro Baum is on stage laughing along with Helen Garner who is smiling and holding a microphone.

Sarah Wilson appears on a large screen above a wide stage and the host is on a chair in the venue.

Activist Grace Tame sits beside event host Maddison Connaughton on a lounge on stage.

Writer Indira Naidoo is seated at a table where she is signing books for an audience member.

ABC Newcastle's Dan Cox seated left speaks to writer Craig Silvey on stage with the festival banner.

Two women browse in the bookshop and are holding books and talking.

Writer Michael Mohhamed Ahmad is wearing a black beret and tshirt and is reading to the audience

Writer Amy Thunig is seated and wearing a blue shirt and two middle-aged women speaking to her.

Newcastle Writers Festival is a dynamic annual event held in April that celebrates books and brings together readers and much-loved writers. The three-day program features 150 emerging and established writers across 95 free and ticketed events.

The program, which centres on the Civic precinct and is close to public transport links, includes panel discussions, readings, book launches, performances, writing workshops and one-on-one interviews.

Previous guests have included Trent Dalton, Clementine Ford, Helen Garner, Stan Grant, and Michael Robotham. Readers have the opportunity to speak to their favourite writers and the hub of the festival is the pop-up bookshop where guest writers sign their books.

Various locations, Newcastle, 2300

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